Karl Albert Bergmeier
Karl Albert Bergmeier , also Bergmeyer , (born March 28, 1856 in Berlin , † February 28, 1897 in Steglitz ) was a German sculptor .
Life
He began his studies in 1873 at the Berlin Art Academy under Albert Wolff and Fritz Schaper , he continued it from 1876 to 1877 as a master student with Reinhold Begas .
After receiving the Prussian State Prize in 1881 and the associated stay in Rome in the Villa Strohl-Fern in 1883, he taught at the teaching institute of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin from 1882 .
Between 1888 and 1891, alongside Karl Begas (1845–1916), Karl Bernewitz (1858–1934) and Johann Götz (1865–1934), he was involved in the execution of the Neptune Fountain in Berlin; Reinhold Begas was in charge of the entire project.
In the same period he created the Hasselbach Fountain in Magdeburg, inaugurated in 1890 , a fountain monument for the former Lord Mayor Gustav Hasselbach , based on his winning design in a competition held in 1883/1884.
Since 1881 he was married to Louise Deutsch.
Works and drafts
- 1887
- Joachim Henniges von Treffenfeld bust for the western military hall in the hall of fame in the Berlin armory; lost
- Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig - bust for the western military hall in the hall of fame in the Berlin armory; lost
- 1890: Wall grave for the brewery owner Ernst Hillig (1833–1890), (preserved)
literature
- Paul Kühn: Bergmeier, Karl Albert . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 411 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death register StA Steglitz, No. 54/1897
- ↑ PrAdK 0452: Great State Prize for sculpture in 1881; Bergmeier's study trip in 1883, accommodation in the Villa Strohl-Fern
- ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 4, 1884, No. 10 (from March 8, 1884) ( digital.zlb.de ), p. 97.
- ↑ Marriage register StA Berlin XI, No. 139/1881.
- ↑ Friedhöfe Landsberger Allee / Friedenstrasse , accessed on December 25, 2012.
- ^ The grave of the brewery owner Ernst Hillig , accessed on December 25, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergmeier, Karl Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bergmeyer, Karl Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1897 |
| Place of death | Steglitz |