Gottfried Götting

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Gottfried Götting (born February 20, 1840 in Düsseldorf , † May 9, 1879 in Aachen ) was a German sculptor .

Live and act

Statues of Jacob , Judah and David at Aachen Cathedral
Figures of the Anna Chapel at Aachen Cathedral

The son of the history painter and sculptor Johann Peter Götting and Anna Margarethe Prehel came to Aachen after studying sculpture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and then doing various commissioning activities between 1860 and 1870, where he set up a workshop in Jakobstrasse there. In the years 1870–1872 Götting was appointed professor for bossing at RWTH Aachen University. One of his most famous students at that time was Lambert Piedboeuf , but also Johann Lorenz Opree . Götting's Düsseldorf classmate was Wilhelm Busch . Both characterize in their works, one with the pen, the other with the chisel.

In his work, Götting saw himself as a representative of neo-Gothic against the background of the so-called Kulturkampf , which began in the 1870s . One of his main works was undoubtedly the 90 stone sculptures on Aachen Cathedral , most of which were carved from Savonnières limestone and only a few from Udelfang sandstone . He was modeled on the sculptures at Cologne Cathedral , which at that time was the center of neo-Gothic, although he worked his Aachen sculptures more delicately. He was just as meticulous with his other works. Götting was largely advised and supported by the Aachen canon and art historian Franz Bock , who also brokered numerous other important work assignments for him, as well as by his colleague and also well-known sculptor Gustav Angelo Venth (1848–1903), son of the painter Aloys Hubert Michael Venth .

reception

A representation based on Götting's characteristic figure of the Virgin can be found in the catalog of grave jewelry of the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik 1919 as an unnamed work.

Works (selection)

St. Vincent de Paul
  • Relief with the Adoration of the Magi; at the Dreikönigenpforte with ascent (Kaiserstieg) to the Reichssaal at Aachen City Hall , 1879. Free reconstruction of the ma work.
  • Mary and child as well as bearded men with scrolls, seers of the Old Testament; at the Marienportal in the area of ​​the former Carolingian west apse of the Aachen town hall. To the original ma representation belonged to two donor figures.
  • 12 statues for the choir hall of Aachen Cathedral ;
  • 90 stone sculptures on the facades of Aachen Cathedral; Size from 39 to 260 cm, created between 1864 and 1874 under the supervision of the Aachener Stiftskapitels, the Cologne Vicariate and the Aachen Cathedral Building Association
  • Statues of the patron saints of St. Foillan and St. Michael , the Mother of God as patroness of the cathedral and St. Vincent de Paul ; attached to the Marian column created by Friedrich Joseph Ark in 1847 as a replacement for the dilapidated Vinzenzbrunnen on the Aachen Cathedral Square (stone carvings by Wilhelm Josef Wings)
  • Colossal crucifix in the cemetery in Düsseldorf ;
  • individual figures in the Simpelveld monastery , u. a. his figure of Mary, a St. Anthony
  • Marble busts of Kaiser Wilhelm I and the later Emperor Friedrich III. in the stairwell and the earlier sculptures on the facade of the main building of the RWTH Aachen;
  • Figure decorations at the former St.Marien Church, Aachen, are stored in the parking garage under the church
  • his statue of Mary on Lindgens' house on Wallstrasse
  • sculptural interior, a side altar in the Holy Cross Church in Süggerath
  • Joseph figure at the monastery of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus , Michaelsbergstrasse 40 in Burtscheid
  • Pietà to the Holy Cross in Aachen
  • Entrance tympanum relief to St. Nikolaus (Aachen)

literature

  • Gottfried Götting . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 57, Saur, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-22797-4 , p. 88.
  • J. Fey: On the history of Aachen painters of the 19th century , in: From Aachens Vorzeit , Vol. 10, 1897, p. 61f.
  • Oliver Czarnetta: Neo-Gothic in Aachen - the Götting workshop ; 2003
  • Bernhard Poll (Hrsg.): History of Aachen in data , 2nd edition, Aachen 1965, p. 224

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Grave decorations. WMF. Württemberg metal goods factory. Geislingen = St. 1919. Comprehensive sample books on grave decorations, lighting figures, fountain and garden figures, etc. free of charge and postage paid. Grave decorations, Christ bodies, tablets, letters, wreaths, palm branches, urns, etc. “The sample books remain the property of WMF. Printed in our own print shop with colors from Kart & Ebinger, GmbH, in Stuttgart. P. 84, No. 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Götting, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1879
Place of death Aachen