Franz Rädlein

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Kurt Emil Franz Rädlein (born October 17, 1890 in Dresden ; † June 7, 1966 in Weixdorf ) was a German modeller and wood sculptor .

Life

After primary school, Rädlein began an apprenticeship as a sculptor in the then famous Dresden interior design company Udluft und Hartmann, which was awarded the title “Court carpenter and court sculptor Sr. Majesty of the King of Saxony”. During his apprenticeship he was already actively involved in objects such as the Christ Church in Dresden-Strehlen and the New Town Hall in Dresden . After his apprenticeship in 1909, he worked as a modeller in the Kluth sculptor's workshop in Weinböhla near Dresden until 1916 . He was involved in the design of the I. International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden in 1911. From 1912 to 1914 Rädlein studied at the Dresden Art Academy in the master studios of Professor Hugo Spieler and Professor Karl Groß and was their master student.

From 1914 to 1918 he was a volunteer in the Saxon Field Artillery Regiment No. 48 and was seriously wounded in France . His parents' family moved to Lausa during this time . Back from the war, Rädlein found it difficult to continue his work in Dresden due to the economic situation. That is why he moved to Allendorf in Hesse and created his own studio. In 1921 he also completed his training as a master wood sculptor in Kassel . In the same year, now married, he moved to Krummhübel in the Giant Mountains . Rädlein worked there at the famous Bad Warmbrunn wood carving school . He headed this facility until 1924.

In 1925, Rädlein returned to his parents' property in Lausa. In nearby Klotzsche he found a new field of activity at the Saxon State School under construction under the architect Professor Heinrich Tessenow and government building advisor Dutzmann. Together with other sculptors and modellers such as Ernst Georg Stöcker and August Strohriegl , he created the interior with sculptural figurative and plastic elements. From 1927 to 1937 he worked at the German Hygiene Museum and made visual and demonstration models. He designed the Transparent Man . Rädlein also created these models for various technical schools in the medical field. In 1940 he was called up for military service. After five years lost artistically, he returned to Lausa. As a result of the new political situation, he now received orders from large companies and the GDR's state cultural association . His sphere of activity now included restoration, making copies based on templates and monument conservation work. His knowledge and skills were also in demand at church institutions such as the Meißner Dom .

A street in Dresden in the Friedersdorf / Bergsiedlung district is named in his honor.

Works (selection)

Door to Hermsdorf Castle

literature

  • Freundeskreis Heimatgeschichte Lausa - Weixdorf and surroundings in the Heimatverein Weixdorf e. V. No. 7/2013.
  • Freundeskreis Heimatgeschichte Lausa - Weixdorf and surroundings in the Heimatverein Weixdorf e. V. No. 8/2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heimatverein Weixdorf.
  2. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts .
  3. ^ History of the Zittower Church. Retrieved October 19, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Rädlein, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rädlein, Kurt Emil Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German modeller and wood sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1966
Place of death Weixdorf