Gotthilf Jaeger
Gotthilf Jaeger (born June 29, 1871 in Cologne , † around 1924 or 1933 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Jaeger was a student of the sculptor Hermann Volz at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe , which he attended from 1892 to 1893; He also studied at the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt am Main and the Royal Prussian Technical School for the Metal Industry in Iserlohn . Later he taught at the ducal arts and crafts school and technical school for the metal industry in Pforzheim . The sculptor had a studio in Berlin-Wilmersdorf . From 1900 to 1915 he was a partner in the Berlin sculpture studio Bieber.
When designing the shape of his decorative sculptures, Jaeger mainly oriented himself towards the taste of his time. His numerous statuettes made of bronze often show female and male nudes in Art Nouveau style , often with mythological subject , later works rejected by the style of Art Deco on.
Works (selection)
- Drinking Girl , 1910-1920
- Icarus , 1920
- athlete
- soldier
- Ganymede
- Young athlete with an eagle
- Harlequin with mandolin
- Frederick the Great playing the flute
- Sword dancer , 1900–1910
- Standing fencer (half nude)
- Tire dancer
- Dancing female nude with an ivory ball
- Dancer , 1920
- runner
- The blacksmith
- Young Bacchus , 1910
- Mercury as a sailor , 1910
- Swordsman
- Dancer in arabesque pose
literature
- Jaeger, Gotthilf . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Saur, Munich 1992 ff.
- Jaeger, Gotthilf . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker , Fred. C. Willis , Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. 37 volumes. (1907-1950, vol 1 to 15 can be viewed online). Wilhelm Engelmann, EA Seemann, Leipzig.
- Jaeger, Gotthilf. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
- Harold Berman: Bronzes. Sculptors & Founders, 1800-1930. Schiffer Publishing, 1994.
Web links
- Gotthilf hunter. In: artnet , with pictures of Gotthilf Jaeger's work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DNB 1148973230 estimates Jaeger's year of death as "approx. 1924 ”, referring to Günter Meißner's general artist lexicon . Numerous websites such as mutualart.com , bonhams.com , christies.com , liveauctioneers.com or art Genealogie mention the year 1933. historia.de and auktion-bergmann.de lead a membership in the Reichsverband bildender Künstler Deutschlands , which ran from 1927 to 1933 existed, which substantiates 1933 as the year of death. According to askart.com , he was born in Cologne (June 29, 1871, according to Bénézit ) and died in Berlin.
- ↑ a b c Gotthilf Jaeger . In: askart.com
- ↑ Adolf von Oechelhäuser: History of the grossh. Baden Academy of Fine Arts: Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the foundation on behalf of the Academy and with the support of the Grand Ducal Ministry of Justice, Culture and Education. G. Braunsche Hofbuchdruckerei, 1904, p. 162.
- ↑ Jaeger, Gotthilf. In: auktion-bergmann.de
- ^ A b History working group (Wilmersdorf, Berlin): Grunewald views . Edition Berlin in Metropol-Verlag, 2002, p. 188.
- ^ Bronze by Gotthilf Jaeger: around 1900, marble base, signed. In: Bares für Rares , objects from June 26, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaeger, Gotthilf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunter, Gotthilf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1924 or 1933 |
| Place of death | Berlin |