Fritz Richter-Elsner

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Fritz Richter-Elsner (born January 8, 1884 in Köppelsdorf , † 1970 in Detmold ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Born in Köppelsdorf in Thuringia in 1884, he studied with Reinhard Möller at the Sonneberg School of Industry and Applied Arts and then in Munich . From 1905 to 1916, at the age of 21, he was artistic director of the Oscar Gladenbeck & Co. foundry in Berlin-Friedrichshagen . He lived for many years in Berlin-Friedrichshagen, where he left evidence of his work with sculptures in the cemetery and a memorial for the Jewish doctor Max Jacoby (now destroyed).

From the 1920s Richter-Elsner switched to the design of monuments.

In the mid-1930s he ran into financial difficulties. In a corresponding correspondence, he mentions his wife (Charlotte née Koch † 2019) and his three children.

In March 1943 at the latest, Richter-Elsner was assigned to work and was only able to take care of the sculpting jobs in his free time. In April 1943 he lived in Goldberg, Hermann-Göring-Straße 1. From there, after the end of the war, he managed to escape to Alsfeld in Upper Hesse via Thuringia.

Richter-Elsner's artistic output decreased significantly after the " seizure of power ". With his signature on June 4, 1937, he became a member of the NSDAP under the number 3933995 . In 1943, however, he was posted to work. It is difficult to determine today whether this is due to personal economic difficulties or whether he was not loyal to the line.

As an artist, Richter-Elsner could no longer gain a foothold in post-war Germany. Its formal language corresponded too closely to the art promoted by the Nazis and large war memorials were no longer in demand. One of his last known works is a bust of Gerhart Hauptmann, which is now owned by the Gerhart-Hauptmann School in Alsfeld. Fritz Richter-Elsner died in Detmold in 1970.

Works

Art Nouveau sculptures from Richter-Elsner are known from around 1900 . The artist later switched to monuments, many of which have survived.

The following works are still known today:

  • undated: bronze sculpture on the scale - Studentika
  • around 1900: Alabaster plastic bust of a girl
  • undated: plastic girl balancing act
  • undated: bronze sculpture Large Amazon on horseback
  • undated: Dachshund in bronze
  • undated: War memorial 1914–1918 in Reetz / Brandenburg (now Poland )
  • undated: several sculptures in the cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichshagen
  • 1908: pyramid-shaped memorial for Oberleutnant zur See Hans Hellmann in Neisse / Silesia (today Nysa in Poland) with his portrait relief
  • 1912: Jahn memorial in Perleberg
  • 1913: Bismarck statue in the Bismarck tower of Bromberg (today Bydgoszcz , Poland)
  • 1913: Monument to Max Jacoby in Berlin-Friedrichshagen (destroyed)
  • 1915: Iron Fist (as a Hindenburg monument) in Berlin-Friedrichshagen
  • 1916: War memorial 1870/71 (?) In Soldau (East Prussia, today Poland)
  • 1920: Art Nouveau relief panels in Berlin-Friedrichshagen , Böhlsche Strasse / Lindenallee
  • 1921: War memorial in Sielow near Cottbus
  • 1922: Equestrian statue of the cuirassiers in Brandenburg (Havel)
  • 1923–1924: Ulan monument in Demmin ( 53 ° 54 ′  N , 13 ° 3 ′  E )
  • 1925–1926: War memorial in Łobez (district town in Pomerania)
  • 1926-1929: 130s Memorial at Kellerkopf at Holzwickede -Hengsen ( 51 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 36'  O )
  • 1927: War memorial in Holzwickede-Hengsen, Unnaer Straße
  • 1927: War memorial in the Königspark (today Goethepark) in Schöneiche near Berlin
  • between 1931 and 1936: plaster bust of Gustaf Kossinna (1858–1931)
  • 1928: Memorial to the fallen in Grimmen
  • 1928–1940: Memorial in Dortmund - Löttringhausen , Kruckeler Straße ( 51 ° 27 ′  N , 7 ° 26 ′  E )
  • 1941: Gold digger fountain on the market in Goldberg ( Silesia )
  • 1942–1944: Monument to Bolko I for Schönau (erected in 2007)

In 1931 Richter-Elsner also worked as a scriptwriter: The short film Heldentum - Volkstum - Heimatkunst by Fritz Puchstein was based on his script.

literature

Web links

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

notes

Traditional documents:

  • Correspondence from May 23, 1935 to April 13, 1938 due to debts with Th. Regenbogen from the memorial building on the cellar head in Holzwickede-Hengsen
  • June 1, 1942 application letter to the mayor of Schönau an der Katzbach (from Friedrichshagen), quoted in Silesia Nova, issues 1-2011, page 43ff.
  • August 6, 1944 Communication on the completion of Bolko I (from Friedrichshagen)

Documents:

  • Friedrichshagener Hefte (from 1995), Issues 38–40. Bronze foundry Gladenbeck - Bronzenes for Berlin, short vita of Richter-Elsner

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  1. ↑ Friedrichshagener Hefte (from 1995), Hefts 38–40. Bronze foundry Gladenbeck - Bronzenes for Berlin, p. 380f
  2. ↑ According to K. Brandel in Friedrichshagener Hefte (see above)
    Oscar Gladenbeck (1851–1921) was one of the sons of the famous foundryman Hermann Gladenbeck (1827–1918).
  3. ^ Letter of May 30, 1935 to the lawyer Friedrich Stockey, Unna
  4. ^ Obituaries of Charlotte Richter-Elsner | trauer.mittelhessen.de. Accessed December 8, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Silesia Nova, issues 1-2011, page 43 ff., Online: [1] , last accessed on July 4, 2014
  6. ↑ A report by Fritz Richter-Elsner is quoted in the book: Flucht. Lower Silesia 1945. (bibliographical information to follow)
  7. ↑ Post-war information comes from an exchange of letters with relatives living today.
  8. ↑ Membership file no. 3933995 in the Federal Archives; The application for membership is dated June 4, 1937, recorded in the files as “May 1, 1937”. Under the heading "resigned" there is a stamp AK and under "re-entered" the stamp C with the note "Nov 44 (...)"
  9. ↑ News :. Accessed December 8, 2019 (German).
  10. ↑ From an auction prospectus, accessed on August 16, 2013, http://www.artnet.de/künstler/fritz-richter-elsner/auf-die-mensur-studentika-auf-unregeläßem-xvaoa1dNbd-wHf8mlxp8sg2
  11. ↑ From an auction brochure: Bust of a girl , signed (Fritz) Richter-Elsner (1884–?). Alabaster. Art Nouveau, German around 1900. Rose garland decorated, high rectangular base with bottom mark on the underside, this inscribed: "RM". Height of the base 11.5 total height 27 cm. Tip of the nose bumped. Fritz Richter Elsner was a well-known Berlin sculptor, studied in Berlin and worked in Berlin until after 1930. Rare. Very fine execution. ( http://pics3.lottissimo.com/en/i/6696571/p/23/?PHPSESSID=evt1nspkb6upm6klcbo3it5887  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link accordingly Instructions and then remove this notice. ) (Accessed August 16, 2013)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / pics3.lottissimo.com  
  12. ^ In an online auction catalog [2] , accessed on November 2, 2016
  13. ↑ Discovered on a private website  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 3, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.flugsimulatoren.com  
  14. ↑ Hans Hellmann (* Neisse ; † June 17, 1900 on the SMS Iltis (II) in the fight for the Takuforts in the war in China), Source: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: Der 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. , last accessed May 7, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de
  15. ↑ Friedrichshagener Hefte
  16. ↑ Bismarcktürme.de , accessed on September 3, 2013
  17. ↑ Friedrichshagener Hefte
  18. ^ Information from the Sielow Citizens' Association: [3] , accessed on August 16, 2013
  19. ↑ Friedrichshagener Hefte
  20. ^ Picture , private website , accessed September 3, 2013
  21. ^ National Socialist Monthly Bulletins, Volume 7, 1936, Issue 72: Image of a bust v. Richter-Elsner created; Central political and cultural journal of the NSDAP; Editor: Alfred Rosenberg
  22. ↑ Fig. In: “ The Gr. Germans in the Picture, 1937 ”, accessed September 3, 2013
  23. ↑ “This memorial was dedicated to the fallen sons of Grimmen in the First World War. It was built by Richter-Elsner and inaugurated in 1928. After 1945 it was smashed. The VVN (persecuted persons of the Nazi regime) memorial, created by the sculptor Dietrich and inaugurated in 1968, stands here today, source: Grimmen in old views, volume 2, online information about it , accessed on September 3, 2013.
  24. ↑ The order was placed in 1928 from a letter dated April 13, 1938 (private archive), inauguration in 1940
  25. ↑ The German cultural heritage in the Polish western and northern regions, edited by Zbigniew Mazur, p. 36 (Online: [4] (accessed August 16, 2013))
  26. ↑ Silesia Nova, issues 1-2011, page 43 ff., Online: [5] , accessed on August 16, 2013
  27. ↑ see film information in the film portal and in the federal archive
  28. ↑ privately owned


personal data
SURNAME Richter-Elsner, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Köppelsdorf
DATE OF DEATH 1970
Place of death Detmold