Johann Belz
Johann Josef Belz (born March 18, 1873 in Schwanheim am Main ; † January 7, 1957 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German sculptor and medalist .
Life
Belz first studied woodcut techniques with Karl Ludwig Sand, who came to Frankfurt as a teacher in 1886, at the Frankfurt School of Applied Arts. After three years he switched to the academy in Munich, where he studied naturalistic sculpture. This was followed by a two-year course of study in Berlin with August Vogel . In 1903 he had his first small exhibition at the Frankfurter Kunstverein. His studio was near the Städel , where he had a job. He designed numerous religious motifs (Madonna, Josef, Pièta, Stations of the Cross etc.), also in the church of St. Laurentius in Leider . His son Willi Belz, born in 1906 and also a sculptor, died in the war in 1945. After the Second World War , Edwin Hüller was one of his students from 1946 . Together they restored many damaged sculptures and fountains. The protective mantle Madonna with the Holy Helper's altar in the Mauritius Church in Schwanheim, which he created with Hüller in 1948, is considered to be the artist's late work .
Works (selection)
- Brüningbrunnen (1910) on the market square in Höchst;
- Bust and grave of the Lord Mayor Franz Adickes (1916)
- old Struwwelpeter fountain (1923) in the stadium pool in Frankfurt-Niederrad .
- Madonna and Child (1934) made of shell limestone, Niederrad vineyard chapel
- East Harbor Fountain (1912)
- Little Red Riding Hood fountain in Sachsenhausen
- Our Lady of the Virgin Mary Altarpiece, 1927, Bonifatiuskirche Sachsenhausen
- Fountain in Bad Nauheim:
literature
- Alexander Bastek (arr.): Of heads and bodies. Frankfurt sculpture from the Städel , Frankfurt a. M .: Städel 2006, ISBN 9783935283113 , pp. 154–156.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ artist. Johann Belz. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on January 19, 2020 .
- ^ L. Forrer: Belz, Johann . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape VII . Spink & Son, London 1923, p. 65 .
- ↑ http://www.kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-frankfurt.de/de/page22.html?kuenstler=180 .
- ↑ Little Church Leader, Altar of Emergency Helpers from 1948 in the parish church of St. Mauritius, Freundeskreis der Pfarrkirche St. Mauritius eV 2008, p. 6.
- ↑ http://www.kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-frankfurt.de/de/page22.html?id=165&kuenstler=117
- ↑ http://www.kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-frankfurt.de/de/page22.html?id=187&kuenstler=117
- ↑ http://www.st-bonifatius-ffm.info/geschichte/boni.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hot tubs like in the Art Nouveau era - FAZ report
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Belz, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belz, Johann Josef (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwanheim am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1957 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |