Johann von Halbig

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Johann Halbig, around 1860 (Photography: Franz Hanfstaengl )

Johann Halbig (* 13. July 1814 in Donnersdorf ; † 29. August 1882 in Munich ) was a German sculptor of classicism and the brother of Andreas Halbig .

Halbig's grave in the Neue Arkaden (NA-14) on the Old Southern Cemetery, Munich.
Halbig's crucifix in bronze for the center of the new part in the old southern cemetery (1850)
Halbig's colossal crucifixion group (12 m high) for Oberammergau on behalf of Ludwig II.
Halbig's lion at the port entrance in Lindau
The monument for Claude Lorrain, donated by King Ludwig I in 1865, in front of the pilgrimage church of St. Anna (Harlaching)

Youth and career

Halbig was born as the second son of the married couple Joseph and Kunigunde Halbig. He had a tough childhood and adolescence as his father, although active as an artist, “couldn't handle money”. The parents' marriage ended in divorce in 1831. Seventeen-year-old Halbig was sentenced to imprisonment for theft and, after escaping from prison, was punished publicly with lashes. Thereupon he went to Munich to see his older brother Andreas, who referred him to Ernst Mayer , who taught at the polytechnic school there.

Mayer recognized Halbig's artistic talent, made him his pupil and personal assistant and let him attend the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. The Bavarian King Ludwig I soon became aware of him. After Mayer's untimely death, Halbig succeeded him in 1845 in the professorship for embossing at the Polytechnic School. From 1848 he taught the then 'Polytechnic School ' (today's Technical University of Munich) the Westphalia Kaspar Zumbusch , who was later to design the Korbinian altar of the Frauenkirche in Munich, as well as from 1865 the royal monument for Maximilian II as a pupil, as well as the builder of the Fischbrunnens, the Palatinate Konrad Knoll .

Halbig died in Munich at the age of 68 on August 29, 1882 of heart failure.

tomb

Halbig's grave is located in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich (Neue Arkaden grave, NA-14, location ). The tomb he designed himself was destroyed in a bombing in 1943 during World War II.

plant

Halbig's style is described as decorative and sensitive, his approach as careful. Among the outstanding Munich sculptors, he was the first to join the currents of realism and naturalism .

A selection in detail:

Honors

Halbig received the Knight's Cross First Class of the Order of Merit from Saint Michaels , the Austrian Franz Joseph Order and the Order of the Württemberg Crown . The title of nobility was awarded to him by King Ludwig II . In honor of the Halbig brothers there is a plaque on the house where they were born in Donnersdorf.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mösslein (see literature), p. 101.
  2. ↑ Mösslein, p. 102.
  3. ↑ Some works from the 1830s and early 1840s have been attributed to Halbig, but according to Johann Michael von Soeltl works by his teacher Mayer, see ders .: Die bildende Kunst in München. J. Lentner, Munich 1842, pp. 469-471 ( digitized in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ Ernst Eichhorn: The Railway in Art - Railway and Industrial Culture (PDF; 2.0 MB) . As of February 14, 2012.
  5. ^ Maximilian Mayet: The Crucifixion Group - monumental gift from Ludwig II. In: Kulturpfad Ludwig II. , Staffelsee-Gymnasium Murnau, August 31, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Halbig, Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halbig, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Donnersdorf
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1882
Place of death Munich