Georg Albertshofer

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Georg Albertshofer (born October 19, 1864 in Neuburg an der Donau , † August 11, 1933 in Munich ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Albertshofer studied at the Munich Art Academy under Wilhelm von Rümann and then worked for a few years in Ferdinand von Miller's studio . Later he was self-employed in Munich. In early 1910 he was awarded the title of professor .

The biography and catalog raisonné as well as the still existing bozzetti and models are being developed by the art historian Alexander Rauch (Munich / Leipzig); the project is not yet completed.

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Work carried out

  • 1903: Kneipp monument in Bad Wörishofen (unveiled on June 21, 1903)
  • around 1906: Stone sculpture of St. George on the George altar in the Church of St. Paul in Munich
  • 1907: War memorial 1870/1871 in Rosenheim (inaugurated on June 23, 1907; architecture by German Bestelmeyer )
The monument stood on Max-Bram-Platz until 1961, then on Innspitz, and was moved to Herbststrasse in 2007.
  • 1910: Benno column in Munich (overall concept by Bestelmeyer, bronze casting by Ferdinand von Miller)
  • 1910: Centaur fountain in front of the train station in Bad Reichenhall (centaur figure with drinking bowl as a symbol of the healing power of water)
  • before 1911: six marble figures (Wilhelm, Augustine, Johannes, Paulus, Thomas and Vitus) on the Trinity altar in the Church of St. Benno in Munich
  • before 1911: Stobäus fountain in Regensburg (architecture by Bestelmeyer)
  • 1911: Plastic facade decoration on the German House at the International Art Exhibition Rome 1911 (architecture by Bestelmeyer)
  • 1911–1915: Sculptures in Count Ernst von Dörnberg zu Herzberg's mausoleum on the Protestant Central Cemetery in Regensburg (architecture by Bestelmeyer)
  • around 1912: Lion sculptures on the main portal of the main customs office in Munich, Landsberger Straße (architecture by Hugo Kaiser and Otto Leitolf )
  • 1912: Fountain in the Dallmayr office building in Munich (architecture by Eugen Hönig and Karl Söldner)
Fountain with a group of sculptures in the form of two children holding a large fish; In this context, the figure of a boy with a fruit basket shouldered was also created for the delicatessen store Dallmayr.
Sculptures on the portal of the secondary school, corner pillar reliefs, sculpture of the "Capitoline Wolf" with Romulus and Remus above the middle archway in the schoolyard enclosure
cylindrical wall around a linden tree, with surrounding water basin, portal with antique sculpture
  • 1924: War memorial with 4 columns connected by an attic in Kolbermoor
  • 1924: War memorial as a niche fountain with a Madonna relief on Danhauserplatz in Aichach
  • 1927: Relief of the river god Inn in Rosenheim, Hafnergasse
  • 1928: Fish fountain on Ludwigsplatz in Rosenheim

and undated:

  • War memorial in the Sylvester Church in Munich (two stone putti with war trophies, flanking a cross)

  • Kneipp monument in Bad Wörishofen

  • Benno column in Munich

  • Centaur fountain in Bad Reichenhall

  • Trinity altar in the Church of St. Benno in Munich

  • Lion at the Dörnberg mausoleum in Regensburg

  • Lions at the main customs office in Munich

  • Dallmayr fountain in Munich

  • Portal of the (former) secondary school in Munich-Schwabing

  • Gable of the New Kurhaus in Aachen

  • War memorial 1914–1918 in Rosenheim

drafts

  • 1894: Competition design for a monumental fountain in Kulmbach (awarded 2nd prize)
  • 1895: Competition design for a Ludwig Richter monument in Dresden (awarded 3rd prize)
  • 1913–1920: Competition design for an Elias Holl memorial in Augsburg
The competition was announced in 1913, but it was not decided until 1920. Albertshofer's design received one of two first prizes, but the design was carried out by the sculptor Resch and the architect Landauer.

literature

Web links

Commons : Georg Albertshofer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d G. Feger: The St. Benno and the Bennokirche in Munich. In: Bennopolaris. 128, No. 1 (parish letter from St. Benno, Munich, April – July 2006) (PDF; 5.8 MB) ( Memento from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), p. 11 ff.
  2. ^ Register Ae-Al on leipzig-lexikon.de , last accessed on May 11, 2015
  3. ↑ Exact birthday according to information from the Munich City Archives , Anton Löffelmeier, from June 7, 2019
  4. ↑ Albertshofer, Georg . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 224 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ a b c d The Christian Art , year 1910/1911, p. 230 ff.
  6. ^ Rosenheim City Archives: The inauguration of the war memorial . June 2003.
  7. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Jennifer Langer: A walking monument. Already the third location for the "Patria". In: Oberbayerisches Volksblatt of April 19, 2011, issue 91, p. 13. Accessed on April 27, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / 217.72.222.62
  8. ^ K. Bauer: Regensburg. Art, culture and everyday history. 5th edition, MZ Buchverlag, 1997, ISBN 3-931904-19-9 .
  9. ↑ Uli Brüstlein: The international art exhibition in Rome in 1911. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 31st year 1911, No. 73 (from September 9, 1911) , p. 449 ff., Here p. 452.
  10. ↑ Konrad Nonn : Das Gräflich v. Dörnbergsche Mausoleum in Regensburg. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 42nd year 1922, No. 29 (from April 8, 1922), pp. 170-173 ( digitized version ).
  11. ^ Gustav Freiherr von Schacky on Schönfeld: The new customs buildings in Munich. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 32nd year 1912, No. 83 (from October 12, 1912) , p. 553 ff., Here p. 537.
  12. ^ Eugen Kalkschmidt : New architecture in Munich. In: Wasmuthsmonthshefte für Baukunst und Städtebau , year 1914/1915, issue 7 (PDF; 20.5 MB) , p. 273 ff., Here p. 288.
  13. ^ Siegfried Weiss : Maximiliangymnasium. Architecture of the building.
  14. ^ Joseph Laurent: The new health and bathing facilities of the bath Aachen. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 36th year 1916, No. 101 (from December 16, 1916) , p. 657 ff.
  15. ^ City of Rosenheim: Tour of the old town - Max-Josefs-Platz .
  16. ^ City of Rosenheim: Old Town Tour - Ludwigsplatz .
  17. ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 14, 1894, No. 21 (from May 26, 1894) , p. 219.
  18. ↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 15, 1895, No. 42 (from October 19, 1895) , p. 443 f.
  19. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 41st year 1921, No. 39 (from May 14, 1921) , p. 247.
personal data
SURNAME Albertshofer, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuburg on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1933
Place of death Munich