Karl Albiker

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Karl Albiker (born September 16, 1878 in Ühlingen ; † February 26, 1961 in Ettlingen ) was a German sculptor , lithographer and university professor .

life and work

Albiker was a master student at the Karlsruhe Art Academy and had been friends with the expressionist painter Karl Hofer since they were studying there . He continued his education in Paris at the Académie Julian and with Antoine Bourdelle in 1899/1900 . In Paris he met the sculptor Auguste Rodin whom he admired and who eventually trained him. Albiker lived and worked in Munich from 1900 to 1903, followed by a study visit to Rome from 1903 to 1905 . In 1905 he moved into his own studio in Ettlingen. Receiving the Villa Romana Prize enabled him to study in Florence in 1910 , where he became friends with the philosopher Leopold Ziegler , to whom Albiker dedicated his work Florentine Introduction (1911) on art.

In 1919 Albiker was appointed professor at the Dresden Art Academy , and he also worked at the Dresden School of Applied Arts . He was one of the most important teachers at these educational institutions and joined both the Baden Secession, founded in 1927, and the new New Munich Secession .

The relay runners on the Berlin Olympic site

The National Socialist regime , which it initially lacked artists who had his ideology expressed can bring, favored the artistic activity through the art-in-architecture -Erlass (1934) and commissioned sculptor Karl Albiker, Richard Scheibe , Joseph Wackerle that had already made a name for themselves in the 1920s with the creation of large- scale sculptures for public spaces , among other things as part of the renovation project of the Berlin Sports Forum to become a " Reich Sports Field ". Albiker was included in the program of sculptural design of the facility, the overall concept of which was assigned to the architect Werner March . Albiker was also a member of the “German Art” jury in the 1930s. In 1943 he took part with nine works in the exhibition Young Art in the German Reich in Vienna, organized by Reichsleiter Baldur von Schirach . Albiker was listed on the God-gifted list as one of the most important visual artists of the Third Reich .

During the air raids of the Second World War, Karl Albiker's apartment and studio in Dresden were destroyed. In 1947 he returned to his home in Baden and founded the Karl Albiker Foundation, thanks to which his own works and works from his private art collection, including around 80 works by Karl Hofer, came into the possession of the Museum of the City of Ettlingen.

Karl Albiker was a member of the German Association of Artists . He died in Ettlingen in 1961 at the age of 82.

His wife Helene Albiker b. Klingenstein (1878–1952) was a painter. His son Carl Albiker (1905–1996) was an art historian and photographer .

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1901: 8th international art exhibition in the Glaspalast in Munich
  • 1901: Berlin Secession
  • 1906: Karlsruhe anniversary exhibition
  • 1923: Baden sculptor , Mannheim
  • 1929: Werkbund exhibition
  • 1937: German architecture and German sculpture , April 7 to May 17 (part of a comprehensive exhibition by many artists)
  • 1937: Large German art exhibition in the House of German Art in Munich
  • 1943: Young art in the German Empire in the Vienna Künstlerhaus
  • 1944: Large German art exhibition in the House of German Art in Munich
  • 1996/1997: Karl Albiker , in the Georgenbau of Dresden Castle

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The living spirit , seated Athene (1931) above the entrance to the New University of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Fallen memorial Germania (large sculpture) at the main cemetery in Freiburg im Breisgau

In addition to his sculptures for public spaces, Karl Albiker dealt with clay works for the Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe , created medals, medallions and lithographs.

His works can be seen in the Ettlingen Municipal Gallery in Ettlingen Castle and in the Zwickau Municipal Museum .

Sculptures

Fonts

  • The problem of space in the fine arts. Frankfurt am Main 1962.

student

literature

  • Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner : Albiker, Karl . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 227 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 14.
  • Wilhelm Rüdiger (Ed.): Young art in the German Empire. (published on behalf of the Reich governor and Reichsleiter Baldur von Schirach ; catalog for the exhibition from February / March 1943 in the Künstlerhaus Vienna ) Ehrlich & Schmidt, Vienna 1943.
  • Sigrid Walther: Karl Albiker 1878–1961. Plastic, drawings. (Catalog for the exhibition from November 9, 1996 to January 5, 1997 in the Georgenbau of Dresden Castle) Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein eV / German Hygiene Museum, Dresden 1996.
  • Beate Eckstein: On behalf of the public. Architectural and monument sculptures from the 1920s to 1950s in the work of Karl Albiker, Richard Scheibe and Josef Wackerle. (= Writings on art history. Volume 10.) Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-8300-1862-2 .

Web links

Commons : Karl Albiker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Melanie Mertens: Reform building and refuge. The Karl Albiker home and studio in Ettlingen. In: Monument Preservation in Baden-Württemberg , 39th year 2010, issue 2, pp. 107–112. ( PDF )
  2. ^ A b Ernst Klee : The cultural lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 (= The time of National Socialism. Volume 17153). Completely revised edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-17153-8 , p. 16.
  3. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Albiker, Karl ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. (accessed on March 1, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  4. ↑ leo-bw.de: Albiker, Helene (accessed on January 19, 2016)
  5. ↑ Sigrid Walther: A goddess for the "temple of health". The sculpture "Hygiena" by Karl Albiker in the German Hygiene Museum. German Hygiene Museum / DZA Verlag for Culture and Science GmbH, Dresden 1996.
  6. ↑ Illustration of the Hygiea (1929/31) on www.das-neue-dresden.de
  7. ↑ Illustration of the Hygiea  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the German Hygiene Museum.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dhmd.de  
  8. ↑ Illustration of the sculpture The Relay Runners in the Sculptures exhibition in the Olympic site ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Building of the Luftgaukommando IV in Dresden on www.das-neue-dresden.de
personal data
SURNAME Albiker, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, lithographer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Ühlingen
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1961
Place of death Ettlingen