Karl Albert (sculptor)
Charles Albert (* 1743 in Gabolshausen ; † 1819 in Rügheim ) a German was sculptor of the rococo .
Life
Karl Albert was born as the eighth child of a Gaboldshausen farmer. Although he himself recognized his talent for sculpture early on, he lacked an advocate and with this the opportunity to do an apprenticeship in one of the large, well-known workshops. He completed an apprenticeship with the stonemason Peter Polder , but soon created his own wayside shrines .
However, Albert was not allowed to register his own sculpting business as long as he was not married - one of the prerequisites for running such a business at the time. So he remained for most of his life without major commissions - and without recognition as a great sculptor of his time.
After Karl Albert married in 1775, he was finally allowed to open his own sculptor's workshop. But time had worked against him. Albert's work was committed to the Rococo art form, while in many places classicism had already replaced this previous form.
After his wife had already died, Karl Albert also died as a poor widower at the age of 76. He was found frozen to death on a dirt road to Rügheim after a cold winter night - presumably after a stroke.
Well-known works (selection)
- One of the most important works by Karl Albert is his Gabolshausen wayside shrine .
- 1777: Archangel figures Michael and Raphael as an addition to the high altar in the village church of Eyershausen
- Wayside shrine placed in front of the annex building of the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Bad Königshofen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g zz: Gabolshausen (HG) / A masterpiece of its time / After five years one of the most beautiful Rococo wayside shrines in Lower Franconia is back in its place in Gabolshausen on the Main-Post page of August 8, 2000, updated December 3, 2006
- ↑ Philipp Sebald (responsible): Timeline of the development of the village church ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the page eyershausen.de in the version of February 10, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albert, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor of the Rococo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gabolshausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1819 |
| Place of death | near Rügheim |