Hermann Lang (sculptor)

Hermann Lang (born August 13, 1856 in Heidenheim an der Brenz , † October 8, 1916 in Munich ) was a German sculptor and medalist .

Tomb for Karl Haider by Hermann Lang.

Life

From 1875 to 1876 Lang was a student of Theodor Wagner and Adolf von Donndorf in Stuttgart, where he ran his own studio from 1886. From 1892 to 1895 he was a student of Adolf von Hildebrand in Munich. Since 1896 he had his own studio in Munich. In the spring of 1895 and in the autumn of 1905 he went on study trips to Italy.

Hermann Lang was a member of the German Association of Artists , at whose first annual exhibition in 1904 he showed a portrait bust of Carl von Liebermeister .

On behalf of the Krupp company in Essen , Hermann Lang designed a memorial for Li Hongzhang in 1906 . This was set up in the garden of the memorial temple made for Li Hongzhang in Shanghai .

Works

	1893	Seated shepherd, relief.
	1895	Statuette of St. Sebastian.
	1895 (or 1898)	Grave of Countess Lanckoroński in Vienna.
	before 1898	Portrait bust.
	1898	Tympanum relief on the main portal of the Evangelical Paulus Church in Heidenheim.
	1903	Liebermeister monument, marble bust on the building of the Munich University Hospital. According to Julius Baum, a bust of Liebermeister also exists in the medical clinic in Tübingen.
	1903	The risen one, linden wood, gilded, Friedenskirche in Ludwigsburg .
	1904	Badge for Adolf Bayersdorfer .
	1904	Bust of August Pauly.
	1906	Christ and Thomas, exterior relief on the Church of the Redeemer in Munich.
	1906	Draft for the Reformation Monument in Stuttgart.
	1907	Crucifix, limestone, in the Markuskirche in Stuttgart.
	1909	Plaque for Martin Greif .
	1911	Draft for the Reformation Monument in Stuttgart.
	1911/1912	Larger than life statue of the builder Ulrich von Ensingen in Ulm Minster , 1911/1912.
	1912	Sandal loosener, marble relief.
	1912	Tomb of Martin Greif in Zangberg- Palmberg.
	1912	Tomb of the composer Burkhart in Nürtingen .
	from 1912	Karl Haider's tomb in Schliersee .
	1912-1916	Statue of Johann Adam von Seuffert on the outside facade of the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg (second figure from left).

literature

• Julius Baum (editor): The Stuttgart art of the present. Stuttgart 1913, pp. 211–212 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ), after p. 208 (Figure: Sandalenlöserin Textarchiv - Internet Archive ), and p. 298 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Manfred H. Grieb (Hrsg.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. Volume 2. Munich 2007, p. 884 ( books.google.de ).
• August Pauly: Hermann Lang's sculpture. In: Christian art paper for church, school and home. Volume 48, 1906, pp. 97-102, additional illustrations: pp. 103-105.
• Lang, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 317 .

Web links

Commons : Hermann Lang  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

1. ^ Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Lang, Hermann. ( kuenstlerbund.de ).
2. ^ Exhibition catalog X. Exhibition of the Munich Secession: The German Association of Artists (in connection with an exhibition of exquisite products of the arts in the craft). Publishing house F. Bruckmann, Munich 1904 (p. 39: Lang, Hermann, Munich. Cat . No. 204: portrait bust (original), marble. Fig. 67 in the unnumbered part of the picture).
3. ↑ 1906, Memorial to Li Hongzhang
4. ↑ ^{a b} Julius Baum : The Stuttgart art of the present. P. 212 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
5. ^ Probably Countess Franziska Xaveria Lanckoroński born. from Attems-Heiligenkreuz.
6. ↑ Here is an excerpt with the head of the crucified, title vignette of the Christian Kunstblatt for church, school and home .