Karl Lösche
Karl Lösche (born January 21, 1878 in Rudolstadt ; † August 11, 1964 in Dießen am Ammersee ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Lösche studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Balthasar Schmitt , with whom he also maintained a friendship. As a soldier in World War I , he was seriously wounded. In 1923 he took part in the march on the Feldherrnhalle and was later awarded the so-called " Blood Order ". In the Reichstag elections in 1933 he ran for the NSDAP in the Munich suburb of Solln , where he lived. In the same year he became a consultant in the Bavarian Ministry of Culture . He played a key role in the expulsion of the Munich Modernist architect Robert Vorhoelzer from the Technical University of Munich . From 1933 to 1945 he was professor of ceramics and sculpture in Munich. Karl Lösche is the father of the ceramicist Ernst Lösche . Artistically, Karl Lösche mainly devoted himself to stone carving.
Works (selection)
- War memorial at the parish church of St. Johann Baptist in Munich-Solln, after 1918
- Sculpture reading children at the elementary school on Herterichstrasse in Munich-Solln, 1920
- Dying standard bearer in Rudolstadt
- Figures The four winds on the clock tower at the Deutsches Museum
- Christ figure at the Protestant church in Bad Tölz
- St. Georg at the church in Großhartpenning
literature
- Dorle Gribl: Solln and the Prince Ludwigshöhe . Villas and their residents. Volk Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-86222-043-4 , chap. 28 Karl Lösche, p. 86-87 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorle Gribl: Solln in the years 1933–1945 . Volk Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-937200-08-8 , pp. 14 .
- ↑ Sabine Brantl: House of Art, Munich: A place and its history under National Socialism . BUCH & media, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86520-242-0 , pp. 35 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erase, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rudolstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1964 |
| Place of death | Dießen am Ammersee |