Jakob Brüllmann

Jakob Brüllmann (born December 9, 1872 in Weinfelden , Switzerland , † December 28, 1938 in Stuttgart ) was a Swiss sculptor .

Jakob Brüllmann

Life

Jakob Brüllmann was born in Weinfelden as the oldest of ten children. The house he was born in was the "Haus zur Schwärzi" in Weinfelden, which still functions as a schoolhouse today. His father was a stonemason , and that's how Jakob Brüllmann discovered his craft and design skills. After graduating from secondary school, he received his first training in his father's company before he gained further experience with a stone cutter in St. Gallen . Due to his talent, he made it to the Munich School of Applied Arts in 1892 and then studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts from 1895 . He was trained there by Wilhelm von Rümann, among others . He gained practical experience for 3 years with sculptors Drumm and Prof. Floßmann in Munich.

In 1900 Jakob Brüllmann moved to Stuttgart. On September 11th, 1900 he married Luise geb. Stadler. The native Swiss artist also took on German citizenship there. In the following years he created many works of art in the greater Stuttgart area, but also continued to do so in his homeland.

Brüllmann took part in numerous competitions and won many prizes. For many years he was a member of the board of directors of the Stuttgart Secession and was considered a wise advisor and teacher to the young generation of artists. As a sensitive person, he was always guided by a fine sense of tact in his criticism of other artists.

Jakob Brüllmann died on December 28, 1938 from a serious heart condition. He found his final resting place in the quiet forest cemetery in Stuttgart . His grave is still adorned with a life-size young fawn that he created himself.

Catalog raisonné

Many of Jakob Brüllmann's works are still accessible to the public today. Due to the First World War, there are also several memorials to warriors and fallen soldiers, for example in Ulm Minster , in Marbach am Neckar or in the Oswaldkirche in Stuttgart. In addition to his great works, Jakob Brüllmann also decorated many private and public buildings.

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  Relief in the large counter hall in Stuttgart

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  Relief above the main portal of the Gustav-Siegle-Haus in Stuttgart

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  Coat of arms of the Zunftgesellschaft zu Schmieden in Bern

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  Tell figure at the House of Switzerland in Berlin

Period	place	location	address	object	Details
-	Friedrichshafen	Harbor, Romanshorn berth	Seestr. 23, 88045 Friedrichshafen	Ferryman and Railway Worker
-	Maulbronn	Maulbronn Monastery	Klosterhof 5, 75433 Maulbronn	Memorial to the fallen of the First World War
-	Chur	Kunsthaus Chur	Bahnhofstrasse 35, 7000 Chur	Plaster model from a competition for the Montana fountain
-	Privately owned	-	-	Bust of Jakob Brüllmann's father Jakob	more…
-	Privately owned	-	-	Bust of Jakob Brüllmann's daughter Luise	more…
-	Privately owned	-	-	Bust of Jakob Brüllmann's son Helmut	more…
-	Weinfelden	town hall	Rathausstrasse 2, 8570 Weinfelden	Bust of Thomas Bornhauser
-	Weinfelden	town hall	Rathausstrasse 2, 8570 Weinfelden	Bust of Paul Reinhard
-	Zurich	Swiss reinsurance company	Mythenquai 50/60, 8022 Zurich	Fountain in the garden
-	Stuttgart	Collegiate church	Stiftsstrasse 12, 70173 Stuttgart	Supreme passage of the west tower: signs of the "new times"
1901-1903	Stuttgart-center	Queen Catherine Pen	Schillerstr. 5, 70173 Stuttgart-Mitte
1905	Pfullingen	Erlenhof estate	72793 Pfullingen	Wall fountain	more…
1906	Murrhardt	Villa Franck	Hohenstein 1, 71540 Murrhardt	Relief of the fountain terrace and the gable
1907-1908	Stuttgart	Erlöserkirche / Martinskirche	Birkenwaldstrasse 24, 70191 Stuttgart	Column relief, tower figures made of 400 year old oak
1907-1912	Stuttgart	Gustav-Siegle-Haus (Philharmonie)	Leonhardstrasse 28, 70182 Stuttgart	Relief image of the Stuttgart heraldic animal, decoration
1908-1910	Ulm	Garrison Church	Frauenstrasse 110, 89073 Ulm
1909	Stuttgart	Prague cemetery , section 18	Friedhofstrasse 44, 70191 Stuttgart	Tomb of Hermann Staigmüller (1857–1908). Angel under the arch by Jakob Brüllmann based on a design by Theodor Fischer
1910	Giengen	Columbarium of the Hähnle family	On the Schiessberg 1, 89537 Giengen	Hahnle columbarium
1911	Zurich	Bürkliplatz	8001 Zurich	Arnold Geiser Fountain	more…
1911	Stuttgart	Art building Stuttgart	Schloßplatz 2, 70173 Stuttgart	Reliefs on column axes in the vestibule, foundation plaque in colored marble
1911	Stuttgart	Stables	Stuttgart	decoration
1912	Stuttgart	Johannes Kepler High School	Daimlerstrasse 8, 70327 Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt	Sculpting work
1912	Zurich	Villa Schlössli	Zürichberg, Zurich	Fountain figure
1913	Stuttgart	Weißenburgpark	Hohenheimer Strasse 119 A, 70184 Stuttgart	Spring column, monumental column with the allegorical bronze figure "Spring coming down from the mountains"
1913	Stuttgart	Weißenburgpark	Hohenheimer Strasse 119 A, 70184 Stuttgart	Four bronze putti and four stone satyr masks on the spring column
1913	Stuttgart	Heilandskirche	Sickstrasse 39, 70190 Stuttgart	Altar, baptismal font and capitals
1915	St. Gallen	New post office	Bahnhofsplatz 5, 9000 St. Gallen	Architectural sculpture: relief on the post hall above the entrance, postillion with horse in the vestibule
1915	Bern	Guild House of the Society for Forging	Schmiedenplatz 5, 3011 Bern	Guild coat of arms on the facade
1916	Zurich	District court building in Aussersihl	Badenerstr. 90, 8004 Zurich	Relief of St. George with the dragon in the gable on the south side
1917	Zurich	Swiss Bank Corporation (today: UBS)	Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zurich	Allegorical sandstone portal
1917	Stuttgart	Central Station	Arnulf-Klett-Platz, 70173 Stuttgart	Relief of a knight with the heraldic animals lion and deer
1917	Stuttgart-center	Hospital Church	Hospitalstrasse 20, 70174 Stuttgart-Mitte	Württemberg Reformation Monument	more…
1918-1922	Stuttgart-Weilimdorf	Oswald Church	Ditzinger Strasse 1, 70499 Stuttgart-Weilimdorf	Fallen memorial	more…
1919-1921	Bad Urach	Amandus Church	Gabriel-Biel-Platz 2, 72574 Bad Urach	Two stone figures
1920	Schwäbisch Hall	Nikolaifriedhof	Heilbronner Strasse 14, 74523 Schwäbisch Hall	War memorial
1921	Ulm	Ulm Minster	Münsterplatz 14, 89073 Ulm	Memorial plaque of the Uhlan Regiment
1921	Stuttgart-North	Villa F. Roser	Am Bismarck Tower 58, 70192 Stuttgart-Nord	Sculptures and enclosure
1922	Lauffen am Neckar	Pfalzgrafenburg	Rathausstrasse 10, 74348 Lauffen am Neckar	Lauffen war memorial	more…
1924	Ludwigsburg	Old graveyard	Schorndorfer Str., 71638 Ludwigsburg	War memorial 1914-18
1924	Arbon	New Reformed Church	Arbon (Thurgau)	Baptismal font
1925	Steinheim an der Murr	Martinskirche	Kirchplatz 5, 71711 Steinheim an der Murr	War memorial (together with the architect Friedrich Haußer )
1925	Stuttgart	Savings and current accounts	Koenigstrasse 5, 70173 Stuttgart	Winged Mercury on the side facade
1926	Tübingen	New auditorium	Wilhelmstrasse 5-9, 72074 Tuebingen	Portal for the rector's room
1927	Stuttgart-Kaltental	Mother and child fountain	Hirsauer Strasse 31, 70569 Stuttgart-Kaltental	Cuckoo Call Fountain
1928	Stuttgart-Gaisburg	Gaisburg cemetery	Hornbergstrasse 140, 70186 Stuttgart	memorial
1928	Stuttgart	Oberpostdirektion	Thouretstrasse 6 and Kronenstrasse, 70173 Stuttgart	Relief of the boy with the post horn, possibly also the snail post
1931	Filderstadt	Martinskirche	Sielminger Hauptstr. 7, 70794 Filderstadt-Sielmingen	crucifix	more…
1931	Weinfelden	Town hall forecourt	Rathausstrasse 2, 8570 Weinfelden	Thomas Bornhauser Fountain	more…
1933	Stuttgart-Sillenbuch	Martin Luther Church	Oberwiesenstrasse 28, 70619 Stuttgart-Sillenbuch	Christ sculpture	more…
1934	Marbach am Neckar	City gate	Marktstrasse, 71672 Marbach am Neckar	War memorial at the city gate
1937	Berlin	House of Switzerland	Unter den Linden 24 / Friedrichstr. 155/156, 10117 Berlin	Life-size "Tell boy" in bronze
1937	Stuttgart	Martinskirche	Eckartstrasse 2, 70191 Stuttgart	Luther relief
1938	Giengen	Brunnenbueble	Memminger Torplatz, 89537 Giengen	Fountain figure
1938	Stuttgart	Martinskirche	Eckartstrasse 2, 70191 Stuttgart	Luther picture with Christ
1938	Stuttgart	Forest cemetery	Waldfriedhof 3, 70597 Stuttgart	Gravestone with deer sculpture	more…

Individual works

Busts

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  Jakob Brüllmann's father Jakob

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  Jakob Brüllmann's daughter Luise

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  Jakob Brüllmann's son Helmut

One of Jakob Brüllmann's activities was the creation of busts. This includes both related and famous people.

1905: Erlenhof estate in Pfullingen

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Louis Laiblin (1861–1927) was very wealthy through a family business. Laiblin used this fortune for many foundations and the city of Pfullingen. This awarded him honorary citizenship of the city of Pfullingen for his actions. Laiblin set up the Erlenhof as a weekend seat. For this purpose he had a wall fountain built by Jakob Brüllmann in 1905 for 1,800 marks. A first photo of the Erlenhof exists from August 3, 1909.

1911: Arnold Geiser Fountain in Zurich

Arnold Geiser Fountain

One of the greatest works by Jakob Brüllmann is the Arnold Geiser Fountain on Bürkliplatz in Zurich. Arnold Geiser was the city architect of Zurich from 1876 to 1907. In his will he bequeathed 40,000 francs to the city for the construction of a public monumental fountain . To this end, the city of Zurich has launched a competition in which Jakob Brüllmann took 1st place. So he was entrusted with the execution of the work. The fountain was inaugurated on October 20, 1911. The fountain was made from a 800-pound block of light-colored shell sandstone from the Würenlos quarries . On a pedestal is a strong young man who is trying to tame a huge bull. The fountain symbolizes the restraint of the shoots.

1917: Reformation monument in Stuttgart

Reformation monument in Stuttgart

→ Main article: Reformation Monument (Stuttgart)

The highly regarded Reformation monument at the Hospital Church in Stuttgart was created by Jakob Brüllmann in 1917 on the occasion of the four hundredth anniversary of Luther's posting of the theses. The symbolic representation of the resurrection consists of three parts: In the middle part of the fenced-off facility, inserted between two buttresses, the victorious Christ resurrected from a sarcophagus sits enthroned with the victory flag. It is surrounded by seated figures of the German reformer Martin Luther and the reformer of Württemberg Johannes Brenz, as well as reliefs with scenes from rural life and reliefs and inscription panels from the Reformation era. The figure of Christ was in an air raid on 12./13. Destroyed September 1944 and restored by Jakob Brüllmann's son Emil Brüllmann. The Stuttgart Reformation Monument , together with the Reformation Monument in Geneva, is an important and novel further development of the monument concept.

1918–1922: Oswald Church Memorial in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf

→ Main article: Parish Church of St. Oswald (Weilimdorf)

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Between 1918 and 1922 the monument to the fallen was erected at the Oswaldkirche in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf in honor of those who fell in the First World War. Two inscriptions adorn the column: Fearless and faithful, 121 sons of the community fell for fatherland and homeland - indelible thanks this time consecrated the brave on the one hand and no one has greater love than that he surrenders his life for his brothers on the other. A plaque in honor of the victims of the Second World War was added later .

1922: Lauffen war memorial

Lauffen war memorial

In 1922, the Lauffen war memorial was erected in front of the town hall in Lauffen in honor of the victims in the First World War. This is also what the inscription says: In honor of the 189 victims in World War 1914–1918. Erected by the city and town council in 1922. When the shipping canal was built in 1949, the war memorial had to be demolished. Only the name tablets and the sandstone column with four antique relief heads were kept. In 2004 the originally 5 meter high stone column was rebuilt in a modified form.

1924: War memorial 1914/18 in Ludwigsburg

War memorial 1914/18 in Ludwigsburg (excerpt)

→ Main article: War memorial 1914/18 (Ludwigsburg)

The war memorial, erected in 1924 in the old cemetery in Ludwigsburg , is a stone circle that is enclosed by a hedge that is taller than a man, behind which nine larger than life steles with recessed reliefs by Jakob Brüllmann are set up in a ring . The main relief shows the warlike figure of the Archangel Michael with the flaming sword. Six reliefs are lined up around it with sensitive, antique depictions of fighters and two reliefs that show mourning mothers with their children.

1931: Crucifix in the Martinskirche in Filderstadt

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The Martinskirche in Filderstadt-Sielmingen was originally consecrated in 1310. However, this building is no longer preserved. Rather, the church was probably rebuilt in 1488/1489. As a result, the church was rebuilt several times. In the course of the renovation in 1931, the previous damaged crucifix was also replaced. The senior teacher Höss from Sielming donated a new crucifix in memory of his son Ernst, who died in 1918, which Jakob Brüllmann created from travertine stone. An inscription on the back of the crucifix still testifies to the foundation today.

1931: Thomas-Bornhauser-Brunnen in Weinfelden

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Thomas Bornhauser , poet and democratic statesman, worked as a teacher in Weinfelden and later became a pastor in Arbon. In his honor, the city of Weinfelden commissioned Jakob Brüllmann to build a fountain for the town hall square in 1931. Jakob Brüllmann first made four plaster models that he presented to the city for selection. The Rorschacher sandstone fountain shows a mother with her children. This is to remind of Bornhauser's social feeling for the people, their willingness to help those in dire need. There are two inscriptions on the fountain (left and right of the relief portrait by Thomas Bornhauser): THE PRE-FIGHTER OF THE CONSTITUTION OF 1831 (west side) / THE POET AND AWAKENER OF OUR PEOPLE'S SONG (east side). The fountain was inaugurated in 1931 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Regeneration Constitution. The father of this first liberal constitution was Thomas Bornhauser. In 2012 the fountain is to be extensively restored as part of a complete renovation of the Weinfelder Rathausplatz.

1933: Christ sculpture in Sillenbuch

Sillenbuch, Christ sculpture in the new location

In 1932 a private individual donated the sculpture of Christ carrying the cross to the Martin Luther Church in Sillenbuch. According to his request, the sculpture was placed above the foundation stone certificate in the vestibule on a plinth that was specially built into the wall for this purpose. After the ceiling was suspended during the renovation of the church in 1982, the plastic had to be removed. Since then, the plastic has been considered lost. The sculpture did not reappear until 2008 for the 75th anniversary of the church. After its restoration, it was officially inaugurated again on April 1, 2012 at a new place in the staircase to the church hall.

1938: Gravestone in the forest cemetery in Stuttgart

Jakob Brüllmann's grave in the Stuttgart forest cemetery is decorated with a fawn that he created himself while he was still alive. The fawn, lying on a pedestal at the head of the grave, watches over its final resting place. As with all of his works, Jakob Brüllmann first made plaster models of the deer. Next, he made bronze models of his favorites, as shown in the first picture. Only then did he make the actual stone sculpture.

The fawn has now been attacked by environmental influences.

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  2016.

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  Around 1940.

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  Bronze model, photo: 2017.

War memorials

The architect Friedrich Haußer and the sculptor Jakob Brüllmann, who built the war memorial in Ludwigsburg in 1914/18, had already worked together on the construction of the cemetery of honor in 1916. Later there was at least one more collaboration on a war memorial: in 1925 they jointly created the war memorial at St. Martin's Church in Steinheim an der Murr .

“The time after the First World War was above all the time of countless memorials and cemetery buildings. Haußer also devoted himself to this area to a greater extent at the time when general building activity was paralyzed. ”Among other things, he was responsible for the grave border for the resting place of the last Württemberg King Wilhelm II in the Old Cemetery (1922).

During the Second World War , Brüllmann had already emerged in 1917 with another monument, the highly regarded Reformation monument in Stuttgart. After the war, Brüllmann also created other war memorials in the other Württemberg cities.

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  Lauffen am Neckar , column with four antique relief heads.

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  Marbach am Neckar , statue with two soldiers.

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  Maulbronn , stele with a reclining lion.

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  Stuttgart-Gaisburg , memorial with a dying deer.

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  Stuttgart-Weilimdorf , column with reliefs.

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  Ulm Minster , war memorial plaque 1914–18 of the 1st Württ. Uhlan Regiment 19 with equestrian relief.

The monuments of which there are illustrations seem more conventional (lion, deer, soldiers). The Weilimdorfer reliefs are badly weathered so that no statement can be made about them. The representations of ancient heads on the monument in Lauffen are unusual, but due to a lack of sources, they cannot be interpreted.

literature

• KA: Jakob Brüllmann In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 16, 1940, pp. 11–12
• JA Freytag: Jakob Brülmann In: Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 27, 1940, pp. 30–31
• Karl Heinz Burmeister : Brüllmann, Jakob . In: Baden-Württembergische Biographien , Volume 1. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-17-012207-9 , pp. 34-36 ( online )
• Tapan Bhattacharya: Brüllmann, Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• [Geiserbrunnen competition in Zurich] . In "Swiss Bauzeitung", Volume 55, 1910, page 166, Volume 56, 1910, page 41, 81, 138, table 30-33 to S. 138, online: .
• Karl Klöpping: Historic cemeteries of old Stuttgart, Volume 2: The Central Cemetery on the Prague. A contribution to the city's history with a guide to the graves of well-known personalities . Stuttgart 1996.
• Johannes Merz : The Protestant Church in Württemberg , Volume 61, 1919, pp. 322–338, here: 338, 357 (Reformation monument, Luther plaque).
• Karl von Seeger: The monument of the world war , Stuttgart [1930], p. 109, 198, 221 (war memorials).

Web links

Commons : Jakob Brüllmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• List of Stuttgart monuments (accessed on May 11, 2012; PDF; 501 kB)
• Jakob Brüllmann on the website of the Evangelical Church Congregation Sillenbuch (accessed on May 14, 2014; PDF; 2.5 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Academy of Fine Arts, Munich: Matriculation database
2. ↑ Fallen memorials in the Enzkreis (accessed on May 17, 2016).
3. ↑ # Klöpping 1996 , pages 272-273.
4. ↑ Jakob Brüllmann: Memorial to those who fell in World War I, 1918/22 (accessed on May 19, 2012)
5. ↑ Evangelical Church Community Steinheim an der Murr, time table 1700 – today .
6. ↑ Martinskirche Filderstadt-Sielmingen ( Memento of the original from May 17, 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. (accessed on May 17, 2016)  
7. ^ Patron Louis Laiblin (accessed May 18, 2016)
8. ↑ cf. Illustration of the bill for the wall fountain from September 27, 1905
9. ↑ Old photo of the Erlenhof (accessed on May 19, 2016)
10. ↑ Contribution from "Würenlos Blätter" 1990 about the origin of the Geiserbrunnen on Bürkliplatz in Zurich (PDF; 493 kB) made of Würenlos shell limestone. (accessed on May 19, 2016)
11. ↑ Evangelical Church Community Steinheim an der Murr, time table 1700 – today .
12. ↑ #Huber 1988 , p. 81.