Heinrich Brehmer (medalist)

Tomb of Friedrich Brehmer in the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover

Heinrich Friedrich Brehmer (common name Friedrich Brehmer , born November 25, 1815 in Hanover , † January 1, 1889 ibid) was a German medalist , coin engraver and goldsmith and the leading member of the Hanoverian Artists' Association .

Life

Medal of the coin engraver on the Ernst August monument unveiled on September 21, 1861 in honor of the late King Ernst August ;
Steel engravings from the Ernst August album

1 (silver) thaler of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1865 with the portrait of King George V , the artist's signature "BREHMER F. " on the neck section and the letter B for the mint master Theodor Wilhelm Brüel

Heinrich Brehmer was the son of a royal Hanoverian coin worker. After an apprenticeship as a goldsmith , he worked from 1834 to 1847 in Paris with Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and Étienne-Jules Ramey . But during that time he was - initially as a freelancer - from 1846, among other things for the coin Hannover ( mint active). Also in 1846 Brehmer joined the Hanover Artists 'Association and was one of the managing directors of this artists' association from 1862 to 1870 . Here he was mainly friends with the painter Edmund Koken .

In Hanover, from 1848 onwards, Brehmer manufactured the dies for almost all coins of the Kingdom of Hanover.

For his portraits of rulers Ernst August and George V George in 1857 awarded him the Golden Medal of Honor for Art and Science .

In 1864 Brehmer was given a permanent position at the royal mint with a fixed salary of 800 thalers . His excellent reputation, especially as a portraitist , was known beyond the state's borders and brought the Hanover Mint many orders from neighboring countries. Brehmer designed coins for the Duchy of Braunschweig (from 1864), for the city of Bremen (including the Börsentaler from 1864), the city of Hamburg (2000 ducats annually), the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg and the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe . In addition, he created numerous highly artistic medals on a wide variety of occasions.

In 1878 Brehmer retired.

Tomb

Heinrich Bremer's tomb with a bust created by the sculptor Wilhelm Engelhard can be found in Hanover at the Engesohde city cemetery in department 40R , grave number 24 .

Brehmer evening

Heinrich Brehmer left 6000 gold marks from his fortune to the Hanover Art Association . The association's “Brehmer Evening”, which is celebrated annually on the artist's birthday on November 25th with the so-called “damp cover”, goes back to this legacy.

Works (selection)

Brehmer's works can mainly be found in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum and in the Heimatmuseum der Burg Frankenberg in Aachen , in the Hamburger Kunsthalle and in Hanover in the Lower Saxony State Museum and in the Museum August Kestner .

Brehmer's portrait of the King of Hanover was featured in the Golden Medal of Honor for Art and Science from 1847 .

Brehmer created coins and medals in the late classical style from people from culture and science , including

• Commemorative medals for Carl Friedrich Gauß 1855; and 1877
• Memorial medal for Justus von Liebig ;
• Commemorative medal for Ludwig van Beethoven 1870
• Commemorative medal for the unveiling of the monument to Ernst August I of Hanover on September 21, 1861
• Portrait medal for the 50th anniversary of Georg Friedrich Grotefend's office and for the 500th anniversary of the Hanover Lyceum.
• Commemorative medal for Ernst von Bandel and the completion of the Hermann Monument in 1875

He created some portrait reliefs in the Engesohde city cemetery :

• Marble portrait relief of the tomb of the actor Karl August Devrient . Tomb created by the sculptor Theodor Maßler .
• Portrait bronze bust of the tomb of the landscape painter Edmund Koken
• Portrait relief of the grave monument of Ernst von Bandel
• Bronze head relief of the tomb of Karl Karmarsch

literature

• Brehmer, Heinrich . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 2 : Brann-Einslin . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2005, ISBN 3-11-094656-4 , p. 37-38 ( books.google.de ).
• Heinrich Usefulel : Brehmer, Friedrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 572 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• General artist lexicon . Volume 14, p. 79 f.
• Wilhelm Rothert : General Hanoverian biography. (in Gothic script ), Volume 2: In the Old Kingdom of Hanover 1814–1866. Sponholtz, Hannover 1914, pp. 98-105.
• Helmut Zimmermann : The Hanoverian portraits second series. Illustrated by Rainer Osswald. Harenberg, Hannover 1984, ISBN 3-89042-008-7 , p. 76 ff.
• Johannes Kretzschmar : The royal mint in Hanover . In: Journal of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony 1902, pp. 4-63, esp. Pp. 43 ff. ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Leonard Forrer: Biographical dictionary of medallists . Vol. 1, London 1904, p. 116 ( digitized version ).
• Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biography , Vol. 2, In the Old Kingdom of Hanover 1814–1866 . Sponholtz, Hannover 1914, pp. 98-99.
• Ortwin Meier : Heinrich Friedrich Brehmer. The master of the German portrait medal of the 19th century . Lax, Hildesheim 1927.
• Hugo Thielen : Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 70, etc. ( books.google.de ).

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Brehmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ In contrast to this, the database of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library (sd, as of July 11, 2016) stated the date of death January 2 , 1889

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek (GWLB), last accessed on July 11, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Hugo Thielen : Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 70. u.ö. ( books.google.de ).
3. ↑ Karin van Schwartzenberg (responsible): Graves of honor and graves of important personalities in the Engesohde city cemetery. Leaflet DIN A3 with overview sketch, ed. from the City of Hanover, The Lord Mayor, Department of Environment and Urban Greenery, Department of Urban Cemeteries, Department of Administration and Customer Service, Hanover, 2012.
4. ^ Franz Rudolf Zankl : Medal of Honor for Art and Science. In: Hanover Archive . Sheet K 34.
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8. ↑ Stefan Krmnicek, Marius Gaidys: Taught images. Classical scholars on 19th century medals. Accompanying volume to the online exhibition in the Digital Coin Cabinet of the Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Tübingen (= From Croesus to King Wilhelm. New Series, Volume 3). University Library Tübingen, Tübingen 2020, p. 82 f. ( online ).
9. ^ Hugo Thielen: Koken, Johann Edmund Gottfried. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. P. 207 ( books.google.de ).
10. ^ Hugo Thielen: Bandel, Joseph Ernst von. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. P. 38 ( books.google.de ).