Johann Nepomuk Hautmann

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Latona fountain in the park of the New Herrenchiemsee Palace

Johann Nepomuk Hautmann (born April 21, 1820 in Munich , † January 30, 1903 in Munich) was a Bavarian sculptor.

Life

Hautmann came from a Bavarian family of sculptors and stonemasons and was born as the son of the stonemason Joseph Hautmann. From December 9, 1838, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . His teachers were Ludwig Schwanthaler (1802–1848) and Konrad Eberhard (1768–1859). In April 1842 he graduated from the academy. From 1848 to 1865 he was head of the Schwanthaler Museum in Munich, one of the first artists' museums in Germany.

Hautmann ran his own sculptor's workshop in Munich. King Maximilian II. Joseph (1811–1864), a patron of science and the arts in Bavaria, appointed him court sculptor. Hautmann also enjoyed the special protection of King Ludwig II. At his request, Hautmann stayed in Paris and Versailles to study and in 1867 commissioned him to make a portrait bust of Princess Sophie in Bavaria on the occasion of his engagement .

In the 1870s, Hautmann created figures of saints in Augsburg Cathedral and in the parish church of St. Jakob in Friedberg (Bavaria). In the years from 1873 to 1877 he was entrusted with work for Linderhof Palace , the “royal villa” of Ludwig II in Ettal, Upper Bavaria. In the 1880s he received orders for various sculptures in the palace and park of Herrenchiemsee . His most famous works are the Latona fountain and the group of hunting animals in front of Herrenchiemsee Palace. Both works are based on models of the same name in Versailles.

In 1886, Hautmann made the death mask for King Ludwig II. After his death, corresponding payments and follow-up orders did not materialize, which is why Hautmann had to file for bankruptcy in 1891.

In 1894, the Murnau monument in honor of Ludwig II caused a sensation. Hautmann had created a 2 m high bust of Ludwig II, which was placed on Kohlgruberstraße in Murnau.

Hautmann was a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art . He lived in Munich all his life.

Works

  • 1859: Marble statue of Virgin Mary
  • 1867: Portrait bust of Princess Sophie, Duchess of Bavaria.
  • 1877: Figure in the Temple of Venus in the Linderhof Palace Park
  • 1883: Latona fountain at Herrenchiemsee Palace.
  • 1885–86: Group of hunting animals in front of Herrenchiemsee Palace.
  • 1885–86: Diana sculpture in front of Herrenchiemsee Palace
  • 1886: Death mask Ludwig II.
  • 1894: Monument to Ludwig II, Murnau.

literature

  • Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia, 4 volumes, Saur-Verlag, Munich 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association for Christian Art in Munich (ed.): Festgabe in memory of the 50th year. Anniversary. Lentner'sche Hofbuchhandlung , Munich 1910, p. 97.
personal data
SURNAME Hautmann, Johann Nepomuk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1903
Place of death Munich