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Henny Geiger-Spiegel (born September 22, 1856 in Berlin , † 1915 in Leipzig ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Henny Spiegel received her training in the studios of Max Klein and Nikolaus Geiger , whom she married towards the end of the 1880s. Primarily active in Berlin, Henny Spiegel made figures and busts. As a member of the Association of Berlin Women Artists from 1884 to 1894, Henny Geiger-Spiegel regularly took part in the association's art exhibitions. She was also represented in 1889 at the Paris Salon , in 1889, 1891 and 1892 in the Glaspalast in Munich , in 1883, 1884, 1887 and 1888 at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition and at the International Art Exhibition in Venice .

After her husband died in 1898, she was commissioned to build a crowned gable figure at St. Hedwig's Church .

At the beginning of 1890, the Geiger'sche Haus on Nachodstrasse at the corner of Kaiserallee in Berlin-Wilmersdorf was owned by Nikolaus Geiger, which became Bernstein'schen Haus around 1900, and in which other sculptors, including Johannes Röttger and Franz Flaum (1867-1917), and a painter had their residence. Late 19th century belonged Henny Geiger levels along with Dora Hitz to the association of the XI , was with the artists Ludwig Dettmann , Josef Block , Reinhold Lepsius and Sabine Lepsius , Curt Herrmann , Philipp Franck , Max Uth and later to coming Wilhelm Trübner in sociable relationship, and carried out small collective exhibitions with them, including in 1897 in the Eduard Schulte art dealer in the Redern Palace on Pariser Platz.

Henny Geiger-Spiegel died in 1915 in the state sanatorium and nursing home in Leipzig-Dosen .

Works / exhibitions (selection)

Stranded in the Glaspalast in Munich in 1892

1886: Laughing girl's head , exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin in the state exhibition building
1887: Bronze bust of a boy , exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin in the state exhibition building
1888: Bust of Nikolaus Geiger , Great Berlin Art Exhibition
1888: Bust of Bruno Schmitz , Great Berlin Art Exhibition
1889: Stranded (figure of a drowned girl), Paris Salon
1894: Maria with the lily , marble, Great Berlin Art Exhibition in the Glass Palace
1897: Madonna , Venice International Art Exhibition
1898: head of a girl , bronze, height 58 cm, on pedestal; Boy , marble; Marble bust of my husband , Great Berlin Art Exhibition
1898: crowning gable figure , St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin (destroyed)

literature

Hans Vollmer : Violinist, Henny . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 343 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Gustav Keckeis (Ed.): Lexikon der Frau , Vol. 1. A - H. Encyclios Verlag, Zurich 1953, p.
Brigitte Hüfler: Images of people in Western art. Anniversary exhibition of the Prussian Museums Berlin 1830–1980 . Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1982, pp. 64–79.

Individual evidence

^ Exhibition of the Berlin Artists' Association: "The busts of Ms. Henny Geiger-Spiegel are quite effective." , In Art for All, issue 19, 1892, p. 299.
↑ Berlin. The sculptor Henny Geiger-Spiegel, the wife of the late Nikolaus Geiger, has been commissioned by the Prussian state government to create a figure crowning the gable of the Hedwig Church in Berlin, the master’s last work, the motif of which is freely available to the artist. , in Die Kunst für alle , No. 23, 1898, p. 364.
^ Geiger, N., sculptor a. History painter. * Wilmersdorf, Nachodstrasse (on Kais.Allee, Geigersches Haus). E .; Geiger-Spiegel, Henny, sculptor. * Wilmersdorf, Nachodstr. (ad Kaiserallee, Geigersches Haus). , in Gesellschaft von Berlin , Edition 3, 1893/94.
^ Nachodstrasse, Bernstein'sches Haus , in address book for Berlin and its suburbs, 1901 edition, p. 452.
^ From Schulte's art exhibition in Berlin. An association of nine artists (...) , in art chronicle. Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, No. 6, November 1897, p. 91.
^ Henny Spiegel, in Berlin SW, Hallesches Ufer 27; 1784. Laughing girl's head , in the catalog exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin in the state exhibition building , 1886.
^ Henny Spiegel in Berlin, Potsdammerstrasse 66; 1253 bronze bust of a boy , in the catalog exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin in the state exhibition building , 1887, p. 243.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Vollmer 1920
^ Geiger-Spiegel, Henny, Wilmersdorf 1907 Maria with the lily , marble , in the catalog of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, 1894, p. 106.
^ Geiger, Henny, Wilmersdorf near Berlin; 1306 head of a girl , bronze; 1307 boy , marble; 1308 Marble bust of my husband , in catalog Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1898, p. 76; 749. bronze bust, ins. Henny Spiegel, young girl , bronze, height 58 cm, on a pedestal , in Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, catalog no.2080, Berlin 1934.

personal data
SURNAME	Geiger-Spiegel, Henny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Spiegel, Henny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	1915
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Exhibition of the Berlin Artists' Association: "The busts of Ms. Henny Geiger-Spiegel are quite effective." , In Art for All, issue 19, 1892, p. 299.

[2] Berlin. The sculptor Henny Geiger-Spiegel, the wife of the late Nikolaus Geiger, has been commissioned by the Prussian state government to create a figure crowning the gable of the Hedwig Church in Berlin, the master’s last work, the motif of which is freely available to the artist. , in Die Kunst für alle , No. 23, 1898, p. 364.

[3] Geiger, N., sculptor a. History painter. * Wilmersdorf, Nachodstrasse (on Kais.Allee, Geigersches Haus). E .; Geiger-Spiegel, Henny, sculptor. * Wilmersdorf, Nachodstr. (ad Kaiserallee, Geigersches Haus). , in Gesellschaft von Berlin , Edition 3, 1893/94.

[4] Nachodstrasse, Bernstein'sches Haus , in address book for Berlin and its suburbs, 1901 edition, p. 452.

[5] From Schulte's art exhibition in Berlin. An association of nine artists (...) , in art chronicle. Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, No. 6, November 1897, p. 91.

[6] Henny Spiegel, in Berlin SW, Hallesches Ufer 27; 1784. Laughing girl's head , in the catalog exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin in the state exhibition building , 1886.

[7] Henny Spiegel in Berlin, Potsdammerstrasse 66; 1253 bronze bust of a boy , in the catalog exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin in the state exhibition building , 1887, p. 243.

[:0-8] Vollmer 1920

[9] Geiger-Spiegel, Henny, Wilmersdorf 1907 Maria with the lily , marble , in the catalog of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, 1894, p. 106.

[10] Geiger, Henny, Wilmersdorf near Berlin; 1306 head of a girl , bronze; 1307 boy , marble; 1308 Marble bust of my husband , in catalog Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1898, p. 76; 749. bronze bust, ins. Henny Spiegel, young girl , bronze, height 58 cm, on a pedestal , in Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, catalog no.2080, Berlin 1934.