Josef Eberle (sculptor)

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Josef Eberle

Josef Eberle (* 13. February 1839 in Munich , † 7. June 1903 ) was an in Ueberlingen active sculptor .

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Eberle was born the son of the gilders and painter David Eberle. In 1845 the family moved to Überlingen, where the father continued his business. He trained as a wood and stone sculptor. First he completed his apprenticeship with a stonemason in Radolfzell and then worked in the studios of Josef Alois Knittel in Freiburg im Breisgau , with Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz , the creator of the Gutenberg monument in Frankfurt am Main (1854/1858) and with Hans Bauer in Constancy . From 1863 to 1869 he studied at the Munich Art Academy under Joseph Knabl , who was one of Munich's leading sculptors of sacred art. Knabl's work had a significant impact on Eberle. In 1871 Josef Eberle opened a “Atelier for church art, altars, pulpits etc. etc. according to his own or existing designs in all styles of baptismal fonts and grave monuments etc. Specialty: Figures of a strict style”. The quality of his work was apparently very much appreciated, because he not only supplied the Lake Constance area, but also the Freiburg and Karlsruhe area and even exported some works to Switzerland, America and South Africa.

Eberle attended the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 and the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878 . For some of his work Eberle was awarded at various art exhibitions: In 1881 he received a diploma from the Baden art and trade exhibition in Karlsruhe. In 1885 he was awarded a medal in Antwerp. In 1887 he received a second class diploma from the Upper Rhine industrial exhibition in Freiburg. In 1888 he was awarded an honorary diploma from the German National Applied Arts Exhibition in Munich, and the organizers of the World's Columbian Exposition , which took place in 1893, also honored him.

In 1896, after suffering a stroke in the same year, Josef Eberle asked the Munich Art Academy for a suitable sculptor who could take over the management. He found a partner and successor in Eugen Mezger (1866–1908). The following year Eberle withdrew from the business; his studio passed into the possession of Eugen Mezger and his brother Victor and was continued under the name Eberle'sche kunststätte Gebr. Mezger. Later Eugen Mezger married the daughter of Josef Eberle, Klara Mezger, geb. Eberle.

Works (selection)

Altars in Winterthur-Neuwiesen

literature

Web links

Commons : Josef Eberle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matriculation of the Munich Academy
  2. ^ Yvonne Herzig: Neo-Gothic in Überlingen: Eberlesche art workshop by the Mezger brothers, Überlingen. In: Michael Brunner, Marion Harder-Merkelbach (ed.): 1100 years of art and architecture in Überlingen. Imhof, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-86568-032-1 , p. 202.
  3. ^ Friedrich Kempf: The parish church of St. Martin and the former Franciscan monastery . In: Baden Architects and Engineers Association, Upper Rhine District (Ed.): Freiburg im Breisgau. The city and its buildings . HM Poppen & Sohn, Freiburg im Breisgau 1898, p. 353 ( Scan - Wikisource ).
personal data
SURNAME Eberle, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1903