Friedrich Valentin

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Friedrich Valentin (born January 25, 1752 , † April 16, 1819 ) was court sculptor for the Prince of Waldeck in Arolsen and Helsen .

Johann Christian Friedrich Valentin became an apprentice to the Arolsen court sculptor Markus Christoph Krau (around 1722–1785) from Nuremberg. Then Prince Friedrich von Waldeck sent him on a study trip of several years to England, where he got to know the emerging classicism . Back at home, he raved about the beauty of London's sculptures and the tombs of Westminster Abbey . He succeeded Krau as court sculptor, which meant an artistic transition from Rococo to Classicism, as is evident in the antique wall grave for Princess Christiane's lady-in-waiting , Caroline von Haacke († 1786). In the early 1790s, Valentin moved his workshop from Arolsen to the neighboring village of Helsen to the north .

On October 1, 1790, 13-year-old Christian Daniel Rauch from Arolsen began an apprenticeship with Valentin. There he met the apprentices Christian Philipp Wolff from Helsen and William Gobert. When work in the workshop repeatedly stalled due to a lack of orders, she left Rauch in 1794.

Friedrich Valentin worked in wood and stone. Some of his marble and sandstone tombs can be found in the Arols area, including some of his monuments in the old cemetery in Bad Arolsen . His other works include chimneys and sculptures in Arolsen Castle and its park, the figurative and ornamental carvings in the ballroom of the Schreiberhaus (Schloßstraße 24, Bad Arolsen), as well as similar decorations in the music hall of the Schönstadt Castle near Marburg .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Article by Markus Christoph Krau in the HNA Regiowiki
  2. ↑ a b c Jutta von Simson : Christian Daniel Rauch (=  Prussian heads . Volume 30 ). Stapp, 1997, ISBN 3-87776-181-3  ( formally incorrect ) , p. 16 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ Dieter Alfter: Arolsen. Meanwhile it wants to shine. A baroque residence . Exhibition catalog of the organizers City and Museum Association Arolsen in cooperation with the state of Hesse and the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg. Ed .: Birgit Kümmel . Bing, Korbach 1992, ISBN 3-87077-086-4 , p. 69 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ See Michael Neumann: Das Schreibersche Haus in Arolsen. A princely palace on Schloßstraße. Museum booklets Waldeck-Frankenberg 5, Arolsen 1987. P. 21 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Valentin, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valentin, Johann Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1752
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1819