F. Otto Hoppe

Ferdinand Otto Hoppe (mostly F. Otto Hoppe ; born October 11, 1882 in Solingen- Pilghausen, † May 18, 1967 in Cologne ) was a German metal artist and industrial designer .

Life

He was born the tenth of twelve children. His father, August Hoppe, was a knife polisher and, with Friederike Hoppe, nee. Haas married. In 1896 he began an apprenticeship as a steel stamp engraver . This was followed in 1902 by training in the modeling class at the Elberfeld School of Applied Arts . In 1904 he came on a scholarship to the newly founded Solingen technical school for steel goods industry, which he attended until spring 1907. This was followed by apprenticeship years in Magdeburg and above all Nuremberg (1908–1916). On July 31, 1909, he married Hildegard Blau. The marriage had three children: Erlfried (* 1910), Brunhilde (* 1913) and Sigurd (* 1917). In 1916 he joined the workshop of the Alexander Coppel arms factory in Solingen. His task was the production of artistic individual pieces of bright weapons and models for officers' swords. During this time, a sword of honor for Field Marshal Hindenburg was created . In 1918 - after the loss of the First World War , swords of honor were no longer in demand - he opened the "Workshop for Metal Art" in Solingen-Widdert. It existed until he was appointed to the “Technical School for Solingen Industry” in 1924, where he worked until 1949.

In 1951, together with others, F. Otto Hoppe founded the "Association of Dialect Poets of Solingen", which in 1952 was renamed De Hangkgeschmedden . In 1962 he donated his self-portrait in the form of a steel bust to the Solingen city archive. He enjoyed a long friendship with the Solingen artist Gertrud Kortenbach (1924–1960), who had previously been his student and whose talent he recognized and admired early on.

F. Otto Hoppe died on May 18, 1967 in Cologne and was buried in the Rupelrath cemetery (Solingen).

Works

• Sword of honor of the city of Solingen for field marshal v. Hindenburg on his 70th birthday (1917)
• Navy dagger for the admirals von Scheer and von Hipper on the 1st anniversary of the naval battle of the Skagerrak (1917)
• Execution and design for the " Rüdenstein " (1927)
• Hermann Löns Monument (1926) between Solingen and Burg an der Wupper
• Hindenburg portrait sculpture (steel, 145 mm high; 1934–1937)
• Sword as an honorary gift from the technical school for the steel goods industry to the Solingen Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1940)
• The "Solingen Sword", challenge award of the German Fencing Association (1952)

Web links

• Picture of "Rüdenstein" and "Hermann Löns Monument"