Georg Kemper

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Georg Kemper (born November 11, 1880 in Oelde ; † March 25, 1948 there ) was a German sculptor and ceramist .

Life

Georg Kemper was born in 1880 as the third child of the merchant Christian Kemper and his wife Maria geb. Rose born. After attending school and training as a sculptor, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and was then a student at the Munich Art Academy from 1904 to 1912 , first as a student with Wilhelm von Rümann and then with Adolf von Hildebrand , who had a significant influence on him. Kemper was twice awarded the silver medal, at that time the academy's highest honor.

Kemper lived and worked in his studio in Munich until the end of World War II, after which he moved back to his hometown Oelde due to air raids by the Allies. In Munich he was close friends with Olaf Gulbransson . Kemper died in 1948.

plant

Georg Kemper has created an abundance of small and large sculptures in stone and bronze, but above all in colored glazed majolica . Under the influence of his experiences in World War I, he also dealt a lot with religious topics, so he furnished a number of churches with sculptures. The way of the cross in the church of St. Alban von Effelder, which he designed between 1924 and 1928, deserves special mention .

Publicly accessible works

  • Dessau: Stations of the Cross in the Catholic Provost Church of St. Peter and Paul (1938)
  • Effelder: Way of the Cross in the Catholic parish church of St. Alban
  • Gößweinstein : Way of the Cross monuments list
  • Iserlohn: Way of the Cross
  • Landau / Pfalz: Ignatius of Loyola
  • Möhler: Sacred Heart Figure
  • Offenbach: Man of Sorrows
  • Oelde:
    • Four seasons (putting on pillars) at the former savings bank
    • monumental cross as well as several grave monuments in the cemetery
    • Man of Sorrows and Risen Christ (in bronze) in the Catholic parish church of St. John
  • Percha on Lake Starnberg: Way of the Cross

literature

  • Otto Pelka: Modern Ceramics. Leipzig 1924, p. 169.
  • Ulrich Gehre : Sacred art from Oelde. In Die Glocke of October 31, 1998.
  • Back: The Way of the Cross in Effelder Cathedral 2nd edition 1989 Leipzig Kunstverlag Schmiedicke
  • Max Pritze: Small picture sheet on the history of the Catholic parish St. Peter and Paul in Dessau. Dessau 1996, p. 1991

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matriculation No. 2754 Matriculation Book 1884-1920 AdBK Munich
personal data
SURNAME Kemper, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and ceramist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Oelde
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1948
Place of death Oelde