Fritz Gerth

Grave of Fritz Gerth in the old cemetery in Wiesbaden

Fritz Gerth (born June 24, 1845 in Wiesbaden , † 1928 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Fritz Gerth received his first artistic training from his father, Johann Julius Gerth, who worked as a modeller and sculptor and carried out the stone carving work on the Waterloo monument in Wiesbaden. During his stay in Rome from 1875 to 1900, he was for many years deputy chairman of the German artists' association there . He then lived in Bad Homburg . According to the address books of 1900 and 1916, his studio was in the Fountain Hall; the casino has been in this building again since 1949 .

Exhibitions

Portrait busts and medallions by Fritz Gerth were on view at the summer exhibitions of 1888–1892 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London . Among them was a marble bust of the Rev. Charles Langton, which today stands in the parish church of St Peter & St Paul in Langton by Spilsby, England. Works by Fritz Gerth were also shown at the exhibition on the 50th anniversary of the Nassau Art Association in Wiesbaden in 1897.

Works

Statue of Fritz Gerth

Empress Friedrich, Group 34 , Berlin

Portrait relief of the banker Unken Benedikt Schmitt on the Campo Santo Teutonico , the cemetery of the Germans in Rome
Marble sculpture Kaiserin Friedrich (so-called Group 34) in Berlin's Siegesallee , 1903 (lost)
Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I in the spa gardens of Bad Homburg in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Bad , 1905
Landgrave monument in the spa gardens of Bad Homburg, 1906
War memorial in the Wiesbaden-Biebrich cemetery, 1907
Monument to Landgravine Elizabeth in Bad Homburg, 1908
State monument in Wiesbaden, 1909
Gravestones like the great mourner in marble on Gustav Weigand's family grave and the relief medallion composed of various Taunus stones in the grave monument of geologist Dr. Friedrich Rolle at the Evangelical Cemetery in Bad Homburg.

literature

Gerth, Fritz . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 486 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Ulrich Henke: Waterloo monument on Luisenplatz, Wiesbaden , in kudaba, the culture database, accessed on April 14, 2016.
↑ Nassauische Annalen: Yearbook of the Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research. Volume 120, 2009, p. 487.
↑ ^a ^b Erwin Gatz , Albrecht Weiland u. a .: The Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome and its grave monuments. Volume 1, Verlag Herder 1988, ISBN 3-451-20882-2 , p. 528.
↑ Louise, Das Bad Homburg Magazin , issue 03/2013, p. 9 (PDF; 5.1 MB).
^ "Sculptor Prof. Gerth, Kisseleffstrasse 35 (in the fountain bowl)". Places of treatment. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on April 13, 2016 .
^ The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768–. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. In: online database 2011. University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, accessed on April 16, 2016 .
^ Church of St Peter & St Paul , Langton by Spilsby website, accessed April 16, 2016.
↑ Catalog of the anniversary art exhibition 50 years NKV ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, accessed on April 16, 2016. @1@ 2
^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Monument Kaiser Wilhelm I In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse . Retrieved April 14, 2016.
↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Landgraves - Monument In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse . Retrieved April 14, 2016.
^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Evangelical cemetery with chapel In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse . Retrieved April 16, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Gerth, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH	1928
Place of death	Berlin

[WaterWI-1] Ulrich Henke: Waterloo monument on Luisenplatz, Wiesbaden , in kudaba, the culture database, accessed on April 14, 2016.

[NasA-2] Nassauische Annalen: Yearbook of the Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research. Volume 120, 2009, p. 487.

[Campo-3] Erwin Gatz , Albrecht Weiland u. a .: The Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome and its grave monuments. Volume 1, Verlag Herder 1988, ISBN 3-451-20882-2 , p. 528.

[Louise0313-4] Louise, Das Bad Homburg Magazin , issue 03/2013, p. 9 (PDF; 5.1 MB).

[KurBildhauer-5] "Sculptor Prof. Gerth, Kisseleffstrasse 35 (in the fountain bowl)". Places of treatment. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on April 13, 2016 .

[MapRoyal-6] The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768–. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. In: online database 2011. University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, accessed on April 16, 2016 .

[PeterPaul-7] Church of St Peter & St Paul , Langton by Spilsby website, accessed April 16, 2016.

[NKV-8] Catalog of the anniversary art exhibition 50 years NKV ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, accessed on April 16, 2016. @1@ 2

[DenkmalpflegeWeb_KWHG-9] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Monument Kaiser Wilhelm I In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse . Retrieved April 14, 2016.

[DenkmalpflegeWeb_Landg-10] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Landgraves - Monument In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse . Retrieved April 14, 2016.

[DenkmalpflegeWeb_EvFriedh-11] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Evangelical cemetery with chapel In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse . Retrieved April 16, 2016.