Friedrich Thuma
Friedrich Ludwig Thuma (born November 6, 1873 in Biberach an der Riss ; † March 15, 1963 there ) was a German sculptor and painter .
Life
Like his father, the altar maker Friedrich Thuma sen. (* 1829 in Erolzheim , near Ochsenhausen , Biberach district ; † 1882 in Biberach), he became a sculptor. He learned the craft of sculpting in Oberammergau and enrolled on May 4, 1905 to study at the Munich Art Academy with Balthasar Schmitt . He also studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Adolf von Donndorf , whose master class he was, and with Ludwig Habich . In Stuttgart he received the silver and gold medals of the art academy. In 1907/1908 he stayed in Rome for further studies.
Friedrich Thuma lived in Stuttgart for many years and worked in one of the large artist studios of the Württembergischer Kunstfreunde Association near the art academy. He also worked for the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Geislingen an der Steige , where his models were cast in bronze . In July 1944 he lost most of his artistic work and his personal effects in a bomb attack on Stuttgart. In his home town of Biberach he found a place to stay in the community center and finally a place of work again, albeit a modest one, in a room in the historic slaughterhouse "Alte Stadtmetzig". In later years (around 1950) Thuma also worked as a painter; he was still exhibiting in 1955.
Friedrich Thuma was unmarried and childless. He died impoverished at the age of 90 in the Bürgerheim Biberach, an institution of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Biberach .
reception
Adam Kuhn wrote about him in 1929: “Friedrich Thuma… is a sensitive artist of his own. His creations are very well received everywhere. "
The Schwäbische Zeitung wrote about Thuma in November 1953: "His sculptures are scattered all over Swabia and breathe noble form, simplicity and therefore quiet grandeur."
plant
- 1911: Statue of Elias on Mount Carmel in Palestine
- 1912: three reliefs for the Stuttgart court theater
- before 1919: Sculpture “The Kiss” ( mahogany ), exhibited as part of the Württemberg state art collections in the former Kronprinzenpalais in Stuttgart (lost; according to information from the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, apparently destroyed by bombing in the Second World War )
- 1922: Grave monument for the murdered politician Matthias Erzberger in Biberach
- n.d.: "miner with pike and lamp"
Several sculptures and paintings by Thuma can be found in the Museum Biberach. Many of his wooden sculptures came into private ownership.
Magdalena (1913, with misleading caption)
Seduction (1919)
Sculpture of the tomb for Matthias Erzberger (1922)
Building jewelry and equipment for Catholic churches
- 1908: "Martinus Group" (with equestrian statue) in the parish church of Biberach
- 1928: Altar cross with the figure of Christ ("Christ as Judge of the World") in the Christ the King Church in Stuttgart- Vaihingen
- around 1928: Side altar reliefs "Immaculate Conception" and "Apostle Andreas" in the Church of St. Petrus Canisius in Friedrichshafen
- around 1928: "Evangelists with Christ as a teacher" in the Church of St. Mary's Assumption in Stuttgart-Degerloch (second version in the Konrads Chapel in Stuttgart-Stafflenberg)
- undated: Pietà in the Church of St. Josef in Herrenberg
Cenotaphs for those killed in the First World War
- Fallen Memorial in Albstadt - Onstmettingen
- Fallen Memorial in Albstadt- Pfefflingen
- Fallen Memorial in Erolzheim
- Fallen Memorial of the (1st Silesian) Jäger Battalion No. 5 "von Neumann" in Hirschberg in Silesia
- Fallen Memorial in Sontheim an der Brenz
- Fallen Memorial in Stuttgart- Wangen
literature
- Thuma, Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 112 .
- Willy Oskar Dreßler (ed.): Dressler's art manual . 9th edition, Volume 2, Curtius, Berlin 1930, p. 1018.
- Gert Nagel : Swabian painter. Stuttgart 1975.
- Emmanuel Bénézit (Ed.): Bénézit Dictionary of Artists. 5th edition, Éditions Gründ, Paris 2006, volume 13.
Web links
- Friedrich Thuma (1873–1963). artnet.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 02800 Friedr. Ludw. Thuma . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 3: 1884–1920 , 1920 ( matrikel.adbk.de , Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- ↑ Adam Kuhn: Important Biberacher. Bopp & Haller, Biberach-Riß 1929.
- ↑ Hans Stefan Wax: In the best of health and mentally fresh. In: Schwäbische Zeitung. November 8, 2003 schwaebische.de ( Memento from June 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ Catalog of the more recent paintings and sculptures in the former Kronprinzenpalais. (with a foreword by Heinz Braune) Stuttgart 1930, p. 46 f. (there referred to as "acquired 1918").
- ^ Database of the German Historical Museum (DHM) in Berlin
- ↑ Homepage of the Museum Biberach
- ↑ Die Kunst: Monthly magazine for free and applied arts . tape 27 , 28th year. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1913, p. 521 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Seduction - Friedrich Thuma . In: Die Kunst: Monthly magazine for free and applied arts . 41, 35th year. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1920, p. 22 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ a b Dagmar Zimdars u. a. (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Baden-Württemberg. Part 1: The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , S. #.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thuma, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thuma, Friedrich Ludwig (full name); Thuma, Friedrich the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biberach an der Riss |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1963 |
| Place of death | Biberach an der Riss |