Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig Mack

Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig Mack the Elder (born March 27, 1767 in Ludwigsburg , † August 17, 1835 in Tübingen ) was a classicistic Württemberg sculptor of regional importance. He created his few surviving works based on models from other artists. Mack is the father of Ludwig Mack , who was also a sculptor.

Life

From 1782 to 1792 Mack attended the Hohe Carlsschule in Stuttgart, where he studied under the sculptors Johann Heinrich Dannecker and Philipp Jakob Scheffauer from 1790 to 1792 . In 1807 or earlier he was appointed royal plasterer in Stuttgart. From 1818 he also worked in Stuttgart as a teacher for drawing lessons at the grammar school, from 1829 at the art school and from 1832 at the trade school.

meaning

Mack seems to have mainly carried out sculptural work based on models and templates from other artists. So he has u. a. supported his former teachers Dannecker and Scheffauer in their work. The only known, independent works are the plaster bust of the Countess von Beroldingen and perhaps the bas-relief on the Härlin tomb.

Works

Mourning Genius by Philipp Jakob Scheffauer

literature	Holst 1987, p. 32, 42, Holst 1993, p. 197
year	1796
description	Tomb. Execution in sandstone according to Scheffauer's model. "Weeping putto with fallen torch, left elbow on an urn, hand with the tip of a cloth to cheek." (Pfeiffer 1912, pp. 139–140). Inscribed: "Scheffauer direxit, Mack fecit 1796" (directed by Scheffauer, executed by Mack).
place	Stuttgart, Steigfriedhof , tomb of Jakob Linckh (1767–1794)

Grieving friendship of Johann Heinrich Dannecker

literature	Holst 1987, p. 261
year	1802
description	Plaster cast for Dannecker's sculpture “Mourning Friendship”, possibly identical to the destroyed model of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
place	formerly Stuttgart, State Gallery , inventory number P 711

Ariadne on the Panther by Johann Heinrich Dannecker

literature	Holst 1987, p. 285, 461 no. D53
year	1803
description	Forming and pouring of Dannecker's clay model of the panther for his sculpture "Ariadne on the Panther"
place	Stuttgart, State Gallery , inventory number P 554

Holst 1987, page 424, figure 401

Countess of Beroldingen

literature	Holst 1987, page 424, figure 401
year	1804
description	Plaster bust
place	Stuttgart, Württemberg State Museum

literature

Life

Max Bach: Stuttgart Art 1794-1860 . Stuttgart 1900.
The Herzoglich-Wirtembergischen Hohen Carlsschule stood in the year 1788 . Stuttgart 1788.
The Herzoglich-Wirtembergischen Hohen Carlsschule stood in 1792 . Stuttgart 1792.
Heinrich Wagner, Carl Alexander von Heideloff: History of the High Carls School , Volume 1: The Carls students according to archival sources. Wuerzburg 1856.

Works

Christian von Holst: Johann Heinrich Dannecker. The sculptor . Stuttgart 1987.
Christian von Holst (ed.): Swabian classicism between ideal and reality . Catalog. Stuttgart 1993.
Bertold Pfeiffer: Classicist sculptures on grave monuments in and around Stuttgart. Reprint from the commemorative publication of the K. Altertümersammlung in Stuttgart . Stuttgart 1912 ( PDF ).

References and comments

^ The name Johann Ludwig Mack given in Bach 1900, page 109, is incorrect. In the matriculation of the Hohen Carlsschule (Carlsschule 1788, page 22, Carlsschule 1792, page 27) and Wagner 1856, page 458, Mack is listed with the first name Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig. - The names of Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig Mack and his son Ludwig Mack are sometimes given the nickname "the elder" or "the younger" in literature, because both probably followed the nickname Ludwig.
↑ The older literature (Wagner 1856, page 458, Bach 1900, page 109) gives 1766 as the year of birth. The more recent literature (Pfeiffer 1912, page 140, footnote 1, Holst 1993, page 449) gives 1767.
^ At the same time as Mack, his fellow Ludwigsburg compatriot Friedrich Distelbarth, who was almost the same age, attended the Hohe Carlsschule. While Mack was appointed court plasterer at the latest in 1807, Distelbarth had to wait until 1816 for his appointment as court sculptor.
↑ The illustration shows a cast of the finished marble sculpture.

personal data
SURNAME	Mack, Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mack, Ludwig the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH	17th August 1835
Place of death	Tübingen

[1] The name Johann Ludwig Mack given in Bach 1900, page 109, is incorrect. In the matriculation of the Hohen Carlsschule (Carlsschule 1788, page 22, Carlsschule 1792, page 27) and Wagner 1856, page 458, Mack is listed with the first name Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig. - The names of Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig Mack and his son Ludwig Mack are sometimes given the nickname "the elder" or "the younger" in literature, because both probably followed the nickname Ludwig.

[2] The older literature (Wagner 1856, page 458, Bach 1900, page 109) gives 1766 as the year of birth. The more recent literature (Pfeiffer 1912, page 140, footnote 1, Holst 1993, page 449) gives 1767.

[3] At the same time as Mack, his fellow Ludwigsburg compatriot Friedrich Distelbarth, who was almost the same age, attended the Hohe Carlsschule. While Mack was appointed court plasterer at the latest in 1807, Distelbarth had to wait until 1816 for his appointment as court sculptor.

[4] The illustration shows a cast of the finished marble sculpture.