Ernst Popp

Ernst Bruno Johannes Popp (also Arnost Popp , born March 8, 1819 in Coburg , † September 14, 1883 in Prague ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Ernst Popp Bernard Bolzano

Popp, sometimes also known as Arnost , studied sculpture at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under the famous sculptor and master of classical sculpture in southern Germany, Ludwig Schwanthaler , whom he also helped with decorating the main facade of the Bavarian National Museum . From 1845 Popp worked in Prague, where he also pursued various teaching activities from 1854. Since July 19, 1864, he has been the official modeling teacher of the subject "modeling in clay" at the Prague Polytechnic. His successor in this subject was the drawing teacher Emil Lauffer.

Popp mainly created small sculptures and decorative works in an academic-classicist manner, but also had a talent for realistic portraits through the interpretation of the character of the person portrayed, showing rich and sensitive forms that are reminiscent of the French late Rococo .

His son Antonin Popp (1850–1915) was also a sculptor and, like his father, taught at the Prague Polytechnic.

Works (excerpt)

1850: Emperor Franz Josef, figure made of old Bohemian biscuit porcelain
Portrait bust of Field Marshal Radetzky , 1858, bisque, 8 × 6.5 × 13 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna

literature

Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna 2004, p. 138.
Popp, Ernst (Arnost) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 264 .
M. Stehlík: Popp Arnošt Bruno. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 201.

Web links

Prague Figural Porcelain and Its Modeller Ernst Popp (English, Prague City Museum collection)

Individual evidence

^ The KK German Technical University in Prague, 1806–1906. Festschrift for the centenary . Self-published, Prague 1906, p. 13, 41 and 177 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - On p. 177, September 16, 1883 is given as the date of death).
^ M. Stehlík: Popp Arnošt Bruno. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 201.
↑ Nový velký Ilustrovaný slovník naučný, svazek V., Československá republika-difterie . tape 5 . Gutenberg, Prague 1930, p. 33 (Czech, Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
↑ Ilse Krumpöck: The images in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 138.
↑ 116. Big auction in the Franz-Josef-Saal: older and period furniture, bedrooms, dining and men's rooms, salons, seating, Blüthner pianino, chandeliers, Persian carpets, tapestry, textiles, paintings, watercolors, miniatures, engravings ... Dorothem, Vienna 1935, p. 45 , No. 767 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Popp, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Popp, Arnost; Popp, Ernst Bruno Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coburg
DATE OF DEATH	September 14, 1883
Place of death	Prague

[1] The KK German Technical University in Prague, 1806–1906. Festschrift for the centenary . Self-published, Prague 1906, p. 13, 41 and 177 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - On p. 177, September 16, 1883 is given as the date of death).

[2] M. Stehlík: Popp Arnošt Bruno. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 201.

[3] Nový velký Ilustrovaný slovník naučný, svazek V., Československá republika-difterie . tape 5 . Gutenberg, Prague 1930, p. 33 (Czech, Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

[4] Ilse Krumpöck: The images in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 138.

[5] 116. Big auction in the Franz-Josef-Saal: older and period furniture, bedrooms, dining and men's rooms, salons, seating, Blüthner pianino, chandeliers, Persian carpets, tapestry, textiles, paintings, watercolors, miniatures, engravings ... Dorothem, Vienna 1935, p. 45 , No. 767 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).