Hermann Alfred Raddatz

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Hermann Alfred Raddatz (born April 14, 1906 in Liegnitz , Lower Silesia , † December 23, 1962 in Düsseldorf ) was a German sculptor and painter .

Life

After finishing school, Raddatz studied sculpture, wall painting and modeling at the crafts and arts school in Breslau from 1921 to 1926 with Gebhard Utinger and Bruno Zschau. At the same time he began studying painting at the Wroclaw Academy of Arts and Crafts . In 1926 he was awarded the Rome Prize of the Prussian Academy of Arts as the best sculptor . From 1926 to 1930 he studied in the master's studio at the Dresden Art Academy and was a master student and assistant to Karl Albiker . From 1930 to 1940 he worked as a freelancer in Dresden , where he became a member of the Dresden Secession in 1932 and a board member of the Dresden Artists' Association. A reputation he leaned at the Breslau Academy from 1937th His monuments Chopin in Dresden and Bergmann und Aufbruch ( monument of work ) in Zwickau were dismantled and melted down in 1943. In 1945, the family's house and studio on Bodenbacher Strasse and all of his sculptures were destroyed by the bombing of Dresden . Only a few works in museum ownership have been preserved.

In 1945 Raddatz dared to make a new artistic start with painting and in 1948 moved to Oberstdorf . From 1949 to 1962 he lived in a former paper mill on Schwarzbach in Wittlaer ( Düsseldorf-Einbrungen ). Raddatz was a member of the Malkasten artists 'association , the Rhenish Secession and the artists' guild . He died in Düsseldorf in 1962.

Work (selection)

Relief life on the Elbe in Dresden
  • 1931: Bronze bust of Prof. Dr. M. for the art exhibition in Munich in 1935
  • 1932–1933: Bronze bust of Max Feldbauer , Dresden Sculpture Collection , inventory number ZV 3337
  • 1934: Memorial for the fallen soldiers of Langemarck in front of the grammar school in Zwickau (destroyed in a bomb attack in 1943)
  • 1935: Chopin monument on Neumarkt in Dresden, on behalf of the city of Dresden (melted down in 1943)
  • 1936: Sandstone relief Life on the Elbe (12 m long) at the Albertbrücke in Dresden, near the Neustädter Elbe bank
  • 1936–1938: Work monument (miner's statue) on the forecourt of the main train station in Zwickau (melted down in 1943)
  • 1938–1940: Eight centuries of city history , city fountain for the market square in Zwickau, stele with reliefs
  • Memorial for the fallen of the First World War on the north cemetery in Duisburg-Hamborn
  • Portrait of Ignaz Semmelweis , marble relief for the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden
  • Figure group prisoners of war (bronze) in Düsseldorf (melted down in 1943)
  • Color glazing in the Martinskirche in Düsseldorf-Unterbilk

literature

  • Daniel Jacob: Sculpture Guide Dresden. From Aphrodite to the twin fountain. Jacob, Freital 2010, ISBN 978-3-942098-05-2 , p. 135.
  • Karin Müller-Kelwing: The Dresden Secession 1932. A group of artists in the field of tension between art and politics. (Dissertation, Technische Universität Dresden 2008) Hildesheim (inter alia) 2010, ISBN 978-3-487-14397-2 , pp. 190–191, p. 376.
  • Leaflets on Oberstdorfer Heimatkunde , issue 37 (2000):
    • Karin Polke: Hermann Alfred Raddatz (1906–1962). Sculptor and painter.
    • Elfriede Ruhrberg: Herrmann Alfred Raddatz. A painter in Oberstdorf.
  • Heinz Quinger : Dresden and the surrounding area. Art travel guide. History, art and culture of the Saxon capital. DuMont, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4028-2 , p. 192.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
  2. ↑ Torsten Kohlschein: Where was the miner from Zwickau's train station? In: Free Press . November 8, 2018, p. B2 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Peter Hilbert: The girl from the Albert Bridge. (No longer available online.) In: Sächsische Zeitung . January 28, 2013, archived from the original on September 28, 2013 ; Retrieved July 29, 2013 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz-online.de
  4. ↑ Deutsche Fotothek , signature / inventory no .: Cat. No. 264.
  5. ↑ Max Feldbauer - SKD Online Collection. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 28, 2013 ; Retrieved July 29, 2013 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / skd-online-collection.skd.museum
  6. ^ Chopin in Dresden. In: Dresden-Kulturlinks. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Memorial by Hermann Alfred Raddatz on the north cemetery in Hamborn, Blumstrasse. City of Duisburg on Flickr , accessed on July 29, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Raddatz, Hermann Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raddatz, Hermann A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Liegnitz
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1962
Place of death Dusseldorf