Ernst Kaltofen
Ernst Dagobert Kaltofen (born December 23, 1841 in Langenau , † September 27, 1922 in Dresden ) was a German wood carver and sculptor .
Life
As a child in a poor extended family, Kaltofen had to work as a mountain boy in a mine at the age of 13 to earn a living . During this time he developed his talent for drawing and carving, which contributed to his decision to become a sculptor around 1870. The focus of his work was on figures and wooden reliefs depicting the life of miners from the Ore Mountains. One of his main works is the girder of the pulpit in the Church of Our Lady in Neustädtel .
Honors
In Brand-Erbisdorf a street was named after him.
literature
- August F. Wappler (ed.): From the miner picture carver Ernst Kaltofen in Dresden: biography. Gerlach, 1907.
- Edmund Kluge: The miner carver Ernst Kaltofen . In: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge 11 (1966), no. 12, pp. 271–272.
- Martin Herrmann : The Bargmasschnitzer: A biography about Ernst Kaltofen. Ebersbach: Oberlausitzer Kunstverlag, 1957
- Karl Hans Pollmer : Erzgebirge Calendar Stories , Berlin 1972, p. 11.
- Rolf Kunze : Ernst Dagobert Kaltofen - miner and carver . In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter 13 (1991), no. 6, pp. 197-198.
- Harald Walter, Gerd Kunath and Volker Beyer: Ernst Dagobert Kaltofen - the master of Erzgebirge carving from Langenau . In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter , 23 (2001), no. 6, pp. 12-16
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaltofen, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaltofen, Ernst Dagobert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wood carver and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1922 |
| Place of death | Dresden |