Hermann Feuerhahn

Hermann Feuerhahn (born May 20, 1873 in Hildesheim , † 1955 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor who was particularly known for his architectural sculptures.

Life and work

Many of his works were created together with Georg Roch and are jointly attributed to Feuerhahn & Roch .

In 1905, Feuerhahn founded the workshops for cemetery art together with Hugo Lederer , Georg Wrba and other sculptors . There they designed tombs that were brought onto the market on the basis of type construction with simple modifications.

Works (selection)

Frohsinn (from the series Temperaments ) at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven (1910)

• 1906–1910: Building sculpture at the Freiburg City Theater
• 1909: Sculpture work at the Berlin Postscheckamt (draft by Alfred Lempp , execution of the building sculpture with Christoph Hasselwander)
• 1909: Building sculpture at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin (Architect: Oskar Kaufmann )
• 1911–1912: Plastic decoration of the facades and the interiors of the city ​​theater in Bremerhaven (together with Georg Roch; architect: Oskar Kaufmann )
• 1914/1915: Sculptural jewelry (masks on the parapets) for the Gerickesteg over the Spree in Berlin (together with Georg Roch)
• 1915–1917: Foundation boards for the Bismarck Tower in Burg im Spreewald (together with Georg Roch)

literature

• Willy Kurth : Feuerhahn, Hermann . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 517 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Hermann Feuerhahn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uta Lehnert: A voice for the dead. The park cemetery Lichterfelde. Edition Hentrich, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89468-204-3 , p. 38.
2. ↑ Michael Klant: Forgotten sculptors. In: Sculpture in Freiburg. 19th century art in public spaces. Freiburg 2000, ISBN 3-922675-77-8 , p. 171 f.
3. ↑ Postscheckamt Berlin in the Berlin State Monument List
4. ^ Antje Hansen: Oskar Kaufmann. A theater architect between tradition and modernity. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2001, pp. 222-229.
5. ↑ Hans Schliepmann : Oskar Kaufmann's City Theater in Bremerhaven. In: Berliner Architekturwelt . 17th year 1914/1915, issue 2, pp. 45–84. ( urn : nbn: de: kobv: 109-opus-5427 )