Friedrich Traugott Helbig
Friedrich Traugott Helbig (born April 16, 1859 in Blasewitz ; † November 10, 1886 there ) was a German sculptor.
Life
Friedrich Helbig began his artistic training in 1877 when he entered the Dresden Academy; in November 1878 he moved to Johannes Schilling's master studio .
For the plaster group Ismael and Hagar in the desert he received the Small Silver Medal in 1880. In 1881 he convinced with his competition work, the plaster figure Prometheus, descending to earth with the stolen fire and received the academic travel grant for two years. Between December 1881 and spring 1885 he stayed in Rome for study purposes .
Some portrait busts are known of his works. A dancing bacchante with billy goat is a bronze statuette in the Dresden sculpture collection. In 1885 he exhibited for the last time in Dresden: a Pythia should inspire the viewer. The monument to the conductor of the German Opera in New York, Leopold Damrosch, was his last major work.
literature
- Friedrich Traugott Helbig . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 323 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helbig, Friedrich Traugott |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helbig, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blowjoke |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1886 |
| Place of death | Blowjoke |