Karl Nägele (sculptor)

Karl Nägele (born March 28, 1880 in Schwäbisch Gmünd , † June 17, 1949 in Sigmaringendorf ) was a German sculptor and carver .

Life

After attending school, Karl Nägeles trained as a sculptor in the Müller studio in Saulgau , followed by positions in Paderborn and at the art schools in Nuremberg and Horb . Years of education followed in Karlsruhe and Überlingen (there in the studio of the brothers Eugen and Victor Mezger; formerly the art workshop of Josef Eberle ) before he became self-employed in 1908 as a co-founder of the Güntert and Nägele studio in Sigmaringendorf . The art workshop was operated from 1913 on Bahnhofstrasse in Sigmaringendorf, where up to twenty people were temporarily employed. In the 1920s, the artist community separated and Karl Nägele continued to run the art workshop in what is now Bahnhofstrasse 21.

Karl Nägele was buried on June 19, 1949 in the Sigmaringendorf cemetery.

plant

Nägele was soon able to develop richly as a wood and stone sculptor, receiving commissions for churches and chapels as well as public institutions and private customers. His works can be found in Aachen , Berlin and Strasbourg , but also in smaller places. Nägeles monumental war memorials in Gammertingen , Gauselfingen , Hilzingen , Möhringen an der Donau , Sigmaringendorf and Steißlingen became famous . His large church cribs are in Burladingen , Haslach (Rot an der Rot) (twelve crib figures), Jungingen and many other places. Wood created Stations of the Cross (including Abbey Church of St. Gabriel in Berlin and St. Leodegar in Oberschopfheim ) are found in churches as well as altars, crucifixes, Madonnas or Reliefbildnisse, including the relief of St. Conrad of Parzham in the St. Gallus church to Gutenstein or that of the Christmas crib in the "Bruck Chapel" in Sigmaringendorf. Mention should be made of Nägele's artistic work for many institutions in the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

literature

• Anonymous: Karl Nägele, a Christian sculptor ; in: " Schwäbische Zeitung " No. 125, September 17, 1949
• Ruth Dom: Memories of my grandfather Karl Nägele (also catalog raisonné). Sigmaringendorf 2007