Hermann Bach (sculptor)

Hermann Bach (born October 11, 1842 in Stuttgart , † between 1914 and 1919 ) was a German sculptor . He was a brother of the art historian Max Bach .

Life

Hermann Bach was a son of the cartographer and geologist Heinrich Bach . He began his training with Theodor von Wagner at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart and continued his studies in Rome from 1868 to 1870 , for which he received a state scholarship. In the course of his activity he turned increasingly to religious topics. Bach lived alternately in Berchtesgaden and Locarno .

Bach often worked on behalf of the public. His works included the statues Spinnerin and Pifferaro , made for the Queen of Württemberg Charlotte in Carrara marble ; also busts of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II , a Madonna figure for a church - possibly the Pietà of the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Bühl - a plaster statue of Friedrich Schiller for the Stuttgart Polytechnic and a group praying Moses in battle against the Amalekites and was intended for the tower of the Ulm Minster . The statues of Schiller and Friedrich List on the Georgenäum in Calw and the Luther relief in Metzingen's Martinskirche also come from him.

plant

Schiller statue at the Georgenäum in Calw

Calw : two statues ( Friedrich Schiller , Friedrich List ) on the facade of the Georgenäum (1871)
Sigmaringen : two apostle figures for the crypt chapel of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Strasbourg (Alsace): four limestone statues ( Winckelmann , Schöpflin , Sleidanus , Niebuhr ) on the facade of the university
Stuttgart :
- Statue of Friedrich Schiller in the auditorium of the Polytechnic
- Allegorical statues "Handel" and "Schiffahrt" on the attic of the Landesgewerbemuseum in Stuttgart (1895; destroyed in World War II)

literature

Bach, Hermann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 309 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
RF: Bach, 2nd Hermann . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 6, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22746-9 , p. 127 f.

Web links

Commons : Hermann Bach (Sculptor) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ 1914 traceable in Locarno.
^ Catholic Church Bühl
↑ Jörg Widmaier: How Luther came on the pedestal, monuments of the Reformation and Luther commemoration from the 17th to the 20th century . In: "Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg", 3/2017, p. 182
↑ Hermann Alex. Müller: Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon der Gegenwart (= Meyers Fach-Lexica. ) Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1882 ( retrobibliothek.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Bach, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 11, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	between 1914 and 1919

[1] 1914 traceable in Locarno.

[2] Catholic Church Bühl

[3] Jörg Widmaier: How Luther came on the pedestal, monuments of the Reformation and Luther commemoration from the 17th to the 20th century . In: "Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg", 3/2017, p. 182

[4] Hermann Alex. Müller: Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon der Gegenwart (= Meyers Fach-Lexica. ) Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1882 ( retrobibliothek.de ).