Hugo Hagen
Hugo Hagen (* 1818 ; † April 14, 1871 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Hugo Hagen was a student of Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann . From 1842 to 1857 he worked in the studio of Christian Daniel Rauch in Berlin, in particular he was busy with the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great (Berlin, Unter den Linden / Schinkelplatz), the statue for Albrecht Thaer (Berlin, Humboldt University , Invalidenstrasse 42) and at the statue for Immanuel Kant in Königsberg . In 1865 he became the managing director of the Rauch Museum in Berlin. After the death of Hermann Schievelbein , he participated in the completion of his Freiherr-vom-Stein monument (1867, currently in the Berlin House of Representatives ). In 1870 he helped Rudolf Siemering to complete the Schadow coin frieze .
Works
- Bust of Crown Princess Victoria , Windsor Castle
- 1854: bust of an elderly lady, Berlin, sculpture gallery (another plaster cast in the possession of the Evangelical Consistory Berlin )
- 1856: Memorial on the battlefield of Roßbach (destroyed)
- 1860/1861: “Grazie mit Pegasus” group on the roof of the Altes Museum in Berlin
- 1861: Grave monument of Countess von Itzenplitz at Gut Kunersdorf near Wrietzen
- 1861: Group "Thalia and Melpomene" for the Riga City Theater
- 1861: Bust of Alexander Gottschalk von Sengbusch in Riga
- Statue of a “Victoria” in marble for the hall of the Academy of Arts in Antwerp
- 1862: Monument to the Count of Brandenburg (formerly Berlin, Leipziger Platz)
- 1862: Bust of Queen Augusta for the Babelsberg Palace (lost; here today a porcelain form of the bust from the former property of the family of the Grand Dukes of Baden)
- 1862 ff., Carried out posthumously in 1877: Wrangel fountain in Berlin
- 1865 ff: Epitaph of Countess Marie Clementine von Schönburg- Hinterglauchau (1789–1863) in the St. Mary's Chapel in Hinterglauchau Palace , Carrara marble, made in Berlin
- 1866: Bust of Crown Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm (later Emperor Friedrich III ) in Berlin, Tegel Palace
- 1866/1869: Johann Gottfried Schadow monument for the vestibule of the Altes Museum
- Life-size angel for the Schultze tomb in the Luisenstadt cemetery (today urn community facility) and probably other grave sculptures
- Bust of Johann David Erdmann Preuss
literature
- Peter Bloch : Bildwerke 1780–1910. Berlin 1990.
- Peter Bloch, Sibylle Einholz , Jutta von Simson (eds.): Ethos and Pathos. The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786–1914. (Catalog) Berlin 1990.
- Jörg Kuhn: Hagen, Hugo . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 67, de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-598-23034-9 , pp. 422-424.
- Robby Joachim Götze : The epitaph of Marie Clementine von Schönburg - an example of Neoclassical tomb art by Hugo Hagen , in: Series of publications Heft 11, Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau, 1999, pp. 30–36.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hagen, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1818 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1871 |
| Place of death | Berlin |