Gustav Ebe

Gustav Ebe (born November 1, 1834 in Halberstadt ; † May 15, 1916 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) was a German architect and art historian .

Life

Gustav Ebe completed his studies at the Berlin Building Academy in 1864 with the master builder examination. He then went on trips to Italy and France with his college friend Julius Benda . After their return both worked together as private architects from 1867 and founded the company Ebe & Benda in 1869 . Ebe became a member of the architects' association in 1869 and a founding member of the Association of Berlin Architects in 1879 , of which he became deputy chairman in 1884. In 1891 the company was dissolved. In addition to the company orders, Ebe also worked alone and published numerous art historical works. Ebe had been married since 1873 and had eight sons, including the sculptor Burkhart Ebe .

buildings

Own

• 1864–1867: Extension buildings at Magdeburg Town Hall
• Around 1880: Reconstruction and extension of Garzau Castle near Strausberg
• 1890: Conversion of the Flora establishment in Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 218, to the Concordia Theater (from 1892 Apollo Theater )

Fa. Ebe & Benda

• 1872–1874: Palais Pringsheim in Berlin, Wilhelmstrasse 67 (old census)
• 1872–1876: Thiele-Winckler's palace in Berlin, Regentenstrasse 15
• 1873–1878: Kaufmann and Bunsen villas
• 1875–1878: Palais Borsig in Berlin, Voßstraße 1 (unfinished, preliminary design by Richard Lucae )
• 1879: Renovation of the Halberstadt synagogue
• 1882–1884: Mosse-Palais in Berlin, Leipziger Platz 15

Publications

• Historical portrait and allegory in the modern monument sculpture . 1887.
• Outline of the art history of antiquity . L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1895.
• The late renaissance. Art history of European countries from the middle of the 16th to the end of the 18th century . Springer, Berlin 1895.
• The German Cicerone: Guide through the art treasures of the countries with the German tongue . Spamer, Leipzig 1897.
• The forms of decoration of the 19th century . Engelmann, Leipzig 1900.
• National or international art . 1901.
• New formations in the area of ​​the building structures . 1902.
• Try modern building ornamentation . 1902.
• Images of Silesian art monuments . 1902.
• August Orth: A picture of life . W. Ernst & Son, 1904.

literature

• Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1988, p. 16-17 .
• Uwe Kieling: Berlin - Builders and Buildings: From Gothic to Historicism . 1st edition. Tourist Verl., Berlin; Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-350-00280-3 , p. 231-232 .

Web links

• Projects Ebe & Benda. In: Architekturmuseum TU Berlin. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
• Works by Gustav Ebe. In: Image index of art & architecture. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .