Hermann Hidding

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Hermann Johann Albert Hidding (born May 9, 1863 in Stevern near Nottuln , † February 8, 1925 in Potsdam ) was a German sculptor of historicism .

Life

Hidding is the son of a small farmer with many children from the Catholic Münsterland. He got to know the work of stonemasons through the nearby Baumberg quarry, which fascinated him very much. With the support of the Münsteraner Kunstverein and a state grant, Hidding trained as a stonemason from 1877 to 1881 with the sculptor Heinrich Fleige in Münster. He then studied with August Wittig at the Academy of Arts in Düsseldorf until 1886 . As a master student of Reinhold Begas , Hidding moved to Berlin in 1888.

Regular presence at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition made Hidding's works known to a broad public, and members of the imperial family also became aware of the young artist in 1897 through his relief March 9, 1888 (death of Kaiser Wilhelm I). The daughter of the late Emperor Grand Duchess Luise von Baden and Kaiser Wilhelm II bought marble versions of this relief. Around 1900 Hidding maintained numerous contacts with large industrialists, including Julius Friedrich Holtz , who gave him various orders.

Hidding's applications for the construction of large monuments were largely unsuccessful. When Duke Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg withdrew a major order for no reason in 1910, Hiddings had already laboriously completed the majority of the models. He then litigated the Duke unsuccessfully and only received compensation for the material costs. Disappointed, he withdrew from public art life. He moved to Werder near Potsdam. After the First World War he became increasingly impoverished.

Works (selection)

Prince Karl von Arenberg , Clemenswerth
  • Anna and Maria in the cath. Parish Church of Nottuln (1881)
  • Collaboration on the models for the Neptune Fountain in Berlin (1888/89)
  • Bust of Julius Friedrich Holtz (1893)
  • Bust of Frau Wenzel (1893)
  • Interior of the church in Bretleben (1896)
  • Group The Art for the Kaiser Wilhelm National Monument Berlin (1897)
  • Wall fountain Spinnerin in Berlin (1897), currently in storage
  • Monument of the Staßfurt Potash Works for the World Exhibition in Paris (1900)
  • August Wilhelm von Hofmann statue in Berlin (1901)
  • Monument to Baron Clemens von Ketteler in Münster (1903)
  • Statue of Prince Karl von Arenberg , Clemenswerth Palace Park (1909)
  • Tombs:
    • M. Stemmler, Berlin, old cemetery of the Nikolai and Mariengemeinde (1897)
    • A. Seffert, Cologne, Melatenfriedhof (1909)
  • Monument designs:
    • Kaiser Wilhelm I for Stettin (1888), Breslau (1888/89), Stuttgart (1890/94), Kyffhäuser (1891), Koblenz (1892)
    • Otto von Bismarck for Berlin (1894/95), Hamburg (1901)
    • Richard Wagner for Berlin (1901)
  • Vase in antique shapes with the triumphant march of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

literature

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ lwl.org proof with illustration.
  3. ↑ clemenswerth.de Proof with illustration.
personal data
SURNAME Hidding, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hidding, Hermann Johann Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Stevern near Nottuln
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1925
Place of death Potsdam