Franz Jaffé

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Franz Jaffé (born September 5, 1855 in Berlin ; † July 13, 1937 there ) was a German architect , Prussian construction clerk and painter .

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After studying, legal clerkship and the 2nd state examination , he began a civil service career in the public building administration in the Kingdom of Prussia . He was in charge of the construction of churches in the greater Berlin area such as in Schildow , Friedrichsthal , Pankow , Liebenwalde and Rosenthal, as well as court buildings and school buildings. Jaffé also designed the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge and the Cornelius Bridge in Berlin artistically. In addition, he was responsible for the decorative design of the German pavilions at the world exhibitions in Melbourne (1880/1881) , Chicago (1893) and Paris (1900) .

Jaffé was also active as a painter, who made paintings in a very decorative form for certain occasions, for example on the occasion of the International Horticultural Exhibition in Berlin in 1890: Here, his colossal painting The Splendor of Ptolemy Philadelphus at Alexandria around 270 BC was shown. . Chr issued. Also in 1890 he designed the picture The Baths of Caracalla for the 10th International Medical Congress in Berlin . In 1901, as part of the International Exhibition for Fire Protection and Fire Rescue in Berlin, a historical portrait of Jaffé with the title The Stake of Hephestion in Babylon 323 BC was presented. Chr. To see. Franz Jaffés also restored the Wachsenburg near Arnstadt for the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .

The Piazza della Signoria with its magnificent Renaissance buildings in Florence, which Jaffé faithfully reproduced in 1919 for the film The Plague in Florence

Franz Jaffé's only excursion into the film business dates back to 1919, when he was brought in to help design numerous Renaissance buildings for the plague in Florence . Here he was given the faithful replica of the Florentine Piazza della Signoria . Jaffé worked closely with the film architect Hermann Warm . In an article written by Jaffé for the magazine Lichtbild-Bühne on August 30, 1919, it was read: “After a detailed study of the effects and possibilities of the structures for the set design of the film, which is set in the Cinquecento in Florence, it was clear that a plaza like the Signoria with its monumental buildings, which, in keeping with style and art , protrude intact into our time from the century of Dante , Michelangelo and Brunellesco , is the only correct setting to set the big events of the film in a real frame. Out of these considerations, the Palazzo Vecchio, the former seat of the Signoria, with its high watchtower, in the character of a medieval castle, with the battlement and the typical historical coats of arms was created. (...) I built the Palazzo degli Uffizi close to the Palazzo Vecchio, the wings of which run down to the Arno and form the beginning of the splendid palace street (...) The wide Piazza della Signoria, the largest for lifts, fights and festivals Dimensions is thought, and there is a development space for 10-15,000 people, I framed with numerous other palaces and magnificent buildings, naturally under various concessions in terms of space and light, but which absolutely did not affect the style and purity of the architecture. This purity of the buildings had to be preserved, since they are world-famous objects that involuntarily challenge every viewer to criticize. "

Franz Jaffé died in 1937 and was buried in Cemetery IV of the Jerusalem and New Church Congregation.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ life data according to tombstone
  2. ^ Franz Jaffé in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ^ Franz Jaffé at filmportal.de
  4. ↑ Franz Jaffé's article about his work on the film The Plague in Florence
personal data
SURNAME Jaffé, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, Prussian building officer, painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1937
Place of death Berlin