Ernst Seger

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Ernst Seger (born September 19, 1868 in Neurode , Province of Silesia , † August 12, 1939 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor and medalist .

Life

Ernst Seger was born as the third child of the lawyer and notary Albert Seger and his wife Cäcilie, geb. Rust was born in Neurode in the County of Glatz .

From 1884 he attended the sculpture class of the Royal Art and Trade School in Breslau under Robert Härtel and from 1886 worked in Christian Behrens' studio . From the late 1880s he received his first major commissions for monuments. After working in Auguste Rodin's studio in Paris in 1893 and 1894, he ran his own studio in Berlin. In 1895 he created a Kaiser Wilhelm monument for Glatz . Around 1900 he became popular for his Art Nouveau sculptures, especially female nudes.

During the German Empire and later during the Nazi era , Seger was a respected artist. He created a bust of Adolf Hitler in majolica for the State Majolica Manufactory in Karlsruhe . In 1938 he was represented at the Great German Art Exhibition in the Munich House of German Art with three bronze sculptures, including a ring thrower .

The grave of Ernst Seger and his wife Rosina, who died in 1950, is adorned with their own work and is located in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

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Ernst Seger's oeuvre moves stylistically between different influences and shows tendencies of neo- baroque , neo-classicism, art nouveau and symbolism.

Van Ham Art Estate has been looking after Ernst Seger's academic legacy since 2005. a. the catalog raisonné begun by his brother Fritz Seger, which was continued under the direction of Prof. Peter Bloch, Berlin, as well as the brother's autobiography and biography.

  • War memorial in Essen

  • Bismarck Fountain in Breslau

  • Storchenbrunnen in Berlin-Tempelhof

  • Portrait bust of Hugo Rüdel

  • Javelin thrower in Essen

  • Ganymede in San Simeon, California, USA

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernst Seger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Maaz (Ed.): National Gallery Berlin. The XIX. Century. Inventory catalog of the sculptures. Volume 2, Verlag EA Seemann, Berlin 2006, p. 758.
  2. ↑ Data record on Ernst Seger in the artist database of the German Society for Medal Art . V. , accessed on November 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Seger, Prof. Ernst. In: L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Volume V, Spink & Son Ltd., London 1912, p. 462 f.
  4. ^ Fritz Seger: Life and work of the sculptor Ernst Seger. Munich 1940, p. 6 ff.
  5. ↑ a b c Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 564.
personal data
SURNAME Seger, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Neurode , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1939
Place of death Berlin