Ignatius Taschner

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Ignatius Taschner , also Ignaz Taschner , (born April 9, 1871 in Kissingen , † November 25, 1913 in Mitterndorf near Dachau ) was a German sculptor , medalist , graphic artist and illustrator .

Ignatius Taschner at the age of 30

Live and act

Sculptor journeyman and studies

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Illustrated poem by Heinrich Heine : The golden calf
Detail from the Gustav Freytag Fountain in Wroclaw

Ignatius Taschner was born in Kissingen in 1871 as the son of the stonemason Bartholomäus Taschner from Straubing . He spent his childhood and youth in Lohr am Main . From 1885 to 1888 he completed an apprenticeship as a stonemason in Schweinfurt in Wilhelm Kämpf's sculpture business and worked there as a journeyman for another year. He then studied from 1889 to 1895 at the Munich Art Academy under Syrius Eberle and Jakob Bradl . His college friends included the sculptors Georg Wrba and Josef Rauch .

First successes

In 1894 he received his first commission from the city of Schweinfurt for a war memorial. At the turn of the century, Taschner's work made a big impression on the artists of the Munich , Vienna and Berlin Secession .

The year 1897 ended Taschner's difficult early years. Karl von Marr arranged for him to build a tomb for the Berlin painter Karl Bennewitz von Loefen the Elder (1826–1895). For the architects Henry Helbig & Ernst Haiger , he executed decorative wall paintings in the Munich arts and crafts building in 1898 and for an exhibition in the Glaspalast . The Viennese publisher Martin Gerlach commissioned him at the turn of the century to do the illustrations for the first volume of the later famous Gerlach's youth library . For the “Schwabinger Bauernkirchweih” carnival festival organized by the Association of German Art Students in Munich in 1898 (and for all other “Schwabinger Bauernkirchweihen” until 1905), he drew invitations and postcards and modeled festival signs. He created the figures "Bush thief" and "St. Cecilia ”.

On April 27, 1899, he married Helene Felber.

In 1900 he took part in the competition for a Kaiser Friedrich monument in Oels (Oleśnica) and for a Goethe monument in Strasbourg (3rd prize), created the group "Rauhbein", the illustrations for "Grimms Märchen" published by Martin Verlag Gerlach and participated with the figures “St. Martin ”and“ Strauchdieb ”at the Paris World Exhibition. In 1902 he took part in a fountain competition for Kempten (2nd prize), created a silver crucifix, the figure “Lower Franconia” for the Munich City Hall , the etchings “Kirchgang” and “Botenfuhrwerk” as well as another volume on Gerlach's youth library : The Nymph of the Fountain .

Lecturer in Wroclaw

In 1903 Taschner became a lecturer at the Royal Art and Trade School in Breslau . During this time he made a close friendship with Ludwig Thoma in Munich, then editor of Simplicissimus . He contributed illustrations to some of Thomas's works, the best known were the pictures for the story Der heilige Hies (by Albert Langen , Munich 1904). In connection with the metal class of the Wroclaw Art School, a significant part of his jewelry work was created.

Berlin - architectural sculptures

In 1904 Taschner went to Berlin and worked for the well-known architect Alfred Messel and above all for Ludwig Hoffmann , for whom he made many architectural sculptures. He was instrumental in furnishing the old town house . Taschner designed the silverware for Crown Prince Wilhelm and utensils for industry. He was an early member of the German Association of Artists . At his third annual exhibition in Weimar in 1906, Taschner showed the first version of the Parsival equestrian statuette (still without the base with bas-reliefs added later ).

  • Fortuna on the old town house in Berlin

  • Wall fountain, old people home in Berlin-Buch

  • Detail of the Brommybrücke in Berlin

  • Town hall fountain in Dachau

  • Fischerbuberl in Munich, Wiener Platz

  • Bronze figures at the "Taschnerbrunnen" in Bad Kissingen

  • One of the four reliefs on the Puppenbrücke in Lübeck

Mitterndorf near Dachau

In 1906 Taschner moved to Mitterndorf near Dachau, where he built a stately artist's villa on a large plot of land. This is also where the designs for the ten figures of the fairy tale fountain in Volkspark Friedrichshain in Berlin were created. In 1911 the villa in Dachau-Mitterndorf designed by Taschner and furnished by him was completed. The Fischerbuberl fountain on Wiener Platz in Munich was also built during Taschner's Dachau phase .

  • Fairytale fountain with Hans in luck

  • Puss in Boots

  • sleeping Beauty

  • Little Red Riding Hood

  • Cinderella

  • Hansel from 'Hansel and Gretel'

  • The seven Ravens

Early death

Grave of Ignatius Taschner in Dachau-Mitterndorf

Ignatius Taschner died on November 25, 1913 in Mitterndorf near Dachau.

Important works

Aftermath and honors

  • After his death, Ludwig Thoma edited a commemorative volume together with the art critic Heilmeyer, which appeared in 1921.
  • In Bad Kissingen and Lohr am Main there is a Ignatius-Taschner-Straße named after him .
  • In Dachau , there is the Ignaz-Taschner-Gymnasium and in Mitterndorf Ignaz-Taschner Street.
  • In Bad Kissingen and Lohr am Main there is a Ignatius-Taschner-Straße named after him .
  • In Eichenau , in memory of the artist, a cast of his sculpture “Tortoise with Child” was placed in front of the nursing home at the S-Bahn station on May 6, 2015.

literature

  • Taschner, Ignatius . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 451-452 .
  • Norbert Götz, Ursel Berger (ed.): Ignatius Taschner. An artist's life between Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism. (Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in the Münchner Stadtmuseum 1992 and elsewhere) Munich, Klinckhardt and Biermann 1992. ISBN 3-7814-0321-1
  • Ursula Sautmann: Homage to Taschner. Portrait of Ignatz Fischer-Kerli and the Art Nouveau artist. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , local edition Fürstenfeldbruck, from May 24, 2008.

Web links

Commons : Ignatius Taschner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Taschner, Ignatius. Volume VI. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1916, p. 18 .
  2. ↑ artist. Ignatius Taschner. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
  3. ↑ For all biographical data here and later: Norbert Götz u. a .: Ignatius Taschner. An artist's life between Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism. (Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in the Münchner Stadtmuseum 1992) Munich, Klinckhardt and Biermann 1992. pp. 15–18
  4. ↑ Fortuna for the city on www.diegeschichteberlins.de
  5. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Taschner, Ignatius ( 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 May 27, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  6. ^ Taschner, Ignatius, Kgl. Professor, sculptor, Berlin NW., Apartment: Cuxhavenerstr. 8, studio: Sigmundshof 11. s. List of members in the catalog of the 3rd German Artist Association Exhibition , Weimar 1906. P. 44 online (accessed on May 27, 2016)
  7. ↑ Fig. There of Parzival without a base
  8. ↑ Illustration of the German Digital Library (accessed on May 27, 2016)
  9. ^ Brothers Grimm, fairy tales ; Gerlach's youth library Volume 1, Gerlach & Wiedling publishing house, Vienna
  10. ↑ JKA Musaeus, The Nymph of the Fountain , Martin Gerlach & Co, Vienna and Leipzig, Gerlach's youth library, Volume 11
  11. ↑ Reliefs on the Puppenbrücke. In: Lübeckische Blätter , 50th year 1908, No. 43 (from October 25, 1908), p. #.
  12. ↑ A Taschner-Skultptur for Eichenau: inauguration on 06 May 2015 , press release of the municipality Eichenau (pdf) from April 27, 2015
  13. ↑ A Taschner sculpture for Eichenau ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Amper-Kurier online, May 20, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amper-kurier.de
personal data
SURNAME Taschner, Ignatius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taschner, Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, medalist, graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Kissingen
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1913
Place of death Mitterndorf near Dachau