Heinrich Schwabe (sculptor)

Heinrich Schwabe (born October 30 or 31, 1847 in Wiesbaden , † December 23, 1924 in Nuremberg; full name: Georg Heinrich Joseph Schwabe ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Heinrich Schwabe studied from 1859 at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts as a student of August von Kreling , Wilhelm Düll and Desiderius Lenz .

He then worked as an assistant in August von Kreling's private studio. After a three-month stay in Rome in 1869, he settled as a sculptor in Munich . In 1875 he went on study trips to Italy, France, Switzerland and Austria and was then appointed - before the end of the year - through August von Kreling's mediation as a professor of sculpture at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts, where he taught until 1907. After that he continued to work as a freelancer. He died in 1924 and was buried in the Johannisfriedhof in Nuremberg (grave no. 778).

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Schwabe's works include humorous cupids and the flower game He loves me ; During his time in Munich, he created many smaller decorative statuettes , which he successfully sold. Towards the end of the 1870s he created over two dozen cupids, which were made by the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufactory Meissen . After retiring from teaching, he mainly dealt with monumental sculpture.

1886: Bronze bust by the sculptor Paul Koch (1845–1886) for his tomb in the Nuremberg cemetery
1887/1890: Ludwig Railway Monument in Nuremberg (moved and changed several times)
1896: Plastic jewelry for the building of the Landesgewerbeanstalt in Nuremberg, Gewerbemuseumsplatz
1897: Memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm I in Erlangen , Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz (unveiled on July 25, 1897; bronze parts dismantled and melted down in 1942, the rest broken off in 1946)
1898: Bust of Karl Grillenberger for his tomb in the Nuremberg West Cemetery

and undated:

Bronze statue of Pallas Athene for the facade of the town hall on Fünferplatz in Nuremberg
six mosaics in the Princely Room of Nuremberg Central Station

Ludwig Railway Monument in Nuremberg
Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Erlangen
Tomb for Karl Grillenberger in Nuremberg

literature

Schwabe, Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 349 .
Schwabe, Georg Heinrich Joseph. In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon . KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , Volume 3, pp. 1404 f.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Schwabe - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Heinrich Schwabe in the object catalog of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Schwabe, Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 349 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Schwabe, Heinrich. In: Hermann Alexander Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 482 ( transcription via retrobibliothek.de , last accessed on May 8, 2017)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Schwabe, Georg Heinrich Joseph. In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , Volume 3, pp. 1404 f.
↑ Koch, Paul Francesco . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 91-92 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schwabe, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwabe, Georg Heinrich Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH	December 23, 1924
Place of death	Nuremberg

[ThB-1] Schwabe, Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 349 .

[Biographisches-2] Schwabe, Heinrich. In: Hermann Alexander Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 482 ( transcription via retrobibliothek.de , last accessed on May 8, 2017)

[Grieb-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Schwabe, Georg Heinrich Joseph. In: Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , Volume 3, pp. 1404 f.

[4] Koch, Paul Francesco . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 91-92 .