Fine art foundry

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The fine art foundry , bronze image foundry or art foundry is a company ( foundry ) that produces art castings . Here the sculptor delivers a positive casting model made from cold-formed modeling compounds, which is then shaped in the foundry and made permanent by the metal casting. Not only the molding process, but also the casting method and the alloy used determine the quality of the work. Therefore, in addition to the artist's signature, there is also the ore caster's foundry mark as a mark of quality.

The ore caster , also known as a sculptor , in Latin statuarius - is a profession known from antiquity , which today is only carried out by a few masters in their field. In the casting process , large- scale sculptures can also be produced with various ores (e.g. bronze , copper , iron , aluminum ) .

List of well-known German ore foundries and fine art foundries

Very few art foundries only worked in zinc or only in bronze, mostly both materials were cast in parallel, with zinc being the much cheaper, but also less durable material. A distinction between zinc and bronze foundries is only made here if the company name expressly refers to it

The Foundry (Plastic in Essen )
  • Bräunlich & Langholz foundry (around 1900/1920)
  • Berlin:
Foundry brand from Martin & Piltzing on the Freiherr-vom-und-zum-Stein monument at the Wetter town hall
    • Royal Prussian iron foundry
    • Iron foundry A. Meves since 1842, from 1867 AM Nachf.
    • Zinc foundry H. Pohl (around 1845 to 1890s)
    • Iron and zinc foundry S. P. Devaranne (1842)
    • Loevy bronze foundry (1855)
    • Artificial stone and metal foundry Moritz Czarnikow & Co. , founded in 1854, Schwedterstraße 263 (around 1880)
    • Czarnikow & Busch , Friedrichstrasse 62, bankruptcy of the sole owner Julius Czarnikow in 1895
    • Bronze and zinc cast goods factory JC Spinn & Sohn 1872 converted into Actien-Gesellschaft for the manufacture of bronze goods and zinc castings. J C. Spinn & Sohn (on the Supervisory Board including Martin Gropius ), bankruptcy 1926
    • Otto Schulz, art, iron and zinc foundry , Nannynstrasse 69 (around 1880)
    • Koch & Bein, metal and glass letters factory, coat of arms, zinc and medals foundry, enameling establishment , founded in 1857, Neue Friedrichstraße 49, then Brüderstraße 29, from 1890 on Ritterstraße 49, Ferdinand Bein († November 19, 1891) and Ernst Benjamin Koch († May 20, 1889), then the sons Richard and Ernst Koch, from 1891 Richard Kochh alone († 1910), company still in 1919
    • Bronce-Waarenfabrik F. Hornemann , Wasserthorstrasse 61, later Neuenburgerstrasse 7, August Ferdinand Hornemann, company still in the 1920s
    • Bronze and cast iron factory Rudolf Kantorowitz , Wasserthorstrasse 61 (bankruptcy 1894)
    • Arndt & Marcus (around 1880)
    • Bellair & Co. , Friedrichstraße 182 (until the house was demolished in 1905), Rudolph Bellair († 1880), successor to the son Hugo Bellair
    • Conrad Felsing (around 1880)
    • Carl Racenius & Co. (around 1880)
    • Shepherd & Hauschner , 225, Friedrichstrasse factory for gas lighting and decorative cast zinc, 1872 Aktiengesellschaft gas, water plants, gas crowns, zinc industry (Ex. Schäfer & Hauschner) risen
    • Werk & Glienicke (around 1880)
    • CH Stobwasser & Co. , 1883 Berlin lamp and bronze goods factory, formerly. HC Stobwasser & Co.
    • Ore and art foundry Schäffer & Walcker (founded in 1855, stock corporation from 1871, took over the art foundry Beyschwang & Beyer in 1888, foundry division discontinued in 1906)
    • Figure producer sculptor Johann Cerigioli
    • Drößler & Leithold
    • Fine art caster Ludwig (Louis) Friebel, formerly in Lauchhammer
    • Fine art foundry Wilhelm Füssel
    • Zinc foundry Moritz Geiß (active since 1832, catalogs since 1841, Geiß runs the company until 1870, hands over management to his managing director A. Castner, Geiß died in 1875)
    • Foundry of the Royal Trade Institute
    • Heinze & Co. (the company was founded on January 1, 1906 in Berlin by Gustav Heinze, Max Sperlich and Gustav Barth; 1910 Berlin-Reinickendorf ; Heinze and Barth left in 1912 and founded their own company on July 1, 1912, Sperlich remains sole owner (deletion from the commercial register on July 10, 1913); then Sperlich operates under "Bildgießerei Max Sperlich" - foundry stamp: "HEINZE & Co. Berlin")
      • Heinze & Barth (the company was founded on July 1, 1912 by Gustav Heinze and Gustav Barth in Berlin-Schmargendorf; under this name in 1924; in 1939 under "G. HEINZE, BERLIN")
      • Bildgießerei Max Sperlich (Sperlich worked as a chaser until 1905 ; 1906 to 1912 together with Gustav Heinze and Gustav Barth as Heinze & Co., under this name alone until July 10, 1913, then foundation of a new company, which was an industrial foundry until bankruptcy 2015 existed - foundry stamp: "M. SPERLICH")
    • "Workshop for bronzes and applied arts" Curt Morin (founded January 26, 1914, foundry signature "C. MORIN, BERLIN")
    • Heinrich Hopfgarten
    • Johann Jacobi , 1697–1726 caster in the Royal Casthouse
    • J. Jordan
    • Kampmann
    • Bildgiesserei Kraas, Berlin-Kreuzberg - founded 1883
    • Sculptor and ciseleur Gustav Lind
    • H. Steinemann
    • FB Warmer
    • Werner & Steffen
    • Werck & Glienicke foundry
    • Berlin cast iron factory Adolf Sandberger , Köpenicker Strasse 145, founded and bankrupt in 1891
    • Zinc foundry L. Lippold (Ludwig Lippold)
    • Rosenthal & Maeder
  • Berlin-Friedenau :
    • Fine art foundry Hermann Noack , founded in 1897, in Berlin-Charlottenburg since 2010
    • Foundry Max Bickel, Reichenbergerstr. 183
  • Berlin-Friedrichshagen :
    • Art foundry Hermann Gladenbeck , founded in 1851, from 1876 H. Gladenbeck & Sohn until 1888
    Company founder Hermann Gladenbeck (1827–1918), sculptor and ore caster
    • Aktiengesellschaft vorm. H. Gladenbeck & Sohn, founded in 1888
    Director Oskar Gladenbeck (1850–1921), the eldest son, sculptor and ore caster (until 1892)
    Director Alfred Gladenbeck (1858–1912), the second son, sculptor and ore caster (until 1892)
    Employee Walter Gladenbeck (1866–1945), the third son, ore caster (until 1892)
    Employee Paul Gladenbeck (1869–1947), the youngest son, ore caster (until 1892)
    • Gladenbeck's bronze foundry, Friedrichshagen near Berlin, Inh. Walter Gladenbeck and Paul Gladenbeck (founded 1892, liquidated 1911)
    • Gladenbecksche Bronzegießerei, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, founded in 1927, closed in 1930, deleted in 1941
      Co-founder: Walter Gladenbeck
  • Breslau : Bell founder Klagemann sen.
    Equestrian statue of Old Fritz in Breslau
  • Oberkassel , Neuss district, since 1920 district of Düsseldorf:
    • August Bischoff bronze picture foundry, Hansaallee 240
    • Bronze cast Förster u. Kracht Düsseldorf
    • Förster & Fricke ore and fine art foundry
  • Frankfurt am Main :
    • A. Komo & Son foundry
    • Foundry CJ Vombach (also FL Vombach in Offenbach am Main)
    • Foundry Kreß & Schweinfurter
    • G. Knodt foundry, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, subsequently:
      • Metallwerke Knodt AG
  • Hanau : E. G. Zimmermann foundry, since 1842, marble works until 2010
  • Cologne :
    • Art foundry Schweitzer, Cologne-Ossendorf / Butzweilerhof
    • Bronze and iron foundry Pütz, Cologne-Ehrenfeld
      • later: Cologne ore foundry Wilhelm Pütz
    • Joseph Louis Foundry
    • Rhenish bronze foundry Ferd. Hub. Schmitz, Cologne-Ehrenfeld
  • Neuss : Foundry Preuss & Alf
  • Potsdam : Zinc foundry Fr. Kahle & Co. (founded 1843)
  • Rinteln : Bildgiesserei Richard Barth
  • Rostock : Lachmann bronze picture foundry
  • unknown foundry signatures:
    • "BS" or "SB" (letters in a circle one above the other)
    • "PK" or "KP" (letters in a circle one above the other)

List of well-known ore foundries and fine art foundries outside Germany

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literature

  • Mietzsch, Andreas (Ed.): Bronzeguss - Handwerk für die Kunst , Zentralverlag Berlin, 2nd edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-9812417-0-9 .

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