Hans Leitherer

Turner monument in the Volkspark Bamberg

Hans Leitherer (born December 13, 1885 in Frankenthal (Pfalz) , † November 15, 1963 in Bamberg ) was a German sculptor.

Life

Hans Leitherer was a student of Balthasar Schmitt at the Royal Art Academy in Munich . After his training he settled in Bamberg. There and in the area around the city he created numerous sculptures and was the author of a guide through the art world of Bamberg.

Works

• 1921: Memorial plaque in the former high school of Bamberg University .
• 1922: War memorial in Gaustadt , part of the city of Bamberg (with A. Seidlein).
• 1924: War memorial in Hohenpölz , district of the Heiligenstadt market in Upper Franconia
• One of his designs is the Turner monument in Bamberg's Volkspark , which was erected together with the park on the occasion of the Bavarian State Gymnastics Festival in 1926.
• 1927: Copy of the stone figure "Johann Nepomuk" (Am Kanal, Obere Brücke der Regnitz; list of monuments )
• 1930: Nepomuk figure on the Wiesent Bridge in Ebermannstadt ( list of monuments )
• 1933: Fountain with a small figure of a market woman on the Green Market ( list of monuments )
• Reconstruction of the so-called “Metzgermarter” (from 1565) in the community of Bischberg .

family

His son Hermann (1919–1991) was also a sculptor. His grandson is the sculptor Thomas Leitherer, who lives in Breitengüßbach .

literature

• Leitherer, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929.
• Leitherer, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 207 .
• Hans Leitherer: Bamberg. Guide through his art. Bayerische Verlagsanstalt, Bamberg 1951.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information from Bert Freyberger and Andreas Ullmann , accessed on May 28, 2019.
2. ^ Atonement Cross Rothof (II) , accessed on May 28, 2019.