Friedrich Wilhelm Eue

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Friedrich (Fritz) Wilhelm Eue (* 2. December 1888 in Rathenow ; † 1. June 1937 in New York City ) was a in 1927 to Berlin active engraver and medalist .

After many years in Berlin, he emigrated to America. Eue worked there as a freelance medalist until his death.

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Eue medal front: General Ludendorff, 1914
Eue medal back: Heracles fights against Hydra von Lerna, 1914

The work and work is shaped by the Wilhelmine zeitgeist and the following war years 1914–1918. As a medalist, he created over 30 different medals during this period, often with a patriotic background. Eue medals were made from metals such as silver , bronze and cast iron and were made in various sizes. Medals with attached eyelets for the revert were created, because before and during the First World War, patriotism and solidarity were shown in this way. From today's point of view, many of Eue's medals can also be classified critically as the propaganda medium of the First World War.

When he emigrated to America, the theme of his works changed. Military topics were almost no longer taken up. Your work from 1927–1937 can be divided into the following categories: - "Reliefs and emblems of personalities", "Reliefs, sculptures and medals of presidents of the USA", "Medals from film idols", "Medals for exhibitions and companies, cities and chambers", "Medals of the zodiac", "Tokens - play money" and "Christopher medals" - are subdivided. During this time, more than 70 known and documented works were created.

Signatures and manufacturers

Eue medals are influenced by Art Nouveau handicrafts . The reliefs merged into a harmonious unit with the base. The back of the medal almost always lives in harmony and symbiosis with the front. Sometimes, as with the Ludendorff medal created by Eue, it takes up mythological motifs.

His clients were u. a. the medal publisher and coin dealer Robert Ball (successor) as well as his authorized representative Hugo Grünthal-Oertel in Berlin and the mint Ludwig Christian Lauer in Nuremberg. The signature “Frz. Eue "stands for the nickname " Fritz "which was derived from his first name Friedrich. The State Museum "Prussian Cultural Heritage" in Berlin, as well as the Imperial War Museum London , Eue operates under the first name "Fritz". In literature, Eue is sometimes called "Franz" Eue. In America, Eue worked as a freelancer for various companies such as Whitehead & Hoag and the Medallic Art Company.

Well-known signatures are: Frz.EUE; F. EUE; FR.EUE; For EUE. Eue signed works that were created in America from 1927 onwards: EUE; FF EUE; FE; FRZ. Many of his American works also remained unsigned.

Works (excerpt) and exhibitions

In 1914, Eue created a medal from General Erich Ludendorff, which is in the holdings of the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen Berlin (Staatliches Museum Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin) under the signature Acc. 1951 - Central Bank 5301, Object No .: 18236279 - and can be viewed in the Imperial War Museum London. IWM London has over 30 works by Eue as well as those by the pilot Max Immelmann . In January 1917, a British Red Cross exhibition took place at Burlington House in London.

His noted works in the USA include a. the Sun Yat-sen Medal from 1929 , the Movie Star Medal from 1937, and sculptures by Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt . New works are in the collections of the American Numismatic Society and the Princeton Library Vermeule. An exhibition was held at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in 1991 .

Literature and Sources

  • Medalists in Germany during the First World War - Eue and Feuerle. In: Coins Revue , edition 12/2014.
  • G. Zetzmann: German silver medals of World War I on military actions and memorable events from 1914 to 1919. Regenstauf 2002.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eue, Franz F. In: Dick Johnson's Databank. Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Dickjohnsonsdatabank.com - Dick Johnson's Databank. Retrieved August 17, 2016
  3. ↑ General artist lexicon - international artist database. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ Markus Meinold: Embossed memory - medals as a propaganda medium of the First World War. PDF, 2.5 MB. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  5. ^ Imperial War Museum London - Ludendorff. Accessed August 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ Medalists in Germany during the First World War - Eue and Feuerle ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF 661 KB. Retrieved August 17, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ww2.smb.museum
  7. ↑ German Society for Medal Art V. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ Ludendorff Medal in the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen Berlin (Staatliches Museum Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin). Retrieved on August 17, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Eue, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eue, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Engraver and medalist in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Rathenow
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1937
Place of death New York City