Franz Bernhard Schiller

Franz Bernhard Schiller (also: Schüller ) (born October 28, 1815 in Ostritz ; † May 13, 1857 in Hamburg ) was a German sculptor during the Romantic period .

Life

The birth certificate notes the spelling "Schüller". Accordingly, he was born in the old town of Ostritz as the son of Franz Schüller, häusler and tanner, and his wife Franziska, née Pfalz - also from Ostritz - on October 27, 1815 and baptized Catholic the day after his birth.

Schiller was a student of Ludwig Schwanthaler in Munich and Ernst Rietschel in Dresden . From 1842 he worked in Hamburg. Schiller was a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 .

Works

Karl and Ansgar - Hamburg Ferdinandstrasse 65

Madonna and St. Ansgar im Kleiner Michel, Hamburg (Ansgar repainted until 2012)

Public monuments

Altona :

Monument to Count Blücher

Hamburg:

Statues of Charlemagne and St. Ansgar (1842, sandstone) on the facade of the house at Ferdinandstrasse 65

Further work (all Hamburg)

Main relief above the portal of a bank building
various reliefs in the house of Senator Jenisch
Marble bust of Mayor Bartels in the city library
two grave monuments on the St. Jacobifriedhof

Sacred works of art

Hamburg

Statues of St. Ansgar and St. Madonna in the Catholic "Little Michael" (1854, wood)
Mary statue, now in St. Franziskus, Barmbek.

Schiller could no longer complete the main altar that had begun for the Katharinenkirche.

literature

Otto Beneke: Schiller, Franz Bernard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 215.
Deutsches Kunstblatt , 8, No. 28, July 9, 1857, p. 243

Web links

Commons : Franz Bernhard Schiller - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ News sheet for the Catholic communities in Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area, 1929, p. 21.
↑ Baptismal register of the Catholic Church Ostritz, No. 10 (1809-1830), 1815, page 86, entry 135.
^ Monument to Conrad von Blücher . Image and entry on bildindex.de.

personal data
SURNAME	Schiller, Franz Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schüller, Franz Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 28, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ostritz
DATE OF DEATH	May 13, 1857
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] News sheet for the Catholic communities in Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area, 1929, p. 21.

[2] Baptismal register of the Catholic Church Ostritz, No. 10 (1809-1830), 1815, page 86, entry 135.

[3] Monument to Conrad von Blücher . Image and entry on bildindex.de.