Ernst Seger
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 .
plant
- 1891: War memorial in Essen
- 1895: Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Glatz
- 1900: Diana sculpture (bronze) in Scheitniger Park in Breslau
- 1905: Moltke monument in Schweidnitz
- 1905: Figure groups “Kampf” and “Sieg” at the Bismarck fountain in Breslau
- 1910: Sculpture "Der Ringer" (acquired by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne)
- 1931: Storchenbrunnen in Berlin-Tempelhof
- 1935: Ganymede at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, USA
- 1933: Portrait bust of the musician Hugo Rüdel
- 1937: Sculpture "Spear Thrower" in the Grugapark in Essen
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.
literature
- Seger, Ernst . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 441-442 .
- Alberto Shayo : Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club Art Books, 2016. ISBN 1-85149-824-9 , pp. 218 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Maaz (Ed.): National Gallery Berlin. The XIX. Century. Inventory catalog of the sculptures. Volume 2, Verlag EA Seemann, Berlin 2006, p. 758.
- ↑ Data record on Ernst Seger in the artist database of the German Society for Medal Art . V. , accessed on November 5, 2015.
- ↑ Seger, Prof. Ernst. In: L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Volume V, Spink & Son Ltd., London 1912, p. 462 f.
- ^ Fritz Seger: Life and work of the sculptor Ernst Seger. Munich 1940, p. 6 ff.
- ↑ 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.
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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 |