Hermann Heidel
Hermann Rudolf Heidel (born February 20, 1811 in Bonn , † September 29, 1865 in Stuttgart ) was a German sculptor.
Life
Hermann Heidel first studied medicine, but switched to art in 1835 and began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Schwanthaler . He was Renoncenphilister of the Corps Rhenania Bonn (1831) and member of the Corps Palatia Heidelberg (1831/32).
After making a name for himself by modeling a colossal bust of Beethoven that no longer exists , he went to Italy for three years. In 1843 he settled in Berlin. Here he first took on sandstone work for the Unter den Linden opera house, which was being reconstructed, and for the dome of the Berlin City Palace, as well as stucco work for its “White Hall”. A high relief of Charlemagne , forcing the Saxons to Christianity , and Luther , hitting the theses on the castle church in Wittenberg , was made as a plaster model and presented to Martin's monastery in Erfurt by the King of Prussia .
It followed: Outlines of Goethe's Iphigenia , eight leaves from the Tantalus myth and a statue of Iphigenia in marble ( Orangery Castle (Potsdam) ), one of his main works; also the reliefs: Oedipus and Antigone on the way to Colonus ; Nausicaa , who met Odysseus first, and Penelope , surprised by the suitors at the loom as they parted their daily work at night. The Handel statue, unveiled in Halle in 1859, was cast in bronze based on Heidel's model and has since stood next to Ernst Rietschel's Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . The Palais Thermal (formerly Eberhardsbad) in Bad Wildbad has a high relief executed in terracotta by Heidel's hand, depicting the escape of "Eberhard Rauschebarts" from the Wildbad. He created several works for the Old Cemetery in Bonn , including the tomb for Philipp Joseph von Rehfues (1847) in 1847. He was only 54 years old.
Figure group Oedipus
Rehfues tomb
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literature
- Alfred Woltmann: Heidel, Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 299.
- Wilhelm Lübke : The modern Berlin sculpture . Westermannsmonthshefte , Jahresband 04 (1858), pp. 188–197, 300–309.
- Gert Mannes: Herrmann Heidel (1810–1865). Corps student and academic sculptor . Once and Now, Vol. 62 (2017)
Web links
- The Handel Monument by Hermann Heidel , contribution to the history of the city in the Kulturfalter , February 2012
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidel, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heidel, Hermann Rudolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1865 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |