Hans Martin Ruwoldt

Hans Martin Ruwoldt's "Panther" in Planten un Blomen

Hans Martin Ruwoldt "Torso" Schloss Gottorf

"Lying" in front of the District Office North

"Windsbraut"
on the Inner Alster

Hans Martin Ruwoldt , actually Hans Martin Meier (born February 15, 1891 in Hamburg ; † October 16, 1969 there ) was a German animal sculptor and portraitist.

Career

The artist was the son of a casual laborer and was raised by his childless sister, a married Ruwoldt. 1906–1909 apprenticeship as sculptor in Rostock, 1909–1911 journeyman. From 1911 to 1914 he studied at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts in Richard Luksch's sculpture class . In 1913 he met Moissey Kogan . He took part in the First World War as a soldier and was taken prisoner by the French. After his return in 1922, he set up a studio in Hamburg. Fritz Schumacher supported him, through him Ruwoldt received numerous orders for buildings and systems. In 1923 he married Anne-Marie Leisewitz, the marriage resulted in a daughter, Dagmar Ruwoldt (1926–2008).

In 1926 Ruwoldt joined the Hamburg Secession , the Hamburg Artists 'Association and the Altona Artists' Association . He was also a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 . After the seizure of the Nazis he was to 1936 Chairman of the area of the sculpture Reichskammergericht of Fine Arts Landesleitung Northern Germany. At the last exhibition of the German Association of Artists in Hamburg in 1936, which was ended after ten days by the then Vice-President of the Reich Chamber, Adolf Ziegler , he participated for the first time as a DKB guest artist with the cement casting Standing (1932, H 68.8 cm, Museum for Arts and crafts Hamburg )

On behalf of the Hamburg National Socialists, in 1938 he made “an eagle-like phoenix rising from the ashes” for the fallen of the First World War as a replacement for the distant Hamburg memorial , which depicted a grieving mother with child. After the Second World War, the earlier relief was reconstructed.

At the first exhibition of the DKB in 1951 at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste in Berlin, Ruwoldt was represented again - this time as a full member - with the bronze sculptures Reclining Panther (1951, 50 cm long) and Cheetah (1950, 75 cm high). In 1955 Ruwoldt was appointed to succeed Edwin Scharff at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg , where he taught alongside Karl Kluth as head of the sculpture class.

One month after his death on October 16, 1969, on the night of November 17 to 18, his house and studio in Baron-Voght-Strasse in Hamburg-Nienstedten were destroyed by arson.

Hans Martin Ruwoldt was buried in the Aumühle forest cemetery.

The Ruwoldtweg in Hamburg-Steilshoop was named after him.

Works

Hamburg

Schreitende (1956) at the Grindel tower blocks

Extract of the works publicly displayed in Hamburg - animals and figures:

• Polar bear (1935) in the city ​​park , south access to Wiesenstieg
  (the second polar bear in the park near the model boat pond comes from Ludwig Kunstmann )
• Cheetah in the ramparts (now part of Planten un Blomen )
• Cheetah in the new Mümmelmannsberg housing estate
• Cheetah at the Steinhauerdamm school
• Panther in Planten un Blomen (see photo above right)
• Panther (1927) in front of the city ​​park , east entrance to Alte Wöhr
• Kraniche (1954) in the Hufnerstrasse residential complex in Barmbek-Nord
• Schreitende (1956) at the Grindel tower blocks
• Lying in front of the district office of Hamburg-Nord
• Panther (1965) on the University of Hamburg campus
• Windsbraut (1968) on the Inner Alster
• Vogel - tombstone for the founder of the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg Johannes Böse on the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof (s 11 - 127 - near chapel 1)
• Panther group (1930) on a column in the courtyard of the former Walddörferschule in Hamburg-Volksdorf
• Contemptuous deer (1934), burial site hunters , Ohlsdorf cemetery , grid square AB 15 (near north pond )
• Dying Bull (1935), Cattle Slaughterhouse, Hamburg-St. Pauli
• Penguins (1950s), Eilbektal 72-74 (inner courtyard), Hamburg-Eilbek
• Kraniche (1952), Hufnerstrasse 105 (garden area), Hamburg-Barmbek-Süd
• Bear Group (1952), Kolding Road, Altona North

Schleswig-Holstein

Extract of the works publicly displayed in Schleswig-Holstein:

• Licking Cheetah (1949) in the Nortorf Sculpture Park
• Standing with Arms Raised (1932) in the Nortorf Sculpture Park
• Torso (1932) Gottorf Castle

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  Grave of Johannes Böse with a depiction of a bird (2010)

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  Base of the grave of Joh. Böse with inscription

literature

• Maike Bruhns (ed.): Hans Martin Ruwoldt (1891–1969). Sculptures - Reliefs - Drawings Publisher: Hamburg. Edition Stadtbaukunst. 1991.
• Hans Martin Ruwoldt: sculptures, drawings. The etchings and lithographs. Catalog of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg 1969.
• Catalog for the exhibition of the BAT cigarette factories in cooperation with the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg to commemorate the 100th birthday of the artist, 1991.

Web links

Commons : Hans Martin Ruwoldt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Hans Martin Ruwoldt in the catalog of the German National Library
• ruwoldt.info , website with pictures of the work and biography (by Manfred Sihle-Wissel, student of Ruwoldt)
• Sculptures in the Hamburg city park , Hamburg picture archive
• Hans Martin Ruwoldt in the online exhibition Becket in Hamburg in 1936 of the State and University Library Hamburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General register of births 1886 - 1900 / 332-5 No. 45017 / St.Amt 22 # 341/1891, Hamburg State Archives. The later name change is also noted on this certificate.
2. ↑ Personal data according to Ernst Klee : Das Kulturlexikon zum Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 503.
3. ^ Sigrun Paas and Hans-Werner Schmidt (eds.): Persecuted and seduced. Art under the swastika in Hamburg . Hamburger Kunsthalle May 12 to July 3, 1983 (exhibition catalog). Jonas, Marburg 1983, ISBN 3-922561-17-9 , pp. 157 .
4. ↑ Fig. On p. 81 in the exhibition catalog Deutscher Künstlerbund - 34th Annual Exhibition Bonn. Pictures banned in 1936 , Berlin 1986
5. ↑ Garbe / Michelsen: Memorials in Hamburg p. 49
6. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Ruwoldt, Hans Martin ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 31, 2015)  
7. ↑ see exhibition catalog of the Deutscher Künstlerbund 1950. First exhibition 1 Aug. – 1. Oct 1951 . Berlin 1951. (without page numbers)
8. ^ Hans Martin Ruwoldt: (1891-1969); Sculptures, reliefs, drawings; to commemorate the 100th birthday of the artist. Exhibition catalog BAT, page 44. ISBN 3-927469-10-6
9. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt from November 20, 1969: Damage worth millions through arson
10. ↑ Ruwoldtweg Hamburger Abendblatt on October 9, 2012
11. ↑ Biography and Sculpture Panther group Folk Village in meeting Volksdorf
12. ↑ Details from Barbara Leisner, Heiko KL Schulze, Ellen Thormann: The Hamburg main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and tombs. 2 volumes and an overview map 1: 4000. Hans Christians, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-7672-1060-6 , details on page 157, cat.no.1088
13. ↑ Dying bull ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at frederiks.de 
14. ↑ Bronze sculpture penguins : Review and description of the location in Thomas Wittkuhn: SkulpTouren , Verlag Thomas Zang Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814508-0-4 , p. 13
15. ↑ Bronze sculpture of cranes : Review and description of location in Thomas Wittkuhn: SkulpTouren , Verlag Thomas Zang Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814508-0-4 , p. 21