Hugo Kaufmann

Allegory of Power, Bavarian State Chancellery , Munich		Unity Monument , Paulsplatz , Frankfurt am Main

Facade decoration on the former administration building of the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank , Kardinal-Faulhaber-Str. 10, Munich

Goldsmith Fountain, Martin-Luther-Platz , Augsburg

Hugo Kaufmann (born June 29, 1868 in Schotten , † May 14, 1919 in Munich ) was a German sculptor and medalist of late historicism .

Life

Kaufmann came from a Jewish family in the Hessian Vogelsberg district . From 1884 he attended the drawing academy in Hanau and the trade school and the Städel art college under Gustav Kaupert in Frankfurt am Main . From 1888 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he was accepted into Wilhelm von Rümann's class. Kaufmann was appointed professor in 1904. He lived and worked in Munich until 1907, then moved to Berlin and returned to Munich in 1917, where he died two years later at the age of 50.

Hugo Kaufmann was a member of the German Association of Artists .

Works

Kaufmann's sculptures made of stone and bronze are based on the ideal of beauty of classical antiquity; powerful, athletic bodies are typical. The great pathetic gesture with a tendency towards the colossal can often be found in his work .

• Allegorical seated figures Rafting and art ( Ludwigsbrücke , Munich, “Art” destroyed in the war and replaced by a figure by Elmar Dietz ), 1894–1895
• Construction sculpture on the administration building of the mortgage and exchange bank (Kardinal-Faulhaber-Str. 10, Munich), 1895–1896, sandstone
• Goethe medal for the 150th birthday party in the city of Frankfurt (Kunsthalle Bremen), 1899
• Merkurbrunnen (Tal 13, Munich, original location Eschenanlage ), 1902, based on a design by Friedrich von Thiersch , bronze, stone
• Monument to the pioneers of German unity ( Paulsplatz , Frankfurt am Main), 1903, travertine , bronze
• Allegories of strength and unity (on the attic of the former Bavarian Army Museum , now the central wing of the Bavarian State Chancellery ), 1899–1905
• Statue of Christoph the Strong on the south facade of the New Town Hall (Marienplatz 8, Munich), before 1908, stone
• Goldsmith's Fountain ( Martin-Luther-Platz , Augsburg), 1912, bronze, stone

literature

• Otto Kellner : Kaufmann, Hugo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 8-9 .
• Erika Bosl: businessman, Hugo, sculptor, medalist and plaque artist. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Supplementary volume. 1000 personalities from 15 centuries. Pustet, Regensburg 1988, ISBN 3-7917-1153-9 , p. 82 ( digitized version ).
• Kaufmann, Hugo , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 189

Web links

Commons : Hugo Kaufmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Hugo Kaufmann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 00540 Hugo Kaufmann, register book 1884–1920. Volume 3. Academy of Fine Arts Munich , August 6, 2007, accessed on August 11, 2012 .  
2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Kaufmann, Hugo ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 7, 2015) 
3. ^ Josef Hugo Biller, Hans-Peter Rasp: Munich Art & Culture. City guide and manual . 15th completely revised edition. Ludwig, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7787-5125-5 , p. 210 .
4. ^ ^{A b} Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (ed.): Munich architectural monuments . ( geodaten.bayern.de [PDF; 1.7  MB ; accessed on August 11, 2012]).
5. ^ Goethe medal for the 150th birthday party in the city of Frankfurt in 1899. Image index of art and architecture, accessed on March 17, 2013 .  
6. ^ Biller / Rasp: Munich art and culture . 2003, p. 413 .
7. ^ Monument to the champions of German unity, Frankfurt (Main), Paulsplatz. Image index of art and architecture, accessed on December 16, 2013 .  
8. ↑ Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein (ed.): Art and craft . Journal for applied arts and crafts since 1851. Volume 54, issue 4. Munich 1904, p.  116 ff . ( Digitized version [accessed December 16, 2013]).
9. ^ Biller / Rasp: Munich art and culture . 2003, p. 133 .
10. ^ Biller / Rasp: Munich art and culture . 2003, p. 237 .