Hugo Leven

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Hugo Leven's watering can for orchids, designed for Kayserzinn from around 1897, Musée d'Orsay

Hugo Leven (born March 15, 1874 in Düsseldorf-Benrath , † 1956 in Bad Soden-Salmünster ) was a German sculptor .

life and work

Leven studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule and then at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He worked for a time in his father Louis Leven's studio , had numerous contacts with French artists who had a strong influence on him, and quickly became known. Engelbert Kayser hired him as the first employee in his studio. From 1895 to 1904 Leven designed numerous models for Kayserzinn ; his works had a lasting influence on the art nouveau pewter foundry . He also worked for the Kreuter company in Hanau and other companies that manufactured metal, silver and earthenware, such as: B. Koch & Bergfeld and WMF .

In 1906, Leven's works were shown at the Third German Applied Arts Exhibition in Dresden ; he also took part in world exhibitions, etc.

From 1909 to 1933 he taught at the drawing academy of the college for the precious metal industry in Hanau , whose director he became. His students included Wilhelm Wagenfeld , Christian Dell and Herbert Zeitner . In 1933 he lost his job. After the Second World War , he headed the reconstruction of the drawing academy, which began operations again in 1947.

In 2001/2002 there was an exhibition about Leven and his works in the Historisches Museum Hanau in Schloss Philippsruhe in Hanau and in the district museum Zons .

  • Exhibits at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

  • Pewter tea service, 1900–1904, by Hugo Leven and Hermann Fauser

  • Tin mug, 1900–1901, Hugo Leven for JP Kaiser und Sohn AG

  • Pewter beer mug, 1901–1902, Hugo Leven for JP Kaiser und Sohn AG

  • Tin candlesticks, 1900–1901, Hugo Leven for JP Kaiser und Sohn AG

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data from Hugo Leven in: Jewelry of the 20s and 30s in Germany , by Christianne Weber, Arnoldsche, 1990, page 245
  2. ↑ Hugo Leven in: hr-online ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hr-online.de
personal data
SURNAME Leven, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Düsseldorf-Benrath
DATE OF DEATH 1956
Place of death Bad Soden-Salmünster