Ferdinand Heseding

Ferdinand Heseding (born June 28, 1893 in Huckingen ; † May 27, 1961 in Düsseldorf ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Heseding attended high school in Duisburg until secondary school and then switched to the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts . The First World War interrupted his training. After his service, Heseding enrolled at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf . He completed his training as a sculptor and became a student of Hubert Netzer .

From 1925 Ferdinand Heseding lived and worked in Düsseldorf as a freelance sculptor. His work includes:

• the stone cross in Duisburg-Huckingen,
• a memorial for the dead of the two world wars in Duisburg-Huckingen,
• a memorial at the iron road cemetery in Duisburg- Obermeiderich
• the war memorial in Duisburg-Serm ,
• the war memorial in Düsseldorf-Wittlaer ,
• the war memorial in Kalkar ,
• the Nibelungen vase on the bank wall at Rheinpark Golzheim ,
• Sculptures made of sandstone at the entrance of the post office in Oberkassel ,
• Reliefs on the administration building at Marktplatz 6 , at Düsseldorf main station (lost), at the sewage treatment plant built in 1937 in Lörick and at the Düsseldorf Opera House as well
• the fountain at Carlsplatz in Düsseldorf.

There are also baptismal fonts, patron saints and tabernacle reliefs in several churches in and around Duisburg. Religious motifs can be found more often in his works of art. It was only in the last years of his creativity that he broke away from the representational art direction and created works with only sketchy outlines.

Ferdinand Heseding died on May 27, 1961 in Düsseldorf- Lohausen and is also buried there.

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  The fountain on Carlsplatz in Düsseldorf

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  War memorial in Duisburg-Serm

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  The stone cross in Duisburg-Huckingen

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  War memorial in Kalkar

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  Figures at the Citizens Office Portal, Luegallee 65 in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel

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  Memorial at the Iron Street Cemetery in Duisburg-Obermeiderich

Web links

Commons : Ferdinand Heseding  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ferdinand Heseding on the website of the Vollmer Collection Foundation
• Wittlaer war memorial , created by Ferdinand Heseding
• Fountain on Carlsplatz  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bürgererverein Huckingen eV (Ed.): Huckinger Heimatbuch. History and stories. Volume II. Plitt Druck- und Verlag GmbH, Oberhausen 1997, page 170.
2. ↑ Website ars publica düsseldorf , visited on June 14, 2020.
3. ↑ Website ars publica düsseldorf , visited on June 14, 2020.