Gabriel Laemmle

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Gabriel Lämmle, photo taken around 1890

Gabriel Lämmle (born March 13, 1851 in Laupheim ; † November 12, 1925 in Neufra near Riedlingen ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Gabriel Lämmle was born on March 13, 1851 in Laupheim as the son of a wood turner. At the age of 18 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1869 , where he attended Josef Knabl 's class for Christian sculpture. Lämmle has probably previously completed an apprenticeship with a sculptor or stonemason. After studying in Munich, he settled in Ravensburg as a freelance sculptor. There he married in 1876 the actress Barbara Wackerle (1851-1935), who was the same age and who came from Innsbruck, who gave birth to eight children between 1877 and 1891. From 1883 to 1905 Lämmle worked in Riedlingen, then in Herbertingen , where, in addition to his work as a sculptor, he ran the local train station management. Apparently he was hardly able to find new church clients at that time, after the booming church building had already declined sharply towards the end of the 19th century and many of the late Nazarene carvers and altar builders lost their main source of income.

Works (selection)

  • Altheim (near Riedlingen) , Catholic parish church St. Martin: Martin's statue above the church portal, crucifixion group on the outer choir wall
  • Bussenkirche (St. Johannes Baptist): Christ carrying the cross
  • Deggingen , Catholic parish church of the Holy Cross: Canisius statue carrying a cross
  • Emerkingen : Large crucifix (priest cross) in the cemetery
  • Ertingen , Catholic parish church St. Georg: Mother of God, Archangel Michael, Veronica with Christ's handkerchief
  • Illerkirchberg-Unterkirchberg , Catholic Church St. Martin: Madonna
  • Langenenslingen-Wilflingen , Catholic Church St. Johannes Nepomuk: Petrus and Paulus, Pieta, mother Anna
  • Laupheim , St. Peter and Paul: Holy Martyr Sebastian as well as the Way of the Cross and sculptures in the Mount of Olives Chapel near St. Leonhard (1880/81)
  • Quantities , Catholic Martinskirche: Way of the Cross
  • Mittelbiberach , Catholic parish church St. Cornelius and Cyprian: Way of the Cross
  • Riedlingen , Catholic parish church St. Georg: Resurrection altar
  • Riedlingen-Neufra , Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul: Mother of God, Heart of Jesus, World Judge according to the secret revelation
  • Unlingen-Uigendorf , catholic church St. Ulrich: high altar statues.
  • Ummendorf (near Biberach) , Catholic Johanneskirche: Gute Beta, Heinrich von Seuse, Christ's grave
  • Untersulmetingen-Niederkirch , pilgrimage church of St. Georg (Niederkirch): Saints Georg and Sebastian
  • Uttenweiler-Dieterskirch , St. Ursula Church (built 1898): Way of the Cross
  • Uttenweiler-Oberwachingen : Guardian Angel Group

literature

  • Schäll, Ernst: Way of the Cross and Mount of Olives Chapel near St. Leonhard in Laupheim. A work by Gabriel Lämmle In: BC-Heimatkundliche Blätter 22 (1999), Heft 1, pp. 27–33 ( digital )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ matrikel 02507 Gottlieb [sic] Laemmle, matriculation 1841-1884 ( digital ).
personal data
SURNAME Lamble, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Laupheim
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1925
Place of death Neufra near Riedlingen