Joseph Herrmann

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Joseph Karl Gottlieb Herrmann , often also Hermann , (born March 12, 1800 in Dresden , † November 7, 1869 in Dresden- Loschwitz ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Grave of Joseph Herrmann in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden

Joseph Herrmann was born on March 12, 1800 in Dresden, his father was the sculptor Joseph Dominik Herrmann (* March 12, 1800 in Dresden; † November 7, 1869). From 1815 to 1820 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy and was a student of Christian Gottlieb Kühn in 1819 . In 1820 he went to Rome with the support of the Saxon King Friedrich August I , where he joined the group of artists around Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein and Ludwig Richter and worked in the studio of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen , where he worked stayed ten years.

In February 1821 he was one of the founding members of the German (artist) library in Rome . His sketchbook from 1822 is now part of the Dresden City Museum . In 1823, based on a sketch by Bertel Thorvaldsen, Joseph Herrmann created the statue of the Apostle Andreas for the row of 12 apostles in the Frauenkirche in Copenhagen and for the gable of the Frauenkirche he made the bent-over old scribe (second figure from left) .

On behalf of the Crown Prince of Bavaria , he created a bust of Johann III in 1825 . von Dalberg , Bishop of Worms, for the Walhalla .

In 1828 Bertel Thorvaldsen recommended him to the Saxon court to deliver a half-length portrait of King Friedrich August I for the auditorium of the Tharandt Forest Academy .

Joseph Herrmann returned to Dresden in 1831. During this time the relief of the seated Saxonia was created for the front gable of the Old Town Main Guard and in 1834 he restored the Corradinian vases at the entrance to the Great Garden in Dresden.

From 1835 to 1852 he worked for a long time in Saint Petersburg . In 1836 the Petersburg Art Academy honored Joseph Herrmann with the artist's diploma . In Saint Petersburg he worked on the artistic design of the Winter Palace . On the death of Friedrich Wilhelm III. , 1840, he made seven colossal figures from alabaster plaster for the St. Petersburg funeral service . Around 1844 he created the 24 angels on the dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. In 1850 he exhibited a bust of his wife in Saint Petersburg.

After 1852 he moved back to Dresden-Loschwitz, having become prosperous in Russia, and worked as a freelancer until his death. He bequeathed his possessions and 22,000 thalers to the Dresden artists . His final resting place is in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden.

A portrait of Joseph Herrmann ( copperplate engraving ) by the painter Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein from 1820 is in the Dresden Kupferstichkabinett , a pencil drawing by Gustav Adolph Hennig (Rome 1823) is in private Leipzig and a bronze relief by Carl Schlueter on Joseph Herrmann's tomb on the old one catholic cemetery in Dresden.

Picture gallery

  • Apostle Andrew statue in the Frauenkirche Copenhagen (1823)

  • Bust of King Friedrich August I (1828)

  • Saxonia , Altstädtische Hauptwache Dresden (1831)

  • Corradinian vases - Restoration 1834

  • 24 angels on the dome of Isaac's Cathedral (around 1844)

Works (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Joseph Herrmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
  2. ^ So Ernst Sigismund: Hermann (Herrmann), Joseph II . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 500 . Here the bust is attributed to Joseph Herrmann. According to other sources [1] , Arnold Hermann Lossow is said to have created the bust after a model by Johann von Halbig .
  3. ↑ Josef Hermann Monument in the Stadtwiki Dresden .
personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann, Joseph; Herrmann, Joseph Karl Gottlieb (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1869
Place of death Loschwitz