Plaster molding
The Replica Workshop in Berlin produced since 1819 without interruption plaster - casts of important sculptures from Berlin museums and other collections.
history
It is part of the Berlin State Museums - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation . The Gipsformerei is the oldest facility of the State Museums in Berlin - Prussian cultural heritage and was founded in 1819 by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. founded. The first director was Christian Daniel Rauch , the most important classicist sculptor in Prussia. The plaster molding shop has been located in the building in Charlottenburg on Sophie-Charlotten-Strasse and the corner of Spandauer Damm since 1891 . This is where the molds, the molding workshop and the painting studios are housed. The sales and showroom was opened in 1960.
collection
With a stock of more than 7,000 models, it is the world's largest facility of its kind. The oldest piece is the 25,000-year-old Venus von Willendorf , the largest cast is the 42-meter-high Marcus Aurelius column from Rome and the smallest is an Egyptian scarab the size of a fingernail . The collection includes pieces from all epochs and from different cultures.
Many pieces are not only of art historical significance, but are the only witnesses to originals that were war-related or destroyed or impaired by environmental influences.
production
The manufacturing methods of the art manufactory have been handed down. The forms are up to 200 years old. The impressions are restored if necessary. Contactless impressions are possible with the 3D scanning process. The material consists of a special mixture of alabaster plaster. Individual parts from individual molds are poured, assembled, reworked and painted. This is how the replica of a work of art is created. Bronze casts are also made.
sightseeing
Sculptures that can also be purchased are on display in the sales room , which is open on working days . The larger selection is contained in the 14 inventory catalogs. An extensive tour of the workshops, the production and the works of art is only possible with a guided tour of the workshops that takes place twice a month .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Gipsformerei Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: Gipsformerei. Art manufacture since 1819. Leaflet 6/2012.
literature
- Hans Georg Hiller von Gaertringen: Masterpieces of Gipsformerei: Art Manufactory of the State Museums since 1819 , Munich 2012. ISBN 978-3777444512 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 9.3 ″ N , 13 ° 17 ′ 12.1 ″ E