Karl Krauss

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Karl Krauss , also Carl Krauss (born May 14, 1859 in Munich , † November 30, 1906 in Aachen ) was a German sculptor of historicism and university lecturer.

Live and act

After finishing school, Karl Krauss studied with Anton Hess , also a sculptor of historicism, at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich , in whose private studio he then continued to work as an assistant. In 1888, the Technical University of Aachen appointed him a teaching position for modeling and embossing . Here, in 1896, Krauss was finally appointed professor specializing in portrait sculptures and reliefs .

Up until his untimely death in 1906, in addition to his teaching activities, Krauss produced several objects for public space that are still in good condition today, most of which have now been placed under monument protection. His most extensive and most important works include the two standing figures and eight coats of arms reliefs on Aachen City Hall , which were recreated as part of necessary restoration measures after a fire in 1883. The work in the field of portrait sculpture held a special place , such as the busts of Kaiser Wilhelm II , Otto von Bismarck , Helmuth von Moltke or the relief portrait of Pope Leo XII. reveal.

Some of Karl Krauss's works were in the possession of the Suermondt Ludwig Museum in Aachen, which had organized an estate exhibition in 1907. In December 1906 parts of his estate and that of the late painter Professor Albert Baur ( Düsseldorf ) were shown in an exhibition with the collections of Hans Völker ( Wiesbaden ) and Henry Luyten (Brasschaet near Antwerp ). As early as 1902, the portraits of the Aachen mayors Johann von Pont († 1386) and Gerhard Chorus as well as the plaster models of the town hall figures for the south side were exhibited in the hallway on the ground floor . The plaster bust of Wilhelm II could be seen in the front stairwell on the first floor, that of the former museum director Fritz Berndt in the museum extension. In the vestibule, room XXII on the second floor, there was a plaster bust of Alfred Rethel , also made by Krauss , who had died in the year he was born. Further works by Krauss were in the former bedroom of the Villa Cassalette and the sideboard, rooms XXXII and XXXIII. In 1906 he exhibited his works in the Suermondt Museum and the museum acquired his design for a St. Michael bronze group.

Gravestone design by Prof. Krauss, drawing by C. Hermes

Around 1901 he made a design for the tomb competition of the Stift & Chisel association. Eugène Klinckenberg had re-founded the association. The results of the tender should be easy to execute. The drawing of his design comes from C. Hermes. Other participants were C. Hermes, J. Breuer, Ms. Wildt, O. Hellgre and W. Pipping. Krauss published 25 of her designs.

Karl Krauss's best-known students include Walter Ophey , Ewald Mataré , Wilhelm Braun and Alfred Pieper , from whom the first doll heads of the Öcher Schängchen , autobahn sculptures , the fountain in the Hangeweiher swimming pool and the Burtscheider fountain monument of the water-scooping boy come.

At the Aachen Millennium Exhibition of 1925, the plaque made by Krauss for the professor of mountain science Wilhelm Schulz (No. 56) and by Henr. Pile. Goovaerts the portrait of Krauss in oil on canvas (No. 103). Goovaert's depiction shows the sculptor at work, making a sculpture.

The painter Adolf Krebs also portrayed Karl Krauss. The art historian Max Schmid-Burgk characterized Krauss in 1906 as a humorous person who also designed occasional decorations to earn a living in Aachen and the surrounding area.

After Krauss succumbed to his lifelong throat problem in the Louisenhospital in Aachen on November 30, 1906, he was buried on December 3, 1906.

style

Krauss ensured harmony with the architecture in his figure decorations. His portraits captured the character typical of the time. The busts from the Bismarck Tower in 1906 illustrate its strikingly stylized form of representation. His expressive facial features, especially the hair and beard shapes, testify to an expressionistic touch in contrast to his idealized naturalistic representation of the Lenné bust. The use of different stylistic devices took place achronologically.

Krauss used antique and medieval drapery shapes in an eclectic way . His allegorical sculptures include the hard work in the form of a woman with a distaff , the hard work personified as a blacksmith, law and custom as a judge and chaste housewife in half-length representations. His grave design includes angels and putti , who decorate the grave with flowers or garlands, and simple grave slabs. Krauss also had work in the WMF electroplating art institute in Geislingen an der Steige, as did Erich von den Driesch . His three Christ figures are listed in the 1919 grave jewelry catalog. The works have three nails, a crown of thorns and varying loincloths.

Works (selection)

Hasenclever tombstone
The design consists of a desk stone on a base with a black granite slab on top , in which the names of the deceased are carved and whitewashed. Georg Hasenclever (1817–1904; Privy Councilor and District Administrator) was the father of Dr. Carl Hasenclever (1855–1934) and grandfather of Walter Hasenclever .
  • 1894: Sculptures on the facade of the house at Theaterstrasse 6 for banker Ohligschläger
  • around 1895: Sculpture of the knight Gerhard Chorus on the edge of the wall of the bay window at the rear of the Aachen town hall
  • around 1895: Sculpture of Johann von Pont on the edge of the wall of the bay window at the rear of the Aachen town hall
  • eight coats of arms of old noble families (Margarten, Berensberg, Roide, Hasselholz, Surse, Wilde, Joh. Chorus, Zevel) in the arches on the back of the Aachen town hall
  • 1896: Monument to Peter Joseph Lenné on the edge of Monheimsallee at the Stadtgarten of Aachen (under monument protection)
  • before November 1896: Christ figure, apostles and evangelists at the Christ Church in Aachen (architect: Georg Frentzen ; destroyed in World War II)
The blessing figure of Christ is Krauss' interpretation of a role model by Thorvaldsen . It stood above the portal in a canopy niche in the gable. The figures of John the Baptist and the Apostle Paul were located in the niches of the two front buttresses. A relief on the Sermon on the Mount adorned the portal arch as a statement that the word of God was preached in this church. The gable figures were donated by Kirchmeister Krabb, the relief by Privy Councilor von Wagner. The evangelist sculptures on the long side on the buttresses: Matthew , Mark and Luke as synoptics as well as John with the eagle were a foundation by Ed. Forest houses.
  • around 1896/1897: Reliefs on the mining building of the RWTH Aachen (under monument protection)
  • Model St. Michael in knight armor killing the dragon for the balcony on the south side of the Aachen town hall (not executed)
  • before 1902: two standing figures and reliefs at the Aachen town hall (under monument protection)
  • before 1904: relief portrait of Pope Leo XIII.
  • 1904: Bahkauv fountain monument (Bach calf, Aachen legendary figure) in Aachen (melted down in World War II)
  • 1905: Memorial to Otto Intze in the garden of RWTH Aachen University (inauguration, however, only on January 26, 1907)
  • 1905: Bronze sculptures Study and Imagination at the entrance portal of the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren
  • 1906: Bust of Friedrich Heinzerling (Rector of RWTH Aachen University)
  • 1906: Busts of Otto von Bismarck , Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke and Albrecht von Roon at the Bismarck Tower in Aachen (under monument protection)
  • Portrait bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II (made by the Gladenbeck fine art foundry , Berlin)
  • Portrait bust of Johannes Classen (Aachen humorist)
  • Draft of a Bismarck monument for Hamburg
  • Draft of a council cup

  • Reliefs on the mining building of the RWTH Aachen

  • Bust of Otto von Bismarck on the Bismarck tower in Aachen

  • Male figure studying to the right of the entrance to the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren

  • Fantasy female figure to the left of the entrance to the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Düren

  • Bust of Helmuth von Moltke on the Aachen Bismarck Tower

  • Bust of Albrecht von Roon on the Bismarck Tower in Aachen

  • Lenné monument at Aachen city park

  • Bahkauv Monument Aachen 1904

  • Facade sculptures and relief decorations of the Christ Church in Aachen

Fonts

  • Carl Krauss (ed.): Modern grave monuments. Designs by the artists' association Pen & Chisel. CH Georgi, Aachen undated

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 ex. No WWe from K. Krauss in the SLM. Miss Auk. by Dr. A. Oellers.
  2. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 10.
  3. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, pp. 10, 12, Fig. 4, p. 13.
  4. ↑ The Emanuel Heucken family grave on the Burtscheid / Aachen hot mountain cemetery on floor 10, no. 20 from 1903 corresponds to the designs in the form of an Art Nouveau stele with a round arch on a stepped base. The designer or sculptor is unknown. The City Director of Aachen. Building Department: Documentation on the Heissberg Cemetery. Reprotechnik Gerd Gering, Aachen. P. 114 with ill.
  5. ^ Wilhelm Schulz (1841-1900): Professor of Mountain Science. Schulz founded the mining department of the TH. In 1925, the plaque was owned by Professor and Privy Councilor Max Schmidt-Burgk.
  6. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 11, 1924.
  7. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 45 Fig. 31.
  8. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 45 ff.
  9. ^ Obituary notice of Prof. Carl Krauss the Royal. Technical University of Aachen by Wilhelm Borchers . Aachener Post Sunday, December 2, 1906. Josef Lambertz: Aachen life as reflected in newspaper reports. Volume 2: 1749-1943 - catalog and register -. Aachen, 2005. Krauss.
  10. ↑ "Grave decorations. WMF. Württemberg metal goods factory. Geislingen = St. 1919. “Comprehensive sample books on grave decorations, lighting figures, fountain and garden figures, etc. free of charge and postage free. "Grave decorations, Christ bodies, tablets, letters, wreaths, palm branches, urns, etc." The sample books remain the property of WMF. Printed in our own print shop with colors from Kart & Ebinger, GmbH, in Stuttgart. P. 93 No. 974; 100 No. 975; 105 No. 976.
  11. ^ Karl Faymonville : The art monuments of the city of Aachen. Volume III. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1924, p. 748 f.
  12. ↑ Festschrift for the inauguration of the Evangelical Christ Church in Aachen on November 10, 1896. Georgi, Aachen 1896, p. 21.
  13. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 13, Fig. 4; Obituary.
  14. ^ First draft that deviates from the execution see: Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 47, Fig. 36.
  15. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 27, 1907, No. 11 (of February 2, 1907), p. 80. (Brief report on the handover / inauguration of the Intze monument)
  16. ^ History of Gladenbeck
  17. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 47, Fig. 35.
  18. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 48, Fig. 37.
  19. ^ Aachener Kunstblätter. 2/3, 1908, p. 45, Fig. 32.
personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krauss, Karl; Krauss, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1906
Place of death Aachen