Jupp Rübsam

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Monument of the 39ers (partial view)

Jupp Rübsam (born May 30, 1896 in Düsseldorf , † April 25, 1976 in Nettetal ) was a German sculptor.

Live and act

In Heinz May's studio: Bernhardine and Walter Ophey (left), Jupp Rübsam (inside frame), back right. Charlotte and Ernst Gottschalk , in front Ethie and Heinz May .
1926
Photo: RAK Bonn

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From 1912 to 1914, Rübsam, son of the stone carver and bricklayer Rudolf Rübsam, attended Hubert Netzer's sculpting class at the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts . At the beginning of the First World War he interrupted his studies and volunteered. As a member of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 , he was taken prisoner by the French in 1916. After his release from the internment camp, he continued his artistic training as a master student of Netzer at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1920 to 1925 and lived in the house of the widow Kohlschein in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel . During this time he belonged to the avant-garde artist group Junge Rheinland , the Düsseldorf artist association Malkasten and the circle around Mother Ey . During and after his training he created numerous sculptures and sculptures for public spaces, such as the sculpture Spielende Fohlen in Mülheim an der Ruhr (1927), the 39er Memorial in Düsseldorf (1927/28) and various figures of saints for the church of the Marienthal monastery (1929-1939). From the end of the 1920s to the 1930s, his studio was in the “Städtisches Atelierhaus” of the Art Academy in Stockum.

As an avant-garde artist , Jupp Rübsam was banned from working in National Socialist Germany, and the rulers prevented the prospect of a professorship in Trier . After the war he was rehabilitated. Once again he devoted his creativity to art in public spaces. For example, he designed the grave memorial for Johanna Ey (1947), the mother and son memorial in Remscheid (1948), the prisoner reliefs and the market women relief at Düsseldorf City Hall (1953), the memorial for the victims of the tyranny in Mülheim an der Ruhr ( 1954–56), the Drei Nornen memorial at Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf (1954–1956, together with Ulrich Wolf and Willy Trapp), the relief market women in the arcades of the administration building Marktplatz 6 in Düsseldorf (around 1955), a memorial in Hückeswagen (1959) as well as a relief on the district administration building in Kempen (1960) and most recently the Frog King Fountain (1964 together with his son Pitter).

In 1963 his ability to work was severely impaired by an accident. He died in 1976 in his adopted home (Nettetal-) Hinsbeck , where the sculptor's residence and studio had been since 1942. Jupp Rübsam was the father of the sculptor Peter Rübsam (* 1941).

Honors

literature

  • Edmund Anton Kohlschein: In memory of Jupp Rübsam . In: Malkastenblätter. 1976, issue 6.
  • Exhibition catalog: In Memoriam Jupp Rübsam. 1896-1976. A sculptor for Düsseldorf . Ed. from the City History Museum Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf, 1976.
  • Jutta Pitzen: Jupp Rübsam 1896–1976 . Life and Work of Lower Rhine Artists, Volume 1. Series of publications by the Sparkassenstiftung "Nature and Culture" in the Viersen district. Krefeld 1991.

Web links

Commons : Jupp Rübsam  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Civil status of the city of Düsseldorf, born. The 30th (May 1896) Jos. Valentin, S. of the mason Rud. Rübsam, Kirchfeldstr. , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt No. 153, from June 5, 1896
  2. ↑ Düsseldorfer Str. 58, E. Kohlschein, J., Ww., Rübsam, Jos., Sculptor , in Düsseldorfer Address Book 1924, II. Streets and Houses, p. 74
  3. ^ Rübsam, Josef, Sculptor, Atelierhaus, Stockum, Apartment: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 36 , in the address book of the city of Düsseldorf 1929, p. 455
  4. ^ Froschkönig-Brunnen , 1964 (Cultural Office of the State Capital Düsseldorf)  in the German Digital Library , accessed on May 19, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Rübsam, Jupp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rübsam, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1976
Place of death Nettetal