Hermann Riffart

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Main building of the Düsseldorf Art Academy
Auditorium of the Art Academy (1875–1879)

Hermann Riffart (born November 3, 1840 in Cologne , † January 1, 1914 ; full name: Johann Hermann Hubert Riffart ) was a German architect of historicism .

life and work

He received his architectural training from Heinrich Strack in Berlin, where he was accepted into the architects' association in 1864. From the beginning of the 1870s, Riffart worked as a building officer in Düsseldorf . In addition to the building of the Düsseldorf State Art Academy (1875–1879), he planned to rebuild the Düsseldorf Residenzschloss , which had been destroyed by fire , but was never realized. In 1875 he took part in the competition for the art gallery on Friedrichsplatz in Düsseldorf, which he won, but the building was not implemented.

On July 3, 1873, his son Carl Maria Hermann was born in Düsseldorf. This attended the royal high school , received there lessons in construction. In July 1877 the son Ferdinand Maria Hermann was born in Düsseldorf. One of his sons later became a notary in Kevelaer. Daughter Mathilde was born in December 1879.

Riffart taught at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. His best-known student was Bruno Schmitz , who studied with him from 1874 to 1878. His architectural watercolors were exhibited in the Eduard Schulte Gallery at Alleestraße 42 , among others .

Since 1875 Riffart lived at Capellstrasse 38 (today Kapellstrasse). The master builder Hermann Joseph Havenith (born March 5, 1841 in London; † August 10, 1905 in Birstein), who had a construction business in Düsseldorf, built the new building in 1873 (under monument protection since 1983). The Düsseldorf address book shows Hermann Riffart as the owner of the house until after 1914, with the place of residence being given as Kevelaer , probably that of his son.

In 1889 Hermann Riffart can be verified as a private master builder in Düsseldorf. At the end of 1891, he had been a city councilor since the beginning of the 1880s, together with the mirror and painting frame manufacturer Conzen, as well as the painter Ernst Bosch, to the board of directors of the School of Applied Arts .

A cousin of Riffart was the Berlin construction officer Wilhelm Neumann .

Work (selection)

Honor

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historical register of architects , Riffart – Rix page from July 31, 2013 , accessed on the kmkbuecholdt.de portal on August 31, 2013
  2. ^ Karl Woermann : On the history of the Düsseldorf art academy. Düsseldorf 1880, p. 23
  3. ^ Meeting on February 18, 1864: Admission of Messrs. Leyfs, Lotz, Rychner, Bofs, v. Haselberg, Knebel, Riffart, Schultze, Biebendt, Almenröder and Steinbeck as members of the association. , in Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, Issue XIV., Issues XI and XII, 1864
  4. ↑ 5. Kunsthalle: “When discussing the drafts sent in, the commission decided on that of the builder Riffart.” , In a report on the administration and the status of municipal affairs in the city for the period from January 1, 1876 to 31. March 1877. General Affairs. In VII. Educational institutions, art and science. P. 49
  5. ^ Civil status of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf, from July 4, 1837: The 3rd Carl Maria Hermann, p. Master builder Johann Hermann Riffart , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt, No. 155, from July 5, 1873
  6. ^ Directory of high school graduates: Karl Riffart, b. July 3, 1873, building trade, father's master builder status , in annual report on the Royal High School in Düsseldorf, school year 1893–1894, school news
  7. ^ Civil status: The 28th Ferdin. Maria Hermann, S. d. Baumstrasse Herm. Riffart, Capellstr. , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt, No. 203, of August 2, 1877
  8. ^ Civil status of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf: December 15th Mathilde, T. d. Builder Herm. Riffart, Capellstrasse , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt, No. 341, of December 18, 1879
  9. ^ Ekkehard Mai:  Schmitz, Bruno Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 250 f. ( Digitized version ).
  10. ^ Permanent art exhibition Eduard Schulte: 4 architecture watercolors, by H. Riffart , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt, No. 26, from January 28, 1883
  11. ↑ Capellstrasse 38, Riffart, Baumeist. , in the address book of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf, II. Evidence of each individual numbered house, 1875, p. 13
  12. ↑ Havenith, Hermann Josef. Hessian biography. (As of March 5, 2013). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  13. ↑ Kapellstrasse 38 (E. Riffart, Hermann, Kevelaer) , in address book for the city of Düsseldorf, 1915, p. 216
  14. ↑ Local and provincial matters: ... elected city councilors Conzen, painter Bosch, builder Riffart and factory owner Hiby , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt, no. 331, of December 4, 1891 , as members of the board
  15. ↑ Wilfred Geominy: The Academic Art Museum of the University of Bonn under the direction of Reinhard Kekulé. John Benjamin Publishing, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-6032-077-8 , p. 107 and footnote 451 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Riffart, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riffart, Johann Hermann Hubert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1914