Hans Glissmann

Hans Glissmann (born October 16, 1894 in Hamburg , † November 27, 1956 in London ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Glissmann studied at the Hamburg Art and Trade School with Johann Michael Bossard . His teacher set up a master's studio for him in 1921. He then worked on his own account and took part in the Hamburg artist festivals in the 1920s , for example in 1924 as a disguised “Stadtsteinklopfer-Plastinator”.

In 1924 Glissmann married the artist Anni Jacoby , with whom he lived in Groß Borstel and had a joint studio. Together with Adolf Wilhelm Bauche , he had a studio in Güntherstrasse in Hamburg, which moved to the Ohlendorff House in 1932 . From 1933 to 1938 Glissmann traveled to Italy, Holland and Switzerland. Since he had married a woman of Jewish faith, he was boycotted from 1933 and was banned from practicing his profession in 1938 because he had objected to a divorce.

Glissmann's wife emigrated to Edinburgh via Holland , where he also moved in 1939. In 1940 the couple moved to London and received a work permit there in 1942. As a sculptor, however, he no longer appeared. He worked as a decorator for the Harrods department store , washed cars and took on ancillary activities.

Works

In the 1920s and early 1930s, Glissmann was one of the most important sculptors in Hamburg. Most of his works no longer exist today. On behalf of Jews, he designed many portrait sculptures that are no longer available today. He also created sculptures for buildings in Hamburg, which, however, cannot be clearly assigned to him.

Glissmann worked for all renowned Hamburg architects, such as Fritz Schumacher , Fritz Höger , Walter Hinsch and Ernst Hochfeld, and helped design public buildings and high-rise buildings. The simply conceived relief of the Madonna and Child that he created still exists today . This bronze figure, which was made before 1925 and is in the Hamburger Kunsthalle , shows that Glissmann worked formally in the style of his teacher Bossard and Karl Opfermann .

literature

• Susanne Geese: Glissmann, Hans . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 56, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , p. 175.