Fritz Christ

Fritz Christ , actually Friedrich Christ (born January 7, 1866 in Bamberg , † July 5, 1906 in Munich ) was a German sculptor , medalist and alpinist .

Life

The seduction , exhibition Glaspalast Munich 1899

Monument to Ludwig II of Bavaria, Stadtpark Hain in Bamberg

Fritz Christ was born as the son of a stonemason in Bamberg and initially trained with him. At the end of 1880 he moved to his brother Adam in Munich in order to perfect his skills there. From 1882 Fritz Christ received his further artistic training with a grant from King Ludwig II as a sculptor at the Munich Art Academy under Wilhelm von Rümann , Wilhelm Widemann and Syrius Eberle . During his studies he received his first art prizes for his bronze models, including a dying warrior . Fritz Christ made numerous small sculptures in marble and bronze , which he showed at the annual art exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace . He has been appointed as a juror at Glaspalast exhibitions several times. Fritz Christ made numerous sculptures for monuments and tombs, which can still be found today mainly in Munich cemeteries. After his untimely death, a retrospective of his work took place in the Munich Glass Palace in 1907 . His sculptures were awarded prizes at exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace, at art exhibitions in Paris and Chicago, and at an art show in Copenhagen . One of his female statues was added to the holdings of the Munich Glyptothek .

Medal on the 100th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller's death in 1905 , obverse.

Medal on the 100th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller's death, reverse. A muse with a lyre in a halo is carried by an eagle , at the bottom left the crowned snake symbolizes medicine , at the bottom right a naked Apollo , the god of the arts, the muses and the healing arts.

In addition to his artistic activity, Fritz Christ was an active gymnast and ambitious mountaineer . He was a member of the Bayerland-Munich section of the German and Austrian Alpine Club and co-founder and member of the committee of the men's gymnastics club in Munich. Fritz Christ was first climbers of different climbing routes, including the Laliderer Falk from the Falkenkar and Sulzleklammspitze North Face ( Karwendel ) and exceeding the Ruchenköpfe with Durchkletterung the west wall ( Schliersee Mountains ).

Fritz Christ's older brother - Adam Christ - was also a sculptor.

tomb

Grave of Fritz Christ on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

Fritz Christ died of appendicitis at the age of 40 . The tomb of Fritz Christ is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (burial site 40 - Row 7 - 6th place) Location . The older brother Adam Christ is also in the old southern cemetery buried (burial site 20 - Row 8 - 14th) Location .

Works (selection)

• The seduction , 1899, bronze (lost due to the war)
• The Dancer , 1899, bronze
• The pearl , 1900 bronze
• Consolation, around 1900, bronze
• Female nude , around 1900, bronze
• Salome , 1901 bronze
• The well-wisher , ca.1905/ 06, bronze
• Bacchante , 1900/05, bronze
• Hygiaea , bronze
• Judith with the head of Holofernes , bronze
• Susanna , bronze
• Salomé , bronze
• Sin, bronze
• Fountain figure for Marienplatz and Markusplatz (1890), Bamberg, bronze
• Statue of King Ludwig II of Bavaria , (executed posthumously by Philipp Kittler, 1911), Bamberg, bronze
• Resurrection angel , grave Lorenz Peter Anton Giulini, Mannheim
• Bronze medal Bergheil , 1904
• Bronze plaque winter sports , 1904
• Bronze medal Friedrich Schiller , 1905

Exhibitions (selection)

• Munich Glass Palace 1899, 1900, 1901, 1904 and 1907
• Large art exhibition Dresden 1904, 1908
• Great art exhibition Berlin 1906
• German National Art Exhibition Düsseldorf 1902, 1907

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Society for Medal Art eV In: www.medaillenkunst.de. Retrieved July 12, 2016 . 
2. ^ Matriculation database - Academy of Fine Arts Munich. In: matrikel.adbk.de. Retrieved July 16, 2016 . 
3. ^ Sculptor, Fritz Christ 1866–1906 - My Bavaria. In: mein-bayern.lexikus.de. Retrieved July 12, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Fritz Christ . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 534 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
5. ^ Obituary Fritz Christ . In: Communications of the DÖAV . tape 1906 , p. 175-176 .
6. ↑ Graves in Munich. In: Friedhof.stadt-muenchen.net. Retrieved July 12, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Lost Art Internet Database - Single Object / Search Message. In: www.lostart.de. Retrieved July 12, 2016 . 
8. ↑ NDR: Sculpture "The Congratulator". May 15, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Bacchantin: spoiled for choice. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016 . 

Web links

Commons : Fritz Christ  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Christ, Fritz . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 534 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Fritz Christ: The first ascent of the Todenkirchl through the Christ - Fick - Kamin. (Lecture March 4, 1903), published as the 3rd special edition of the Society of Alpine Book Friends, Munich 1937, 31 pp.
• M. Heidemann: Medal art in Germany from 1895 to 1914 (= The Art Medal in Germany Volume 8). 1998, p. 492.
• Susanna Partsch : Christ, Fritz . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 19, Saur, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-598-22759-0 , p. 12.