Carl Friedrich Echtermeier

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Karl Echtermeyer in front of the model of his last work, Severin's grave monument for the Braunschweig central cemetery

Carl Friedrich Echtermeier (born October 27, 1845 in Kassel , † July 30, 1910 in Braunschweig ) was a German sculptor and university professor .

Life

The son of a plaster mold maker learned the basics of the craft in his father's workshop. He first attended the Kassel Art Academy and continued his education at the Munich Art Academy in 1865/1866 . This was followed by a visit to the Dresden Art Academy from 1867 to 1870 , where the influence of his teacher Ernst Hähnel (1811-1891) was formative. His figure “Dancing Bacchante”, created in 1870, has received several medals. In 1870 Echtermeier married and went on a trip to Italy. In 1871 he founded his own studio in Dresden , where he was on friendly terms with the sculptors Robert Diez and Adolf Breymann . He corresponded with the Berlin sculptor Fritz Schaper .

University professor in Braunschweig

Grave of Echtermeier in the St. Pauli cemetery in Dresden

In 1883 Echtermeier succeeded Georg Ferdinand Howaldt as a teacher for modeling and embossing at the Technical University of Braunschweig . His students were, for example, Gottlieb Elster (1867-1917), Hermann Siedentop (1864-1943), Arnold Kramer (1863-1918) and Eugen Kircheisen (1855-1913). The collaboration with the architect Constantin Uhde (hare hunting frieze for Villa Löbbecke 1882 and frieze for Rimpausche Villa 1886 in Braunschweig) ended in a dispute in 1895. Echtermeier was unable to win the competition for a Bismarck monument in Berlin, although his design was carried out in Magdeburg in 1899.

Echtermeier, who had been awarded the title “Privy Councilor”, died in Braunschweig in 1910 and was buried in the St. Pauli Cemetery in Dresden.

Work (selection)

Guericke monument in Magdeburg, 1907
  • Figure dancing satyr (1867/1868)
  • Figure dancing bacchante (1870)
  • Two caryatids: The caryatids were set up at the portal of the Neue Gemäldegalarie in Kassel. Executed by Franz Schwarz . (1874)
  • Statue Greece: The statue is placed in the stairwell of the Neue Gemäldegalarie in Kassel. Executed by Franz Schwarz . (1874)
  • Allegories of Art and Sciences, entrance hall of the Technical University of Braunschweig (1877/1879)
  • Eight country allegories for the Gemäldegalerie Kassel (1882)
  • Draft of the bronze memorial for the composer Franz Abt in Braunschweig (inaugurated on July 13, 1891; melted down during the Second World War )
  • Bismarck monument in Magdeburg (1899, destroyed)
  • Memorial to the writer Carl Leberecht Immermann in Magdeburg (1899)
  • Draft of the bronze memorial for the reformer Johannes Bugenhagen at the Brothers Church in Braunschweig (1902, dismantled during the Second World War)
  • Monument to Otto von Guericke in Magdeburg (1907)

Echtermeier created several cemetery sculptures, most of which are located in Hanover . He made portrait busts of Brunswick personalities, including Georg Westermann , Heinrich Vieweg and Wilhelm Pockels .

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SURNAME Echtermeier, Carl Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Echtermeyer, Karl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1910
Place of death Braunschweig