Franz Iffland

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Art Deco sculpture of a dancer, c. 1924
Young Bacchus or Bacchant, c. 1891. Iconographically, the statuette is based on Michelangelo's Bacchus : grapes, ivy, predator skin, drinking bowl (missing here)

Franz Carl Wilhelm Ernst Iffland (born December 3, 1862 in Berlin-Tempelhof , † 1933 or 1935 there) was a German sculptor and painter.

Iffland created portrait busts and bronze figures with predominantly mythological or genre-like content. He participated in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1886, 1987, 1888, 1890 and 1892 . In 1886 the works “Wounded Warriors”, the bust “Laughing Italians” and the bronze statuettes “A pair of figures of children making music” were on view. At the time he was living at No. 5 Baruther Strasse in Berlin. In 1892 he was represented by the figures of a " ripening driver " and a " string jumper " . In 1893 he exhibited other objects at the Great Art Exhibition in Berlin.

Fine art foundries that worked for Iffland are occasionally noted on the bronzes, for example by the foundry mark of the Kraas fine art foundry (Berlin) or the foundry mark “Akt. Ges. HG u. S “( Hermann Gladenbeck and Son, Berlin).

In 1886 he took part in the competition to build a Lessing monument in Berlin, without success.

Web links

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

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marriage register Berlin IV a, 1888, entry no.330
  2. ^ Anniversary exhibition of the Kgl. Academy of Arts in the state exhibition building in Berlin. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ 59th Exhibition of the Kgl. Academy of Arts in the state exhibition building in Berlin. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ List of the works of living artists at the 60th exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts ... Accessed May 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Prussian Academy of the Arts (ed.): Jubilee exhibition of the Kgl. Academy of the Arts in the state exhibition building in Berlin . 1886, p. 267 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ Carl von Lützow (ed.): Journal for visual arts . New series, 3rd year. EA Seemann, Leipzig 1866, p. 256 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  7. ^ Franz Iffland, fighting bison. Auction house Mehlis - auctions. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
  8. ^ Franz Iffland, two dancing putti. Auction house Mehlis - auctions. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Iffland, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Iffland, Franz Carl Wilhelm Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Tempelhof
DATE OF DEATH 1933 or 1935
Place of death Berlin