Franz Beyer (medalist)

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Franz Beyer (born February 26, 1894 in Rudolstadt , † November 2, 1983 in Dresden ) was a German medalist and sculptor .

Life

Beyer completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor and modeller from 1908 to 1914 and studied with Karl Groß at the Dresden School of Applied Arts , where he attended evening school at the School of Applied Arts. He served as a soldier in the First World War and became a prisoner of war , from which he returned to Dresden in 1919. From 1919 to 1931 he worked as a master in a workshop for small sculptures and among other things worked as an ivory carver and modeller. He then worked as a freelance sculptor. Numerous artist plaques and medals as well as sculptural works were created. From 1939 to 1945 he was conscripted for military service. When Dresden was bombed in February 1945, Beyer's studio and part of his artistic work were destroyed. After 1945 Beyer worked as a freelancer again; from 1945 to 1965 he also worked at VEB Keradenta-Werk Radeberg (including the manufacture of ceramic teeth) as an artistic consultant.

Beyer mainly created small sculptures, including tombs, as well as portrait medals and plaques in metal and also Meissen porcelain . One of his works is a plaque by Carl Gustav Carus from 1954, which was used as the centerpiece of the chain of office of the rector of the Dresden Medical Academy . The plaque " Georgius Agricola " from 1955 served as the centerpiece of the chain of office of the rector of the TH Karl-Marx-Stadt . The " Johannes Melchor Dinglinger " plaque from 1976 was given as a gift of honor from the gold and silversmiths in Dresden.

Beyer's works are owned by the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig .

Works (selection)

  • 1931: Ilona; Bronze medal
  • 1932: my wife; Bronze medal
  • 1932: self-portrait; Bronze medal
  • 1932: Portrait of the artist's parents; Bronze medal
  • 1936: Tomb of the Reiche family, Tolkewitz urn grove
  • 1942: Female semi-nude; Bronze, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
  • 1952: ore caster Richard Kressner; medal
  • 1954: Badge Carl Gustav Carus, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • 1955: Georgius Agricola badge, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • 1958: Badge Albert Schweizer
  • 1967: Badge Prof. Rudolf Mauersberger, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • 1975: Johannes Melchior Dinglinger badge
  • 1976: Plaque Caspar David Friedrich, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • 1979: plaque with self-portrait
  • 1979: Albert Einstein badge
  • 1981: Badge "Reverence for Life" (including Albert Schweizer)

literature

  • Franz Beyer . In: Joachim Uhlitzsch: Art on the move, Dresden 1918–1933 . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden 1980, p. 236.
  • Franz Beyer . In: Hans Vollmer: General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Volume 1. EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999, p. 202.
  • Franz Beyer . In: Günter Meißner (Hrsg.): General artist lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples . Volume 10. KG Saur, Munich / Leipzig 1995, p. 335.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Franz Beyer . In: Joachim Uhlitzsch : Art on the move, Dresden 1918–1933 . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden 1980, p. 236.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Steguweit (Ed.): The medal and commemorative coin of the 20th century in Germany . Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Prussischer Kulturbesitz, 2000. p. 204.
  3. ↑ Günter Meißner (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples . Volume 10. KG Saur, Munich / Leipzig 1995, p. 335.
  4. ^ Tomb of the Reiche family . In: Jens Börner et al .: 100 years of the crematorium and urn grove Dresden-Tolkewitz . Sax Verlag, Beucha / Markkleeberg 2011, p. 119.
  5. ^ Jürgen Gottschalk: Art medals from Franz Beyer . In: Neue Zeit , October 30, 1982, p. 10.
personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medalist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Rudolstadt
DATE OF DEATH November 2nd 1983
Place of death Dresden