Franz Löhr

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Franz Löhr (born September 11, 1874 in Cologne ; † January 30, 1918 there ) was a German sculptor.

Life

Franz Löhr originally worked as a goldsmith and attended the drawing academy in Hanau . In Paris , where he worked until the outbreak of the First World War , he trained himself as a sculptor. In his early days he was influenced by Auguste Rodin . Löhr exhibited his works in various Parisian salons from 1905 to 1911. In addition, he regularly sent the winter exhibitions in the Cologne Museum of Decorative Arts. The Cologne city archives keep an entry by Löhr regarding the design of a fountain in the Rosenhof of the Volksgarten , which was rejected in 1913. This rejection was justified with the complete nakedness of the upper body of the female figure who was supposed to adorn the fountain.

Works by his hand found their way to museums in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Freiburg im Breisgau . The Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin keeps a medal from 1916 that Franz Löhr created on the occasion of the 50th journey of the G 2 hospital train.

Franz Löhr was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne , where there is still a grave stele belonging to the Löhr family bearing his name and dates.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Art Chronicle and Art Market . NF 29, 1918, p. 203 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ↑ В Аkten: Messages from the city archive of Cologne . 2005, p. 215 ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  3. ^ Löhr, Franz: Hospital train G 2 on ikmk.smb.museum
  4. ↑ Franz Lohr on www.findagrave.com
personal data
SURNAME Löhr, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and goldsmith
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1918
Place of death Cologne