Hugo Rheinhold
Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold (born March 26, 1853 in Oberlahnstein ; † October 2, 1900 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor . His best-known work is the monkey with a skull .
Life
Hugo Rheinhold first attended school in Koblenz . At the age of 21 he went to the United States as a trader , where he lived in San Francisco from 1874 to 1879 ; in 1879 he moved to Hamburg . In the following year he married his childhood sweetheart Emma Levy from Cologne , who died in 1882, after a year and a half of marriage. Emma's death changed Rheinhold's life. He sold his business and moved to Berlin to study philosophy at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University (now the Humboldt University of Berlin ). In 1886 he was a student of the sculptors Ernst Herter and Max Kruse , before he officially enrolled as a student at the Berlin Academy of the Arts (1888-1892).
Works
Rheinhold produced a number of noted works in a short period of life. These include the "Reading Monks", a bust of the socialist August Bebel , and "Am weg" (1896). Rheinhold preserved his Jewish legacy, worked in the German-Israelitic Association of Communities and created the sculpture "The Fighters" as a protest against anti-Semitism . Rheinhold's last work “Well grotto with two water deities” was exhibited shortly before his death in 1900. Today his most famous work is the monkey with a skull .
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 142 f.
- Morgan, R., & Moore, A. Hugo Rheinhold's monkey. Boston Medical Library . (Website). December 1, 1998. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- Richter, J., & Schmetzke, A. (2007). Hugo Rheinhold's philosophizing monkey — a modern Owl of the Minerva. NTM-International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine, 15 (2), 81-97.
- Schmetzke, A. Other Sculptures by Hugo Rheinhold. Hugo Rheinhold ... and his Philosophizing Monkey . (Website). Library, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. December 8, 1999, last revised November 6, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
- Singer, I., & Mannheimer, S. (1901-1906). Rheinhold, Hugo. In The Jewish Encyclopedia (pp. 399-400). New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- Adolph Donath : Hugo Reinhold . In: East and West . VII (1907) H. 10, p. 610ff. (Digitized version)
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Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Rheinhold, Hugo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rheinhold, Wolfgang Hugo (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1853 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberlahnstein |
DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1900 |
Place of death | Berlin |