Ernst Wenck

Ernst Wenck (1865-1929).

Ernst Wenck (born March 18, 1865 in Reppen , † January 23, 1929 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .

Life

From 1885 to 1889, Ernst Wenck was a student at the teaching institute of the Kunstgewerbemuseum and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. After a few stays abroad (1885-1891), he first became a member and later Vice Chairman of the Berlin Secession . In 1901 he received a small gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition . In 1922 he became a member of the Academy of Arts. In addition to some notable monuments, some porcelain figures have been preserved for Rosenthal .

Ernst Wenck was buried in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I , Prenzlauer Allee 1. His grave has not been preserved.

Works

Money counter (1912) on Pappelplatz (Invalidenstrasse), Berlin-Mitte

• Gigantengruppe, 1895, Leipziger Straße, at the Museum for Communication in Berlin, bronze, height 585 cm
• Berlin-Lichterfelde, Kaiser Wilhelm I statue, 1897
  Only the statue has been preserved and has been in the Spandau Citadel since the early 1980s
• Equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I in Weißenfels
• Relief The Path of Man from Birth to Death St. Marien- and St. Nikolai-Friedhof I , Berlin (preserved)
• Bust of Eugen Richter (approx. 1907) for his grave in the Luisenstadt cemetery
• Money counter , limestone figure for the fountain of the same name in Berlin-Mitte , Pappelplatz (corner of Invalidenstrasse ), 1912. Winner of a competition organized by the Berlin sculptors' association .
• Lion killing a wild boar (lion with prey), bronze, 1913, 40 cm
• Gladiators fight against two bulls, bronze, 40 cm
• Goddess of Peace , 1919
• Memorial fountain in Spindlershof (destroyed)
• Sleeping girl, porcelain figure for Rosenthal
• Dreaming boy, porcelain figure for Rosenthal
• Drinking, 1924, porcelain figure for Rosenthal
• Fortuna, porcelain figure for Rosenthal
• Swimmer, 1928, marble, Hauptstrasse 38, green area in front of the Schöneberg public baths
• Memorial to Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , 1929, Spandau , Radelandstrasse 21, shell limestone, height 380 cm. Inscription on the base : A young man A real German young man I wanted to achieve through German gymnastics, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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