Johann Andreas Deneys

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Johann Andreas Deneys (born June 15, 1812 in Bremen ; †?) Was a German sculptor .

Life

The Körner monument in Bremen designed by Deneys.

Private life

He was the son of the Prefectural Sergeant Johann Deneys from Brussels († 1864) and was married to Emilie Brömme, the daughter of a math teacher and architect working in Saint Petersburg . The couple had three children with Karl, Alexandrine and Emilie.

Professional career

Together with Carl Steinhäuser , who was just under a year younger and also from Bremen, he first learned plastering work from his father, a wood carver and sculptor. He then moved to Braunschweig , where he found various occupations under court architect Carl Theodor Ottmer in the early 1830s during the first phase of the construction of the residential palace . Soon afterwards Deneys traveled to Munich . There he completed an official apprenticeship with Ludwig Schwanthaler for four years .

In 1836 he moved to Saint Petersburg on the recommendation of his master . Until shortly before the end of his life he worked as a sculptor in the palaces of the Russian emperors Nicholas I and Alexander II as well as high-ranking nobles . In addition, he was described as a "skilful manufacturer of ornamental grave monuments for churchyards". His best-known work in Germany is the bronze grain memorial in Bremen , which was inaugurated almost a year after his death. Occasionally, however, the assumption is made that an unknown Russian artist was actually responsible for the execution and Deneys only acted as commission agent .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Artists' association in Bremen , Historical Society Bremen ( Hrsg. ): Bremische Biographie of the nineteenth century . Schünemann Verlag , Bremen, 1976, ISBN 3-7961-1683-3 , page 109.
  2. ↑ a b The unveiling of a Körner statue in Bremen . In: Illustrirte Zeitung , Volume 45, № 1171, December 9, 1865, pages 408-410.
  3. ↑ a b correspondence . In: Die Dioskuren , Volume 11, 1866, Page 34.
  4. ^ Adolf Seubert : The artists of all times and peoples. Volume 4: Supplements since 1857 . Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart , 1870, page 101.
personal data
SURNAME Deneys, Johann Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH 19th century