Karl Menser

Bust of Karl Menser (self-portrait, 1929) in the Rhöndorfer Waldfriedhof

Karl Menser (born July 19, 1872 in Cologne , † November 10, 1929 in Zurich ) was a German sculptor and academic drawing teacher at the University of Bonn .

Life

Menser graduated from the Kreuzgasse high school in Cologne and received art lessons a. a. with Wilhelm Albermann . After years of study and traveling in Germany and other European countries, he lived and worked in his own workshop in Bonn since 1907 . From 1917 he taught as an academic drawing teacher, initially medical students, and later also art historians, archaeologists and other subjects. In 1918 or 1920 he received an honorary doctorate from the medical faculty.

In addition to sculptures, Menser also created busts (including of university professors) and plaques. On the occasion of the inauguration of the war memorial he had created at the University of Bonn, he was made an honorary citizen of the university in 1926.

Works (selection)

Emergency money from the city of Bonn from 1920, portrait of Beethoven based on a design by Menser, reverse side after Adolfo Hohenstein

1907–1911: Cologne , Reichenspergerplatz justice building , sculptural work
1913/1914: Bonn , Museum Alexander Koenig , reliefs and sculptures on the facade
1914–1915: Bonn, Endeich district , building of the Rhineland Chamber of Agriculture , figurine decorations
1920: Notgeld from the city of Bonn, coins for 10, 25 and 50 pfennigs , the face with a portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven based on a design by Karl Menser, the value based on Adolfo Hohenstein , minted in the Gebr. Kugel & Fink mint in Lüdenscheid
around 1920: Bad Honnef , Neuer Friedhof , war memorial
1920–1921: Bad Honnef, Rhöndorf district , forest cemetery
1925: Medal for the 75th anniversary of the Kolping Society , Bonn, with a portrait of Adolph Kolping
1926: Bonn, University, flame up , war memorial in the arcade courtyard (dismantled in 1930, melted down in 1940)

literature

Menser, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 397 .
Theodor Fischer: Karl Menser. About his work, the artist and the people. Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1931.
Walter Küntzel (Ed.): Karl Menser. Madonnas. Publishing house F. Bruckmann, Munich 1939.
Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Art Medals - Medal Art. Part 2 (= Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post from the Numismatic Society of Bonner Münzfreunde eV, Volume 87). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2013, p. 7 (with 10 images; smb.museum PDF).

Web links

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

Karl Menser in the portal Rheinische Geschichte

Individual evidence

↑ Unclearness with Theodor Fischer: Karl Menser. About his work / The artist and people. P. 19: "in the studio of the sculptor Prof. F. Albermann".
↑ ^a ^b ^c Walter Küntzhel: Karl Menser Madonna. 1939, p. 47.
^ Theodor Fischer: Karl Menser. About his work, the artist and the people. P. 19.
^ Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne in photographs from the imperial era . Regionalia Verlag, Rheinbach 2016, ISBN 978-3-95540-227-3 , p. 143.
↑ Maria Günther: The Zoological Museum Alexander Koenig and its creator. In: Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , Stadtarchiv Bonn (Hrsg.) Bonner Geschichtsblätter: Yearbook of the Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein. Volume 67, ISSN 0068-0052 , Bonn 2017, pp. 267–288 (here: p. 278).
^ ^A ^b Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition art medals - medal art. Part 2 (= Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post from the Numismatic Society of Bonner Münzfreunde eV, Volume 87). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2013, p. 7 PDF ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ J [ohann] J [oseph] Brungs : The city of Honnef and its history . Verlag des St. Sebastianus-Schützenverein, Honnef 1925, p. 264 (reprinted 1978 by Löwenburg-Verlag, Bad Honnef).
↑ Gabriele Zabel-Zottmann: Sculptures and objects in the public space of the federal capital Bonn - Compiled from 1970 to 1991. Dissertation, Bonn 2012, p. 19. ( uni-bonn.de )

personal data
SURNAME	Menser, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and academic drawing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1929
Place of death	Zurich

[1] Unclearness with Theodor Fischer: Karl Menser. About his work / The artist and people. P. 19: "in the studio of the sculptor Prof. F. Albermann".

[kuentzel-2] Walter Küntzhel: Karl Menser Madonna. 1939, p. 47.

[3] Theodor Fischer: Karl Menser. About his work, the artist and the people. P. 19.

[4] Wolfram Hagspiel : Cologne in photographs from the imperial era . Regionalia Verlag, Rheinbach 2016, ISBN 978-3-95540-227-3 , p. 143.

[5] Maria Günther: The Zoological Museum Alexander Koenig and its creator. In: Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , Stadtarchiv Bonn (Hrsg.) Bonner Geschichtsblätter: Yearbook of the Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein. Volume 67, ISSN 0068-0052 , Bonn 2017, pp. 267–288 (here: p. 278).

[Der_Steckenreiter_87-6] A ^b Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition art medals - medal art. Part 2 (= Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post from the Numismatic Society of Bonner Münzfreunde eV, Volume 87). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2013, p. 7 PDF ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[7] J [ohann] J [oseph] Brungs : The city of Honnef and its history . Verlag des St. Sebastianus-Schützenverein, Honnef 1925, p. 264 (reprinted 1978 by Löwenburg-Verlag, Bad Honnef).

[8] Gabriele Zabel-Zottmann: Sculptures and objects in the public space of the federal capital Bonn - Compiled from 1970 to 1991. Dissertation, Bonn 2012, p. 19. ( uni-bonn.de )