Karl Janssen

Karl Ludwig Rudolf Janssen , also Carl Janssen (born May 29, 1855 in Düsseldorf ; † December 2, 1927 there ), was a German sculptor .

Life

Karl Janssen came from a family of artists. His father Theodor Janssen was a copper engraver , his brother Peter Janssen was a painter. Karl Janssen received his first instruction as an artist from him. 1872-80 he studied at the Royal Prussian Art Academy in Düsseldorf with August Wittig . In 1878 he won a Rome scholarship; However, he did not start the trip until 1881 and stayed in Italy until 1884 to continue his education there. His first more important work is the bust of the industrialist Poensgen (1883) for his hereditary burial in the Düsseldorf North Cemetery . In 1884, together with Josef Tüshaus (1851–1901), whom he had met at the Academy in 1874, he was commissioned to create the sculpture Father Rhine and His Daughters for the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm I in Düsseldorf , which the people of Düsseldorf liked so much. that twelve years later - i.e. in 1897 - the two were commissioned to produce a permanent bronze setting as a fountain. A year earlier, he had also completed the order for a representative Kaiser Wilhelm equestrian statue to everyone's satisfaction.

After the First World War , Karl Janssen created a war memorial for the Henkel family , which was to commemorate the fallen employees and was erected on the factory premises in Düsseldorf-Holthausen . His last more significant work is an Art Deco mourning woman for the Henkel family mausoleum (1925). At the Nordfriedhof in Düsseldorf, more of his works have stood the test of time.

Karl Janssen was appointed professor and in 1893 took over the chair from August Wittig at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. He is considered a characteristic representative of the New Baroque in the Rhineland. Well-known Janssen students were:

• Heinrich Baucke
• Frédéric Coubillier
• Arnold Freshness
• Bernhard Hoetger
• Joseph Hammerschmidt
• Wilhelm Lehmbruck
• Franz Linden
• Carl Muller
• Heinz Müller
• Josef Pallenberg
• Albert Pehle
• Toni Stockheim
• Rudolf Zieseniss

family

Gravesite of Karl and Lore Janssen, Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf (2019)

Karl Janssen married Lore Putsch (1859–1933) on September 27, 1887 in Düsseldorf. The son Sigurd Janssen became a pharmacologist, the daughter Gerda (1888–1966) was the wife of the industrialist Hugo Henkel .

Works

plant	image	Dating	Location	Further information
Antigone , Polynices donating the consecration of the grave		1877/78		Thesis
Justitia, Erfurt town hall	see janssenart.de	1880/81
Fortitudo, Erfurt Town Hall	janssenart.de	1881
Albert Poensgen's tomb	see also janssenart.de	1883	North Cemetery Düsseldorf
Plaster model " Father Rhine and his daughters "		1885	Düsseldorf, in the stairwell of the Provincial Hall	in collaboration with the sculptor Josef Tüshaus I as party decoration (plaster) to visit Kaiser Wilhelm did not receive
Kaiser Wilhelm I equestrian statue in Düsseldorf		October 18, 1896	1) Alleestraße, today's Heinrich-Heine-Allee , intersection Elberfelder Straße 2) Berliner Allee , Platz der Deutschen Einheit 3) in front of the Ministry of Justice, Martin-Luther-Platz
Fountain sculpture " Father Rhine and his daughters "		March 7, 1897	Düsseldorf, at the Kaiserteich , in front of the former provincial estate	Received in collaboration with the sculptor Josef Tüshaus without the dedicatory inscription
Benjamin Vautier's tomb		1898	Düsseldorf-Unterrath cemetery, since 2004	Vautier memorial, grave relief in the form of a cross, "The mourning painting and the genius of immortality, driving away death", erected in 1898 at the North Cemetery in Düsseldorf (see image source Funkengrafik on janssenart.de ). The entire tomb has been in the Düsseldorf-Unterrath cemetery since 2004; at the place of the inscription “Benjamin Vautier” now the “Schulten” family, who have taken on a tomb sponsorship.
Oelbermann tomb		around 1897	Melaten cemetery (MA at hall 70) Central cemetery of Cologne	was designed by Janssen on behalf of Laura von Oelbermann after the death of her husband Emil Oelbermann in 1897. Partially destroyed in World War II; Comprehensively repaired in 2009.
Healing of the epileptic boy		1898	Zionskirche in Bielefeld-Gadderbaum	is located in the arch field above the exit under the organ gallery
Stone knocker		1902	Dusseldorf
Stone knocker		1902	Berlin, National Gallery
Stone knocker		1902	Brandenburg / Havel, theater park	Text on the sculpture: “Casting the plastic. Loaned to the city of Brandenburg an der Havel during the Second World War because of the danger of aerial warfare, the original will return to Berlin's Museum Island in 2006. In October 2007 a cast of the popular plastic could be put up again "
Ludwig Holle		1911	Berlin, National Gallery	formerly in destroyed Prussia until 1945. Ministry of Culture
Ludwig Holle tomb		1911	Dortmund
Grave site Henkel.		1906	North Cemetery Düsseldorf	Architect: Walter Furthmann , mourners from Karl Janssen
The wanderer	janssenart.de	??		Private collection
Friedrich Roeber's tomb		1903	North Cemetery Düsseldorf	Bronze bust of the writer Friedrich Roeber
Hockey player	artnet.de	undated	statuette
Cenotaph of Andreas Achenbach		around 1910	North Cemetery Düsseldorf	Sculpture of grieving angel
Supraporte City Palace of the Henkel family		1911	Malkastenstrasse 15	On the architrave of the portal, three shell limestone putti playing with garlands of flowers bend toward the visitor.
science		1921	Feldmühleplatz, Oberkassel	Jewelry sculpture "Science" and "Courage" (destroyed) once stood in the Rheinpark in front of the old art palace .

literature

• Bernhard Maaz (Ed.): National Gallery Berlin. The XIX. Century; Inventory catalog of the sculptures . (2 vols.). Seemann, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-86502-119-9 .
• Rolf Purpar: Art City Düsseldorf - Objects and monuments in the cityscape . 2nd Edition. Grupello, Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 3-89978-044-2 .
• Friedrich Schaarschmidt : On the history of Düsseldorf art - especially in the XIX. Century . Verlag des Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1902, p. 75, 379, 380, 381-382, 383, 384 ( archive.org ).

Web links

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

• Very detailed family history
• History Kaiser Wilhelm Monument Düsseldorf

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tomb sponsorships City of Düsseldorf: The adoption of a sponsorship is regulated by contract. The godfather undertakes to preserve the tomb. With this, the godfather also acquires the right to undertake burials in this grave site, for which the user fee for the individual grave site used is to be paid for 20 years, regardless of the size of the entire grave site. , accessed February 15, 2019