Hermann Isenmann

Hermann Isenmann (* 1908 in Ohlsbach , Baden ; † 1991 ) was a German sculptor , metal caster and restorer .

Life

Habakuk , 3.95 m high bronze statue, enlarged by Isenmann until 1971 of a 52 cm high plaster statuette created by Max Ernst in 1934 , Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Grabbeplatz

Isenmann studied sculpture under Alexander Zschokke at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1935/1936 . In 1936 he moved with his wife Theresia, née Happe, into a house in the Schaffendes Volk settlement (today the Golzheim artists' settlement , Franz-Jürgens-Straße 11), which he lived in until 1937. Helga, a daughter of the couple, married the sculptor Heinz Gernot in 1956 .

From 1949 to 1975 Isenmann worked as the artistic and technical director of the plaster workshop at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. There he taught budding sculptors, particularly in the techniques of plaster casting. Isenmann was particularly recognized as a restorer and as a specialist in the production of models for artistic metal casting; Around 1970 he was commissioned to make an enlarged version of Max Ernst's figure Habakkuk for the Kunstverein for the Rhineland and Westphalia . This work was part of an edition of ten planned but ultimately only four versions that Ernst authorized in 1970. The cost of production was shared between the Kunstverein, Max Ernst and the art collector Wilhelm Hack .

Isenmann's students were Bernd Lohaus and Peter Hohberger .

Work (selection)

1950: Gröne Jong , restoration of the French limestone figure created by Joseph Hammerschmidt in 1900 , Runder Weiher, Hofgarten , Düsseldorf
1954: Adam and Eva , together with Rudolf Christian Baisch , restoration of the group of figures by Peter Breuer from 1894 , Florapark , Düsseldorf
1954: Adolph Kolping, Apostle of the Family , group of figures made of Roman travertine, Kolpingplatz , Düsseldorf
1961: The Knuckle Player , figure made of Obernkirchen sandstone as a replica of the first bronze production made in 1926 by Bernhard Sopher , Rheingärtchen , Düsseldorf
1970: Group of bears , completion of a concrete sculpture by Curt Beckmann , Sternenberg rest area, Bundesautobahn 46 , Wuppertal
1970/1971: Habakkuk , enlargement of a 1934 created statuette of Max Ernst , in the 1971 art foundry Herbert Schmäke cast and at the entrance of the Kunsthalle Dusseldorf was built
1985: Saint Peter , life-size seated figure in bronze, Catholic parish church of St. Peter, Bitburg

Web links

Hermann Isenmann , website in the emuseum.duesseldorf.de portal

Individual evidence

^ History , website in the portal tv-ohlsbach.de , accessed on December 29, 2019
^ Corina Gertz (Ed.): 80 years of the Golzheim artists' settlement . State capital Düsseldorf, 2017, p. 94 ( digitized version )
↑ Heinz Gernot , website in the portal heinz-gernot.de , accessed on December 29, 2019
^ Adolf Kolping (group of figures) , data sheet from Johannes auf der Lake in the portal deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de ( German digital library )
↑ Habakuk , website in the portal emuseum.duesseldorf.de , accessed on December 29, 2019
↑ Christine Dixon, Bronwyn Campbell: Max Ernst: Habakuk . In: Artonview , issue 51, spring 2007, p. 54 ( digitized version )

^ Werner Spies : Max Ernst: Sculptures, Maisons, Paysages . Center Georges Pompidou Service Commercial, Paris 1998, ISBN 978-2-8585-0982-9 , p. 118

^ Friedrich W. Heckmanns: The art association for the Rhineland and Westphalia 1955-1979 . In: Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia (ed.): 5 × 30. Düsseldorf art scene from five generations. 150 years of the art association for the Rhineland and Westphalia 1829–1979 . Catalog, Düsseldorf 1979, no p.

↑ Gröne Jong , data sheet in the portal deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (German digital library)

↑ Knöchelspielerin , website in the portal emuseum.duesseldorf.de , accessed on December 29, 2019

↑ Keyword: 1970 , website in the portal denkmal-wuppertal.de , accessed on December 29, 2019

↑ Rudolf Purpar: art city Dusseldorf. Objects and monuments in the cityscape . Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-89978-044-2 , p. 43 ( PDF )

^ Michael Berens, Bernd Altmann (collaboration): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger land. A guide to the sacred buildings of Bitburg city and country . In: Contributions to the history of the Bitburger Land . Special issue 8/9, 1992, p. 22 ( PDF )

personal data
SURNAME	Isenmann, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor, metal caster and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH	1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ohlsbach , Baden
DATE OF DEATH	1991

[1] History , website in the portal tv-ohlsbach.de , accessed on December 29, 2019

[2] Corina Gertz (Ed.): 80 years of the Golzheim artists' settlement . State capital Düsseldorf, 2017, p. 94 ( digitized version )

[3] Heinz Gernot , website in the portal heinz-gernot.de , accessed on December 29, 2019

[4] Adolf Kolping (group of figures) , data sheet from Johannes auf der Lake in the portal deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de ( German digital library )

[5] Habakuk , website in the portal emuseum.duesseldorf.de , accessed on December 29, 2019

[6] Christine Dixon, Bronwyn Campbell: Max Ernst: Habakuk . In: Artonview , issue 51, spring 2007, p. 54 ( digitized version )

[7] Werner Spies : Max Ernst: Sculptures, Maisons, Paysages . Center Georges Pompidou Service Commercial, Paris 1998, ISBN 978-2-8585-0982-9 , p. 118

[8] Friedrich W. Heckmanns: The art association for the Rhineland and Westphalia 1955-1979 . In: Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia (ed.): 5 × 30. Düsseldorf art scene from five generations. 150 years of the art association for the Rhineland and Westphalia 1829–1979 . Catalog, Düsseldorf 1979, no p.

[9] Gröne Jong , data sheet in the portal deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de (German digital library)

[10] Knöchelspielerin , website in the portal emuseum.duesseldorf.de , accessed on December 29, 2019

[11] Keyword: 1970 , website in the portal denkmal-wuppertal.de , accessed on December 29, 2019

[12] Rudolf Purpar: art city Dusseldorf. Objects and monuments in the cityscape . Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-89978-044-2 , p. 43 ( PDF )

[13] Michael Berens, Bernd Altmann (collaboration): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger land. A guide to the sacred buildings of Bitburg city and country . In: Contributions to the history of the Bitburger Land . Special issue 8/9, 1992, p. 22 ( PDF )