Joseph Franz Baumeister
Joseph Franz Baumeister (born January 29, 1857 in Konstanz , † May 3, 1933 in Karlsruhe ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Joseph Franz Baumeister was the son of a carpenter from Constance. From 1873 to 1877 he was trained by the Constance sculptor Hans Baur and then went to Munich . There he was taught by Max von Widnmann at the art academy until 1878 . He then moved to Karlsruhe, where he worked for Carl Steinhäuser from 1879 and for Hermann Volz from 1880 to 1888 . In 1883 he traveled to Rome , in 1884 to Paris . In 1889 he opened his own studio in Karlsruhe . Here he created, among other things, commissions for the Baden Grand Duke Friedrich I : The statues of St. Franziskus and Bernhard von Baden for the newly built Catholic Church of St. Franziskus zu Pforzheim, as well as a statue of Ludwig Wilhelm , the Türkenlouis, which was erected in Rastatt has been.
Works
The most famous works by Baumeister are:
- Constance: marble crucifix (1882) and Christ on Golgotha (1884)
- Mühlburg : Christ relief (1887)
- Freiburg: Monument to Bishop Lothar von Kübel in the cathedral (1888)
- Pforzheim: St. Franziskus and St. Bernhard at the St. Franziskus Church (1892)
- Rastatt: Türkenlouis (1894)
- Östringen: St. Peter and Paul
- Baden-Baden: Guardian angel group for the portal at the monastery to the holy grave (1895)
- Mannheim: Cäcilia for the Church of Our Lady (1901)
- Östringen: Heart of Jesus and Mary (1902)
- Gernsbach: Votive relief on the crypt chapel of Baron von Gulat (1905)
- Oberachern: Pietà and crucifix
- Durmersheim: Altar (1906)
More of his works can be found in the churches and monasteries of Urloffen, Busenbach, Neuthard, Weingarten, Stettfeld, Reiligen, Daxlanden, Dielheim, Reichenbach, St. Leon, Oberweier, Bruchsal, Walldürn, Waldulm, Hockenheim and Moosbrunn.
In addition, he created portraits of well-known personalities from Constance, including the busts of Leiner and Schmalholz. In Karlsruhe some reliefs followed a. a. by Gageur, Rothweiler, Siebenrock, Hug and Hummel.
literature
- Joseph Franz Baumeister . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 7, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22747-7 , p. 598.
- Joseph August Beringer : Builder, Joseph Franz . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 82 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Register of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Builder, Joseph Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Builder, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1933 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |