Johann Wolfgang Rößner

Johann Wolfgang Rößner , nickname Hans Rößner, (born January 19, 1841 in Gostenhof near Nuremberg , † May 9, 1911 in Nuremberg) was a German sculptor .

Life

Rößner was born the son of a tailor. He received his artistic training at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts , received his license to manufacture wooden gallantry goods on January 3, 1868, and became a citizen on April 19, 1869, and worked in August Kreling's studio . From 1875 he was a professor at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts and headed the class for ornamental modeling until 1910.

Rößner was among others the teacher of Konrad Taucher and Georg Gröne .

Works

• 1876 ​​model of the statue of Victoria of the Victory Column , Nuremberg (designed by Friedrich Wanderer , model Rößner)
• 1877 Execution of the portrait medal by Christoph von Seiler (design by Adolf Gnauth )
• 1877 portrait bust for the tomb of the composer Julius Grobe , Johannisfriedhof (base by Johann Sutter)
• 1881 model of the statue on the fountain with Konrad Grübel , Nuremberg (designed by Friedrich Wanderer, model Rößner)
• 1883 Statue of the Martin Luther memorial, Asch
• 1890 statue of the Martin Behaim monument , Nuremberg (design Rößner)
• 1890/1896 model of two marble vases in the Nuremberg city park in memory of the 1st German Singing Festival in 1861 and in memory of the Bavarian State Exhibition, Nuremberg (design by Friedrich Wanderer, model Rößner, executed by Johann Schiemer)
• 1899 monument by Lothar von Faber , Stein
• 1899 sculpture "Lamentation of Christ" on the grave of the Schlippe family, Leipzig-Gohlis
• 1908 Grave relief Engel - sleep in rest , presumably Nuremberg
• 1909 Städtlerbrunnen in memory of Sebald Städtler , Roth
• He also created numerous portrait busts of Nuremberg personalities such as Theodor von Cramer-Klett , Lothar von Faber and his wife Baroness Berta von Faber.
• A large number of grave monuments and epitaphs have been preserved at the Johannisfriedhof and Rochusfriedhof .

Most of Rößner's works are made of bronze and were executed by the Lenz art foundry .

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  Victory Column

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  Konrad Grübel

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  Martin Luther

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  Martin Behaim

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  Lothar von Faber

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  Städtlerbrunnen

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  Grave relief angel - sleep in peace

literature

• Administrative report of the city of Nuremberg. 1912, p. 22 “Rößner Hans” (obituary).
• Rößner, Johann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 504 .
• Karl Bosl : Bosl's Bavarian biography. 8000 personalities from 15 centuries. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-1162-8 , pp. 640-641 ( digitized version ).
• 200 years of Franconia in Bavaria. Craft in modern Franconia. Bavarian State Exhibition 2006, ISBN 978-3-7954-1929-5 .
• Manfred H. Grieb : Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-091296-8 , p. 1254.

Web links

Commons : Johann Wolfgang Rößner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• House of Bavarian History: "Hans (Johann Wolfgang) Rößner"
• Johann Roessner; Artist, sculptor Personal file of the Nuremberg City Archives
• The Gazebo (1890) : The Behaim Monument in Nuremberg, designed by Hans Rößner

Individual evidence

1. ^ Administrative report of the city of Nuremberg. 1912, p. 22.
2. ^ Manfred H. Grieb: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. P. 1622.
3. ↑ Susanna Partsch : Gnauth, Adolf . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 56, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , p. 294.
4. ↑ Friedhelm Brusniak and Horst Leuchtmann : "Quaestiones in musica: Festschrift for Franz Krautwurst on his 65th birthday", page 224 / footnote 37; Editor: H. Schneider; Tutzing 1989.
5. ^ Manfred H. Grieb: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. P. 1622.
6. ↑ Johann Dedic: Dr. Martin Luther's 400th birthday party in Austria . In: Yearbook of the Society for the History of Protestantism in Austria. Volume 7, 1886, p. 74 ( digitized version ); Statues - Hither & Thither by René & Peter van der Krogt: Martin Luther, Aš .
7. ^ Martin Behaim's monument in Nuremberg . In: The Gazebo . Illustrated family sheet. 1890, p. 771; Statues - Hither & Thither by René & Peter van der Krogt: Martin Behaim, Nuremberg .
8. ^ Manfred H. Grieb: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. P. 1327.
9. ↑ Paul-Benndorf-Gesellschaft zu Leipzig eV, Association for the Promotion and Maintenance of Cultural Values ​​in the Field of Cemetery and Monument Management, Artwork of the Month 2014, Month August 2014 (as of October 21, 2017).
10. ↑ Ursula Drechsel: Art treasures on Leipzig cemeteries, explanations on the tombs: "Carl Christian Schlippe: 1796–1868, landowner and local judge" on the website of leipzig-lese.de (as of October 22, 2017).
11. ↑ LPD : GZ: D1 / 333786/2017
12. ^ Administrative report of the city of Nuremberg. 1912, p. 23.
13. ^ Administrative report of the city of Nuremberg. 1912, p. 22 "Rößner Hans"