Joseph von Kopf

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Portrait of Franz von Lenbach (1865)
Joseph Kopf is third from the left in the first row. Participation in the art exhibition Badener Salon in 1895.
Ingeborg with the falcon (between 1857 and 1873)
" Triton Fountain ", Großfürstenplatz, in Berlin-Tiergarten

Joseph Kopf , from 1897 von Kopf , (born March 10, 1827 in Unlingen , † February 2, 1903 in Rome ) was a German sculptor. Kopf created highly acclaimed naturalistic portrait busts that were commissioned by aristocrats and citizens alike.

Life

The son of a farmer and brickworks owner received his first drawing lessons in elementary school before he had to work in his father's brickworks for 7 years. During this time he tried to start an apprenticeship as a stone cutter in Riedlingen and the Bavarian town of Biberach through an outbreak . At the age of 21, the project succeeded, after which he was trained by stonemasons and grave sculptors in Ravensburg and Bad Waldsee. From 1851 he went to Anselm Sickinger in Munich, to Philipp Hoffmann in Wiesbaden and to Alois Knittel and Wilhelm Dürr in Freiburg im Breisgau . From there he walked on September 1, 1852 towards Rome, where he arrived on October 13, 1852 and began to work there. His workshop, according to Max Jordan , was the one "which most lively attracted Germans and foreigners through its refinement".

In 1874, Grand Duke Friedrich I built a studio for the sculptor in Baden-Baden , where he stayed during the summer. There he modeled famous and wealthy spa guests. At that time he was friends with the court photographer Wilhelm Kuntzemüller , who served the same clientele. “As a thank you for this patronage and inspired by the desire to preserve his work for posterity, Kopf gave the studio and its contents back to the Grand Duke in 1892, with the obligation to keep it forever in the condition in which it was when it was handed over and to open it to the public three times a week in the summer ”.

Kopf also compiled an exquisite private art collection, the list of which Ludwig Pollak published in 1905 under the title: Joseph von Kopf as a collector in Rome. However, Kopf had already died on February 2, 1903 in Rome.

Works

General

The catalog numbers refer to the catalog section from Kratt 1998 , pages 141–205.

  • Gänsemännle fountain, around 1850, no catalog number, copy: Freiburg im Breisgau , in front of the Adelhauser church .
  • Vier Jahreszeiten , from 1857, catalog number 8a (summer), 9a (spring), 10a (autumn), 11b (winter), Stuttgart , formerly Villa Berg , destroyed in the war.
  • Ingeborg with the falcon , between 1857 and 1873, no catalog number, Stuttgart , formerly Villa Berg , today in the municipal lapidarium .
  • Triton Fountain, 1859, catalog number 12c, originally St. Petersburg , Oranienbaum Palace, whereabouts unknown.
  • Relief picture by Carl Schnaase , 1866, catalog number 31e, Frankfurt am Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut.
  • Two marble chimneys, 1867, catalog number 23 I and II, partially destroyed, formerly: Stuttgart , Neues Schloss , reclining figures (1998): Bad Wildbad , Reserved Spa Garden.
  • Madonna with the baby Jesus, high relief, 1872, no catalog number, Munich , old southern cemetery , family grave of the Pfeffel family.
  • Bust of the Kaiser Wilhelm monument, 1875, catalog number 54, Baden-Baden , facilities in front of the pump room.
  • Colossal bust by Carl Schnaase , 1877, catalog number 70b, Berlin , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage, National Gallery, object 02520379.
  • Pietà, 1877, catalog number 37d, Stuttgart , Marienhospital , Alter Marienbau.
  • Pietà, after 1877, catalog number 37, Karlsruhe , Badisches Landesmuseum.
  • Triton Fountain , 1888, catalog number 112a, Berlin , Großer Tiergarten , Großfürstenplatz .
  • Kaiser Wilhelm I monument, unveiled on October 12, 1890, catalog number 117, Ravensburg .
  • Bust of the Empress Augusta Monument, erected in 1892, catalog number 124b, Baden-Baden , Lichtentaler Allee.
  • The artistic estate of Kopf from his Baden-Baden studio, around 200 portrait reliefs and busts of famous contemporaries and historical personalities, mainly made of plaster, partly made of marble, is in the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. Some of them can be seen in the "Baden" collection exhibition.

Portrait busts

  • "More than 15 busts of Kaiser Wilhelm I."
    • in the Berlin National Gallery, 1876
    • in the Berlin National Gallery, 1886
    • "Owned by the former Emperor Wilhelm II."
    • as a memorial in Baden-Baden (see above)
    • in the museum in Weimar
    • in the museum in Stuttgart
    • as a memorial in Ravensburg (see above)
    • in the lecture room in the Berlin City Palace
  • Empress Augusta bust, in the Museum Stuttgart
  • Bust of King Karl and Queen Olga , 1863, private collection
  • Pope Leo XIII bust - Rome, in the apartment. Borgia of the Vatican

Other works by Kopf can be found in Berlin , Rome, Unlingen and on buses .

Honors

In 1857 Kopf became a court sculptor from Württemberg. In his home town of Unlingen, he received honorary citizenship in 1864; The Kopfstrasse is named after him. He was also awarded the title of professor and the Prussian Red Eagle Order. In 1897 he received the personal nobility with the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown .

estate

Tomb of Kopfs on the Cimitero Acattolico in Rome.

Von Kopf's written estate is kept by the Stuttgart State Archives as Q 2/14: “Personal papers, diaries; Preparatory work on the 'memoirs of a sculptor'; Correspondence (especially with clients, friends and acquaintances); Photos of relatives, clients, artists as well as head sculptures; enriched by personal papers of the sister von Kopfs, Rosina Pütz née. Kopf, and biographical publications and newspaper clippings about Josef Kopf ”.

Atelier and factory

From 1947 the studio building (Werderstraße 2) served as a prayer room for the Jewish community of Baden-Baden. When the studio building was to be used for another purpose, the artistic estate of Joseph von Kopf, insofar as it was still in the studio, was transferred to the Badisches Landesmuseum in 1983. In 1995, in connection with the Sotheby's Margrave auction, the Pietà von Kopfs set up in the chapel of the New Castle in Baden-Baden was also transferred to the State Museum.

collection

In his will from 1927, the former Grand Duke Friedrich II had bequeathed the Kopf art collection in Baden-Baden with other collections under the conditions requested by the donor Kopf to his wife and then transferred it to the Zähringen Foundation . In the foundation statutes of 1954, the Kopf art collection, i.e. the studio, is also mentioned. As became known on the occasion of the Karlsruhe cultural property affair in 2006, the House of Baden denied the effective transfer of assets to the Zähringer Foundation. In the course of a comprehensive settlement of the ownership issues as part of the sale of Salem Castle to the State of Baden-Württemberg in 2009, the House of Baden waived claims to the Zähringer Foundation objects.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meyers 1885 . - Note from the first author: "The biography must be checked against recent literature."
  2. ^ Pfeifle 1984 .
  3. ↑ Jordan 1905 .
  4. ^ Haug 2003 .
  5. ↑ a b Siebenmorgen 1996 , page 322.
  6. ↑ Head 1899 , page 22.
  7. ↑ Head 1899 , pages 182-184, 188-189, 415, 420.
  8. ↑ Head 1899 , pages 140, 298, 397; Schnaase 1879 .
  9. ↑ Head 1899 , pages 199, 273-275, 278, 283-284, 292-293, 295, 297-298, 302, 305-307, 390, 397; Kratt 1998 , p. 157; Luebke 1868 . - See also: marble chimneys by Joseph von Kopf .
  10. ↑ Head 1899 , pp. 415-416.
  11. ↑ See also: List of Kaiser Wilhelm I monuments .
  12. ↑ Head 1899 , page 140; Schnaase 1879 . - Description and illustration: [1] .
  13. ↑ Head 1899 , pages 377-378, 380, 395, 401, 415-416, 420, 424, 485-488; Beitl 1990 ; Rubbish 2004 .
  14. ↑ Seven Mornings 1996 .
  15. ↑ Description and illustration: [2] .
  16. ↑ In collaboration with the architect Friedrich von Thiersch. - See also: List of Kaiser Wilhelm I monuments .
  17. ↑ Empress Augusta Monument Baden-Baden in Stadtwiki-Baden-Baden
  18. ↑ In collaboration with the architect Friedrich von Thiersch .
  19. ↑ From the inventory overview via http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/
  20. ↑ Pictures: http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/badenbaden_neu.htm
  21. ↑ Extract from the will: NN 2006.1 .
  22. ↑ NN 2006.2 .

literature

life and work

  • Max Jordan : Ludwig Pollak, Joseph von Kopf as a collector [ Pollak review 1905 ] . In: Monthly Issues of Art History Literature 1.1905, pages 164–165 [3] .
  • Joseph von Kopf: Memoirs of a Sculptor . Stuttgart and Leipzig 1899 ( digitized version )
  • Regina Kratt: Joseph von Kopf: 1827 - 1903; the work of the sculptor with typological studies of the bust and group , Aachen / Mainz 1998 (also: Karlsruhe, University, dissertation, 1995), ISBN 3-89653-248-0 .
  • Head, Joseph . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 10, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 65.
  • Friedrich Noack : German Life in Rome 1700 to 1900 , Stuttgart 1907, page 442.
  • Friedrich Noack: Das Deutschtum in Rome since the end of the Middle Ages , Volume 2, Stuttgart 1927, reprint Aalen 1974, page 329-330.
  • Friedrich Noack: Head . In: Schedarium der Künstler in Rome , in shorthand, [Rome] without year [4] .
  • Luise Pfeifle: Preliminary remark [on the holdings Q 2/14 of the Main State Archives Stuttgart - short biography] , Stuttgart 1984
  • Ludwig Pollak: Joseph v. Head as a collector, description of the collection he left behind , Rome 1905.
  • Hugo Schmerber : head, Joseph von , in: Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. 8th volume. From January 1 to December 31, 1903 (1905) . Reimer, Berlin 1905, pp. 87–90 ( digitized version )

Individual works

  • Margarita Beitl (editor); Eberhard Gönner: Marienhospital 1890-1990 , Untermarchtal 1990, pages 37-38 (Stuttgart Pietà).
  • Wilhelm Lübke : Joseph Kopf's marble chimney in the royal palace in Stuttgart. With illustration [woodcut] . In: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 3.1868, pages 71–74 [5] .
  • Harald Siebenmorgen (editor): "Saved for Baden": Acquisitions of the Badisches Landesmuseum 1995 from the collections of the Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden , Karlsruhe 1996, pages 322–323, no. 257 (Karlsruhe Pietà).
  • Christine Unrath: The Pieta - symbol of mercy. The famous work of art by the sculptor Josef Kopf (1827–1903) is located in the old Marienbau . In: marien hospital magazine issue 11, 2004, pages 12–13 (Stuttgart Pietà), PDF ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).

swell

  • Elisabeth Haug: Good light! : Photography in Baden 1840–1930 , Karlsruhe 2003, ISBN 3-923132-90-5 , page 95.
  • NN: The will . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . of October 6, 2006, page 6 [6] .
  • NN: Statutes of the Zähringer Foundation , online 2006 [7] .
  • Carl Schnaase: History of the fine arts , Volume 8, Stuttgart 1879, page LXXIX [8] .

Archival material

  • Main State Archives Stuttgart, Q 2/14 (Josef Kopf estate (1827–1903)).

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Head, Joseph of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kopf, Joseph (until 1897)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Unlingen
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1903
Place of death Rome