Ingeborg von Rath

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Ingeborg von Rath (born June 4, 1902 in Bonn ; † July 2, 1984 ibid) was a German sculptor , wood carver and medalist , illustrator and lecturer at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .

Life

The figures of the Martinsbrunnen , created by Heinrich Goetschmann in 1902 , melted down by the National Socialists and re- cast in 1958 using old plaster molds by von Rath
Relief for Katharina Winkelmann (1848–1933) on the tomb in the Poppelsdorf cemetery in Bonn

Ingeborg von Rath completed her first training in Karl Menser's sculptor workshop in Bonn . Then she went to Tyrol , where she also learned the art of wood carving. Back in her hometown, she opened her own studio there in 1925 .

In 1929, the photographer took August Sander on a portrait of the artist who is so early in the self-employment venture. A gelatin - silver -deduction of photography in the style of New Objectivity is now in the J. Paul Getty Museum .

In 1944 Ingeborg von Rath received a teaching position for drawing and modeling at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn as part of the "Studio Fine Arts", where she taught until 1971.

The animal sculptor Vera Lwowski , b. Caminneci.

Work (selection)

  • 1950: Bronze medal with a portrait of the Bonn chemist Paul Pfeiffer , on the reverse with a lattice model of the atoms of a crystal
  • June 1963 (dated): Medal with artist's signature and the portraits of Konrad Adenauer and John F. Kennedy on the occasion of the US President's visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, on the reverse with the words "Welcome President Kennedy" and "Germany greets Kennedy"

literature

  • Ferdinand Dahl: To the medal work of Ingeborg von Rath. In: Der Steckenreiter , Episode 74 (2009).
  • Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Kunstmedals - Medaillenkunst , part 2. In: Der Steckenreiter , volume 87 (2013) ( online as PDF), p. 10. (with 4 images)

Web links

Commons : Ingeborg von Rath  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Kunstmedals - Medaillenkunst , Part 2. (= Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post from the Numismatic Society of Bonner Münzfreunde eV , Volume 87). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2013, p. 10 PDF ( Memento from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Annotated image on the J. Paul Getty Museum page
personal data
SURNAME Rath, Ingeborg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, wood carver and medalist, draftsman and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 1984
Place of death Bonn