Fritz Kochendörfer

Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Kochendörfer (born July 1, 1871 in Mannheim ; † March 14, 1942 in Osterode am Harz ) was a German sculptor and entrepreneur who grew up in Sonneberg , Thuringia .

Life

The son of a doll manufacturer attended school in Sonneberg. With his hometown he was a member of the holiday connection Solmontia zu Sonneberg, in which he was nicknamed "Frog". He studied sculpture at the Munich Art Academy , but did not graduate due to lack of money in the family - he still had six siblings. After that, Kochendörfer worked mainly with marble in Rome and Florence . When he returned to Germany, he joined the Schumacher & Co. art institute in Osterode am Harz , where he achieved great success with the production of figures made of artificial marble , so-called "marmalith".

Later he went into business for himself in his own workshops with products similar to those at Schumacher & Co. At times the company employed over 100 people in the manufacture of small sculptures in marble and stone cast and terracotta objects . Kochendörfer developed a process of chroming (coloring) in order to imitate all common types of marble. He advertised his company's products in his own catalogs .

Awards

1891 Silver Medal for Art and Science

literature

Hans Völkel: Herman H. ter Meer: a life as a dermoplastic and artist . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-937209-50-6 , p. 86 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed March 30, 2020]).

Individual evidence

↑ M. Scheller: Report on the 25th anniversary of the "Solmontia" foundation festival . Grabe & Hetzer, Sonneberg 1909. Library of the German Toy Museum. Signature SI 1302.
^ M. Scheller: Directory of members of the AH-Verein Solmontia. In: Report on the 25th anniversary celebration of the "Solmontia" . S. 13. Grabe & Hetzer, Sonneberg 1909. Library of the German Toy Museum. Signature SI 1302.

personal data
SURNAME	Kochendörfer, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kochendörfer, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH	March 14, 1942
Place of death	Osterode am Harz

[1] M. Scheller: Report on the 25th anniversary of the "Solmontia" foundation festival . Grabe & Hetzer, Sonneberg 1909. Library of the German Toy Museum. Signature SI 1302.

[2] M. Scheller: Directory of members of the AH-Verein Solmontia. In: Report on the 25th anniversary celebration of the "Solmontia" . S. 13. Grabe & Hetzer, Sonneberg 1909. Library of the German Toy Museum. Signature SI 1302.