Friedrich Backhaus
Friedrich Backhaus the Younger (born November 20, 1909 in the Dönberg community , Mayor Hardenberg ; † July 26, 1942 on the Eastern Front in Beli , Russia) was a German stone sculptor .
Life
Backhaus' father, the stone sculptor of the same name Friedrich Backhaus (the elder, born July 16, 1857 in Düsseldorf; † October 7, 1921 in Barmen ) lived and worked in Unterbarmen at Ronsdorfer Strasse 30 (since 1935, Oberbergische Strasse 30 ). In 1893 he founded his first workshop on Auer Straße . In 1899, the Barmer address book names his “studio for grave monuments” opposite the Unterbarmer cemetery . After the death of his father, the son continued the "workshop for cemetery art". He ran the workshop until at least 1939; Friedrich Backhaus died as a soldier on the Eastern Front during World War II.
Works (selection)
Some of their works are:
- Memorial for the Barmer factory owner and member of the Provincial Parliament Otto Jäger from 1893
- The base of the black granite with an inscription for the Otto Jäger monument, which was unveiled on November 11, 1893 on the Kaiser-Friedrich-Höhe. The accompanying bust was created by Paul Disselhoff . The monument was donated by the Barmer Beautification Association and erected in the grounds of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Höhe. Backhaus received 1,300 marks for his work.
- In 1957 the Neue Rhein-Zeitung reported on the desolate condition of the monument. The city of Wuppertal had the column removed in 1964 and stored it in the Barmen cemetery of honor . The column was later transported by the Barmer Beautification Association on Lönsstrasse to the municipal depot in the Nordpark . After a media initiative by the Wuppertaler Rundschau in 1992, it was re-erected at its original location, without the lost marble bust, on the plateau behind the Leimann'schen pub between Oberbergische Strasse and the Eisenlohr monument .
- Grave monument for Mayor Friedrich Wilhelm Wegner from 1900
- Made from red Swedish granite in the shape of an obelisk in the Norrenberg cemetery. The bronze relief was created by the sculptor Wilhelm Giesecke .
- Commemorative plaque for SA-Scharführer Hans Hilbert from 1938
- The plaque was attached to a house on November 8, 1938 in the street of the same name (today Heidter Berg ). It was designed by the graphic artist Hans Schreiber . It was part of the NSDAP's cult of the dead for the " dead of the movement ". During the Second World War , the house and its plaque were destroyed.
- Their inscription read:
- “On June 19, 1932 the
- SA squad leader Hans Hilbert
- shot by communists.
- He died for Germany "
literature
- Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal (biographies of the participating artists) . Born, Wuppertal 1991. ISBN 3-87093-058-6 . P. 12.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Udo Garweg, Klaus Giesen, Gudrun Haberberger: Wuppertal artist directory . Ed .: Sabine Fehlemann . From the Heydt Museum, Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 978-3-89202-042-4 .
- ^ A b Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Monuments, fountains and sculptures in Wuppertal (biographies of the participating artists) . Born, Wuppertal 1991. ISBN 3-87093-058-6 . P. 12.
- ↑ Otto Jäger Memorial. In: denkmal-wuppertal.de
- ↑ Otto Jäger ( Memento from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Memorial plaque for SA-Scharführer Hans Hilbert. In: denkmal-wuppertal.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Backhaus, Friedrich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Backhaus, Friedrich the Younger |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stone sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dönberg farmers , Hardenberg mayor |
DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1942 |
Place of death | Eastern Front, Beli , Russia |