Friedrich Joseph Porcher
Friedrich Joseph Porcher , also Borcher or Porchers (* 1814 in Cologne , † February 12, 1877 ibid) was a German sculptor , painter and lithographer .
life and work
Porcher was born in Cologne and then lived for several years in Munich, where he was trained by Ludwig Schwanthaler at the Munich Art Academy . His high reputation as a sculptor prompted the Prussian authorities in Cologne to approve his design for the facade design of a new guard house with a work initially planned as bronze . A relief designed around 1840 was executed , the figures of which as two resting warriors adorned the gable in the portico of a guard building . The sculpture , which was then made of sandstone , was the eye-catcher of a building in the classical style on Cologne's Waidmarkt.
Relic of the gable frieze after the demolition, exhibition in the Cologne City Museum
Figure group of resting warriors
Congress monument, Aachen
The Cologne relief survived two world wars and was destroyed in connection with the collapse of the Cologne archive building in 2009 due to inadequate security measures for endangered neighboring structures. The bronze medallions with the heads of Prussian monarchs, which can probably also be traced back to Porcher, are located on the congress monument erected in Aachen's city garden . The monument, made of Carrara marble between 1841 and 1844 , is also based on Schinkel's style and, like the Alte Wache, has a decorative gable frieze. He turned more and more to painting and refrained from making sculptures.
His works, which were shown in exhibitions at the Kölnischer Kunstverein :
- 1839: Two hand drawings: Master Gerhard presents the plan of the Cologne Cathedral to Archbishop Konrad and the battle in ancient style
- 1840: Perseus liberating Andromeda Relief in plaster
- 1841: A faun and a nymph Two statuettes
- 1842: bust of Dr. Monheim in Aachen plaster and an evangelist. statuette
- 1843: Male portrait , Siegfried's death , Male and female portrait Medallions in plaster
- 1848: The Archangel Michael hand drawing
In 1849 he published several caricatures in lithography (some signed F. Porch)
literature
- Johann Jakob Merlo : Porcher, Friedrich Joseph . In: Eduard Firmenich-Richartz , Hermann Keussen (eds.): Cologne artists in old and new times (= publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 9 ). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1895, Sp. 681–682 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Porcher, Friedrich Joseph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 270 .
- Henriette Meynen (ed.): Fortress city of Cologne. The bulwark in the west (= Fortis Colonia. Volume 1.) Emons Verlag, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-780-7 .
- Paul Clemen (ed.), Hans Vogts , Fritz Witte: The art monuments of the city of Cologne. Volume 7, Section IV: The profane monuments of the city of Cologne. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1930 / as reprint : Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-32102-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Henriette Meynen (ed.): Fortress city of Cologne. The bulwark in the west. (Directory of persons, p. 509).
- ^ Paul Clemen (ed.), Hans Vogts, Fritz Witte: The art monuments of the city of Cologne. Volume 7, Section IV: The profane monuments of the city of Cologne. P. 357.
- ^ Johann Jakob Merlo: Porcher, Friedrich Joseph . In: Cologne artists in old and new times . L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1895, Sp. 681–682 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porcher, Friedrich Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Borcher, Friedrich Joseph; Porchers, Friedrich Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1877 |
| Place of death | Cologne |