Friedrich Coubillier
Friedrich Coubillier , also Fritz Coubillier or Frédéric Coubillier (born November 1, 1869 in Longeville-lès-Metz , Lorraine, † March 17, 1953 in Düsseldorf ), was a German sculptor .
Life
Coubillier studied after a practical training from 1894 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Karl Janssen . After studying in Rome for several years, he returned to Düsseldorf.
From the end of the 19th century he created numerous statues, reliefs, tombs and monuments in Düsseldorf and the surrounding area. His most famous works there include the figures of the Triton Fountain on the Stadtgraben and the industrial fountain on Fürstenplatz.
In 1913 he was made an extraordinary member of the art academy and from then on held the title of professor .
plant
- 1898/1902: Triton fountain on the Königsallee moat in Düsseldorf
- 1901: Bronze relief commemorating the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Burg Castle in 1899 (lost)
- 1902: Statue of Count Adolf von Berg with Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain at Burg Castle
- 1903: Reunion at the Pfeiffer and Schiess family graves , Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf
- 1902: Statue of Kaiser Wilhelm II at the Elberfeld town hall (destroyed)
- 1904: Colossal bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the Elberfeld town hall
- 1910: Goldsmith's fountain in Wuppertal-Elberfeld (not preserved)
- 1911–1913: Industrial fountain in Düsseldorf
- 1933/1935: Marien Altar and Franziskus Altar in the Christ-König-Kirche in Bochum
- 14 statues of the Stations of the Cross for the chapel of Heltorf Castle in Düsseldorf-Angermund
literature
- Coubillier, Frédéric . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 565 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Friedrich Coubillier - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Helmut Ebert: German Directory of Artists from 1800 ( Memento from March 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - (PDF; 4.2 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nordfriedhof: Mahnmale , website in the portal duesseldorf.de , accessed on February 18, 2016.
- ↑ a b Christel Darmstadt (ed.): Sacred architecture in Bochum. Bochum 2003, ISBN 3-920612-94-9 , p. 230, p. 237.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coubillier, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coubillier, Fritz; Coubillier, Frédéric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Longeville-lès-Metz , Lorraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1953 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |