Erich von den Driesch

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Hans Erich Conrad von den Driesch , even Erich van den Driesch (* 12. September 1878 in Herzogenrath , † 1915) was an in Aachen active German sculptor of historicism .

Live and act

Signature on a plastic

Erich von den Driesch, who was born in Herzogenrath near Aachen, first became a businessman and then trained as a sculptor with one of the brothers Bernhard and Joseph Küppers in Aachen.

In 1906 an exhibition of the works of the Drieschs took place in the Suermondt Museum in Aachen . At the end of 1914, he created a tomb for the family crypt of the physician Ferdinand Joseph Laaf in the Burtscheid hot mountain cemetery , which included a group of figures made of electroplating , which he based on one of his earlier works in the art institute of the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) in Geislingen an der Steige made. Another work in this cemetery is a “seated female figure” in marble as part of a three-part grave complex belonging to the Neuss family .

In addition, he created a bronze medallion for the tombstone of his father Carl von den Driesch in the Poppelsdorfer Friedhof in Bonn , who was a councilor and holder of the Order of the Red Eagle . The life data on the tombstone can no longer be deciphered without aids.

With the bronze sculptures foundry workers and steel workers he created early examples of worker sculptures , motifs that were politicized later in the 20th century.

Erich von den Driesch had set up his studio in 1915 in the Ottostraße 88/90 in Aachen, which now houses various artist studios. The sculptor's apartment was at Louisenstrasse 52 - at the corner of Pastorplatz.

Works (selection)

  • Bronze sculpture worker casting (foundry worker)
  • Bronze sculpture steel worker with pliers
  • Bronze sculpture towards the sun (standing ballerina)
  • Bronze sculpture ballerina on top (ballerina in balloon dress)
  • Plaster cast pilot
  • Tomb family Dr. med. Laaf Heissberg cemetery in Burtscheid
  • Grave of the Neuss family , ibid.
  • Carl von den Driesch tomb , Poppelsdorf cemetery in Bonn

  • Tomb of the Neuss family, 1909

  • Tomb of the Laaf family, 1914

  • Bronze medallion for Carl von den Driesch

Exhibitions (incomplete)

  • 1906, in the Aachen Suermondt Museum
  • 1920, November. Exhibition of the “Godesberger Künstlerbund” in the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren

literature

  • Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artists' Lexicon , 6th volume (2nd supplement with corrections), Literary Institution Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt 1922, p.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ life data on artprice
  2. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter 2/3, 1908, p. 10.
  3. ↑ Shown without naming the sculptor in: “Gräbmuck. WMF. Württemberg metal goods factory. Geislingen = St. 1919. Comprehensive sample books on grave decorations, lighting figures, fountain and garden figures, etc. free of charge and postage paid. Grave decorations, Christ's bodies, tablets, letters, wreaths, palm branches, urns, etc. “The sample books remain the property of WMF. Printed in our own print shop with colors from Kart & Ebinger, GmbH, in Stuttgart, p. 90, no. 659.
  4. ↑ Klaus Türk worker sculptures, The Werner Bibl. Essen 2011 collection
  5. ↑ http://louis-ziercke.de/baseportal/veroeffnahmungen
personal data
SURNAME Driesch, Erich von den
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Driesch, Hans Erich Conrad von den (full name); Driesch, Erich van den
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Herzogenrath
DATE OF DEATH around 1915