Josef Körschgen

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Josef Körschgen (born February 11, 1876 in Düsseldorf ; † February 7, 1937 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Signature J. Körschgen from 1914 (2020)
Allegory of Work in Gibel Relief, Government Building, Cecilienallee 1–2 (2015)

Josef Körschgen, born in Pempelfort , was the son of the castellan of the same name at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He studied at the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts and at the Art Academy under Karl Janssen .

In the area of ​​small bronze sculptures , Körschgen created especially animal sculptures of hunting dogs. In 1904, Körschgen received a bronze medal for his Persian Greyhound in the sculpture group at the World Exhibition in St. Louis .

In the "Sculpture Group 1900" (formerly "Association of Academic Sculptors"), Josef Körschgen was chairman from 1907 to 1909. Club members at this time were among others Gregor von Bochmann jr. , Johannes Knubel , Heinz Müller and Albert Pehle . Körschgen was also a member of the Malkasten artists' association .

Like Gregor von Bochmann the Elder. J. Körschgen moved into one of the studios in the artist house of the sculptor August Bauer (1868–1961) at Grafenberger Allee 32/34 around 1907 . August Bauer, a member of the Malkasten and the Association for the Promotion of Sculpture in North Rhine-Westphalia , had created the Bismarck Memorial in Düsseldorf together with the Berlin sculptor Johannes Röttger (1864–1943) .

Between 1909 and 1911 Josef Körschgen carried out the rich architectural decorations on the building of the district government . To this end, Körschgen established two studios, at Emmericher Strasse 5, next to the construction office for the new building for the Royal Government, and at Duisburger Strasse 2. Between 1911 and 1920, Körschgen lived at Kapellstrasse 42.

At the Great Art Exhibition of 1911 in the Kunstpalast , a tomb with the title "Resurrection" was shown. At the Great Art Exhibition of 1922, Körschgen was with Hans Kohlschein , Fritz Burmann and Otto Engler a member of the executive board chaired by the painter Carl Murdfield .

From 1926 to 1927, Körschgen made four larger than life sculptures with allegorical depictions of the four virtues of the police officer: deliberation, justice, courage and strength for the then new building of the police headquarters of the city of Hamm .

At the beginning of the 1920s, Körschgen moved to the Zooviertel on Grunerstraße 3, where he lived until the end.

Works (selection)

  • 1902: Persian Greyhound, bronze
  • 1904: Dachshund, bronze
  • 1909–1910: Decorative items on the building of the district government, Cecilienallee 1–2, Düsseldorf
  • 1914: Bronze sculpture on the tomb of the hunting and landscape painter Christian Kröner and the painter Magda Kröner at the North Cemetery in Düsseldorf
  • 1926–1927: sculptures made of sandstone, old police headquarters, Hohe Straße 80, Hamm

literature

  • Wolfgang Funken: Ars Publica Düsseldorf , Volume 1, Klartext-Verlag Essen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0873-4 , p. 453

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Civil status of the Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf. Born the 11th Joh. Heinrich Jos., S. of the porter Jos. Körschgen, Pempelforterstr. (80) , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt , issue no.43 from February 15, 1876
  2. ↑ Service anniversary: ​​Mr. Joseph Körschgen, servant at the Kgl. Art Academy, celebrates its 25th anniversary today. , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt , issue no.89 of April 2, 1899
  3. ^ Bendemannstrasse 1, E. Fiskus, Körschgen, Josef, Diener , in address book for the municipality of Düsseldorf 1902 , p. 116
  4. ↑ III. Performing artists, column 154: Körschgen, Joseph: B. Düsseldorf, 11.2.76. Sch. v. C. Janssen-Düsseldorf. (V. akad. Br = Association of Academic Sculptors) Düsseldorf, Bendemannstr. 1. , in Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst 2 , 1903
  5. ↑ Körschgen, Joseph, sculptor, b. February 11, 1876 in Düsseldorf, pupil of C. Janssen , Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon , Frankfurt, 1906. p. 169
  6. ^ The award in St. Louis. Bronze medal: Joseph Körschgen - Düsseldorf , in Die Werkstatt der Kunst , 1904/1905, issue 13, p. 187
  7. ^ Sculptor group 1900. Chairman Jos. Körschgen, art sculptor, Bendemannstr. 1 (address of the art academy), secretary Albert Pehle, secretary 2: Gregor von Bochmann; Cashier: Heinz Müller , in address book for the city of Düsseldorf 1907, p. 34
  8. ^ Sculptor Group 1900, III Associations, column 92 , in the year book of the fine arts , eighth year, 1909/10
  9. ↑ Inventory list of paint boxes: Körschgen, Josef (1876–1937)
  10. ^ Population register of the municipality of Düsseldorf sorted by streets and house numbers . In: Josef Schumacher (ed.): Address book 1907 for the city of Düsseldorf and the mayor's offices of Benrath, Eller, Gerresheim, Heerdt, Kaiserwerth, Ludenberg and Rath . tape 3 . Düsseldorfer Verlags-Anstalt Aktien-Gesellschaft "Latest News", 1907, p. 179 , urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-620915 ( uni-duesseldorf.de [accessed on March 15, 2020]).
  11. ↑ The new building of the royal. Government of Düsseldorf , in Rhine and Düssel , issue no. 33 of August 12, 1911
  12. ↑ Construction office for the new building of the royal government, Emmericherstr. 5 - Körschgen, art sculptor , in address book for the municipality of Düsseldorf 1910 , p. 4
  13. ↑ Körschgen, Joseph, Atelier: Emmericherstr. 5 and in Duisburgerstr. 2 , in address book for the municipality of Düsseldorf 1910 , p. 443
  14. ↑ Kapellstrasse 42, Körschgen, Jos., Art sculptor , in address book for the city of Düsseldorf 1912 , p. 203
  15. ↑ Kapellstrasse 42, Körschgen, Jos., Art sculptor , in address book for the city of Düsseldorf 1920 , p. 219
  16. ^ Josef Körschgen. Resurrection. Tomb. Large art exhibition Düsseldorf 1911 , illustration in Art for everyone : Painting, Sculpture, Graphics, Architecture (No. 26), 1910–1911, p. 574
  17. ↑ Board: Carl Murdfield, painters, Chairman. The representatives: Professor Hans Kohlschein, painter; Fritz Burmann, painter; Jos. Körschgen; Sculptor; Otto Engler, architect
  18. ^ City of Hamm - Kulturbüro (ed.): Art in the public space of the city of Hamm . Hamm December 2016, p. 12 ( hamm.de [PDF; 20.0 MB ; accessed on March 6, 2020]): “Top left: reflection; top right: justice; bottom left: courage (head destroyed by bomb splinters and replaced in 1955 by the Münster sculptor Albert Mazzotti); bottom right: force "
  19. ↑ Grunerstraße 3, Körschgen, Jos., Kunstbildhauer , in address book for the city of Düsseldorf 1922, p. 170
  20. ↑ Körschgen, Josef, Bildhauer, Grunerstraße 3U , in the address book of the city of Düsseldorf 1938, p. 371
  21. ↑ Figure Persian Greyhound , in Die Rheinlande , April 1902, Issue 9, p. 26
  22. ↑ Dachshund on a sweat resp. Blood trail , in Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung (catalog), Berlin, 1904, p. 98
  23. ↑ The four larger than life sculptures, a creation by the sculptor Josef Körschgen in Düsseldorf, are allegorical representations of the four virtues of the police officer. , at polizeihistorischesammlung-paul.de/wissenswertes/gebaeude_hamm/seite_3.htm, accessed on February 5, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Körschgen, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Körschgen, Joseph; Körschgen, Johann Heinrich Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1937
Place of death Dusseldorf