Hermann Hultzsch

Hermann Hultzsch (born April 20, 1837 in Dresden , † December 17, 1905 in Blasewitz near Dresden) was a German sculptor and university professor .

Life

Statue of Christian Daniel Rauch at the exhibition building in Dresden

Relief on the war memorial in Schwaan

Hermann Hultzsch was born in Dresden in 1837. At the age of 15 he modeled a portrait of a friend who showed his artistic talent. A bust of the founder of the Lauchhammer foundry for Count Einsiedel was also made before he began his studies . From 1854 to 1861 Hultzsch studied at the Dresden Art Academy and became a master student in Ernst Rietschel's studio . Rietschel had him design two relief medallions for the base of his Braunschweig Lessing monument.

In 1865, Hultzsch created the sensational figure “Summer”, which earned him a scholarship for a study trip to Rome . Eight marble reliefs and a marble statue of the prophet Ezekiel for the mausoleum of Prince Albert in Windsor Park were created there in 1865 .

In 1867 Hultzsch returned to Dresden, where he worked as a freelance sculptor in his own studio. In 1881 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Saxon Art Academy and in 1888 professor at the Dresden Art Academy. In 1888 he took part in the centenary of the Bavarian King Ludwig I in Munich as honorary president of the Art Association of Saxony . He made small sculptures for the Meissen porcelain factory , including the bust of King Albert, the sower and the skater. In 1905 he died in Blasewitz.

Works (selection)

• around 1853: two relief medallions ( Muse Melpomene and Critique ) for the base of the Lessing monument in Braunschweig (Lessing statue by Ernst Rietschel)
• before 1861: bust of Benedicta Margareta Freifrau von Löwendal , the founder of the iron foundry Lauchhammer (on behalf of Count Detlev von Einsiedel )
• 1865: Statue Sommer , Braunschweig
• 1867: Luther statue and Melanchthon statue for the facade of the Kreuzschule in Dresden
• 1875: four sculptures ( Jason , Medea , Eros and Psyche ) for the new Semperoper in Dresden
• 1879: Sculpture for the Claudius monument in Naumburg (Saale)
• 1879: Bust of the poet Theodor Körner for his grave in Wöbbelin
• 1880: Small sculpture of a gardener girl for the Meissen porcelain factory (138 cm high, painted, privately owned)
• A bust of King Albert , a figure of a sower and a figure of a skater for the Meissen porcelain manufactory
• 1887: Figure Hygieia for the spa gardens in Bad Elster (Albert Park).
• 1893: Statues of Elector Moritz and King Albert on the 350th anniversary of the Sankt Afra school in Meißen (later state high school; removed by the communist rulers in March 1948)
• 1893: Bronze relief of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on the war memorial for the fallen of 1870/1871 in Laage
• around 1894: Colossal statue by Christian Daniel Rauch on the portal of the exhibition hall of the Dresden Art Academy (probably on behalf of the Saxon Art Association )
• 1895: Bronze relief of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on the war memorial for the fallen of 1870/1871 in Schwaan

literature

• Hultzsch, Hermann. In: Hermann Alexander Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 270. ( retrobibliothek.de ).
• Hermann August Lier: Hultzsch, Hermann . In: Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch and Deutscher Nekrolog . tape 10 : From January 1st to December 31st, 1905 . Georg Reimer, Berlin 1907, p. 195–197 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Ernst Sigismund : Hultzsch, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 118-119 .
• Heinz Quinger : Dresden and the surrounding area. History, art and culture of the Saxon capital. DuMont Reiseverlag, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-4028-1 , p. 112.

Web links

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

• Hermann Hultzsch in the Stadtwiki Dresden
• Literature about Hermann Hultzsch in the Saxon Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry Hultzsch, Hermann ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in the Person Wiki of the SLUB Dresden .
2. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
3. ↑ Calendar sheet : Birthday of a master student of Ernst Rietschel. In: Saxon newspaper . April 21, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives: paid online article ).
4. ↑ ^{a b} Hultzsch, Hermann. In: Hermann Alex. Müller: Biographical Artist Lexicon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 270 ( retrobibliothek.de ).
5. ↑ Simon Mergen: Monarchy anniversaries in the 19th century. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-937209-73-5 , p. 260.
6. ↑ Figural Meissen porcelain from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Retrieved June 2, 2013 .  
7. ^ Chronicle of the city of Naumburg (Saale). Retrieved June 2, 2013 .  
8. ^ Register: Architects. In: Dresden-und-Sachsen.de. Retrieved June 2, 2013 .