Johann Pollak (sculptor)

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Johann Pollak (born March 27, 1843 in Rain ; † February 12, 1917 in Munich ) was a German sculptor , wood carver and painter .

Life

Johann Pollak's parents were the silver worker Johann Pollak (1808-1884) and his wife Anna Pollak. He was born in the previous building of today's house at 32 Hauptstrasse in Rain. There has been a memorial plaque on the house since 2009. Johann Pollak had two younger siblings, Xaver (1846-1918) and Lina (1854-1935). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he also worked as a professor. He has received art commissions from Rome, Paris, Brussels, London, Chicago and India. Pollak died unmarried in 1917 and was buried in the Westfriedhof in Munich . The grave was abandoned in 1939.

Pollak was a member of the General German Art Cooperative .

Works (selection)

Pollak's works are kept in the style of classicism .

  • The porcelain manufactory Meissen acquired two models of Pollak, the Cupid with slippers and Heiraths Contract and Cupid with two hearts arrow piercing .
  • Bronze bust of an oriental child , 1885
  • Bronze bust of a Neapolitan boy , 1884
  • Bronze bust of Arabs
  • Bronze The Gypsy Girl , 1882
  • Chest portrait bronze relief by Franz Lachner , which was attached to the house where he was born (today the Gebrüder Lachner Museum ) on Kirchplatz in Rain in 1890, the year of his death .
  • Plastic Pollakgel , tombstone in the old part of the Rainer cemetery, directly on the left at the main entrance. Pollak's work was written for his parents shortly after 1890. The tomb shows a grieving angel sitting on a sarcophagus, holding a palm branch in his left hand.

literature

  • Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker : General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present. EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1907–1950
  • Joachim Busse: International handbook of all painters and sculptors of the 19th century. Verlag Busse Art Documentation. Frankfurt, 1977
  • Harold Berman: Bronzes Sculptors & Founders. Volume 4, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1994
  • James Mackay: Dictionary of Western Sculptures in Bronze. Antique Collectors Club Woodbridge, 1977
  • B. York: Signatures of the Artistes du Bronze fondeurs. Les Editions Collections Livres, Brussels 2004

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Donauwörther Zeitung on the 100th anniversary of the artist's death , accessed on February 12, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Enclosure of the Pollak angel. ( Memento of the original from September 23, 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. In: Freundeskreis Altrain eV  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.altrain.de
  3. ↑ a b c d Johann Pollak. Sculptor. In: Website City of Rain
  4. ^ Manfred Arloth: Rainer Romantiker. The famous painter Ernst Kaiser died 150 years ago. Why he preferred Neuburg Rain. In: Augsburger Allgemeine from January 11, 2016
  5. ↑ Pollak Johann. In: auktion-bergmann.de
  6. ↑ a b Pollak, Johann. Number 153. From: Bergmann: Volume I, Meissen artist figures, model numbers A 100-Z 300, illustration catalog No.159
  7. ^ Members of the General German Art Cooperative in 1890. In: wladimir-aichelburg.at
  8. ↑ Buildings worth seeing. Small tour through Rain. In: Donauwörther Zeitung from November 6, 2010
  9. ↑ Pollak Johann. Cat No. 570. In: auktion-bergmann.de
  10. ↑ Johann Pollak. In: artnet.de
  11. ^ Johann Pollak (German b. 1845), 19th century bronze bust of a Neapolitan boy raised on circular socle, signed and dated Pollak, Munchen, 1884. In: the-saleroom.com
  12. ↑ German Patinated bronze of an "Arab man". In: invaluable.com
  13. ↑ The Gypsy Girl (1882). In: artrine
  14. ↑ Border column and Pollak angel. In: Augsburger Allgemeine of March 29, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Pollak, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, wood carver and painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Rain
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1917
Place of death Munich