Karl sacrifice man
Karl Opfermann (born September 28, 1891 in Rødding Kommune ( North Schleswig ), † March 7, 1960 in Ahrensburg ) was a German wood and stone sculptor .
Life
Until 1913 he was a student at the Flensburg School of Applied Arts (with Heinz Weddig, Fritz Heit); from 1913 to 1914 at the Landeskunstschule Hamburg (class of Richard Luksch ). Sacrifice man was a member of the Hamburg Secession ; his works were mainly created as architectural sculptures - the proximity to Ernst Barlach's sculptural work can be clearly felt in his woodwork . He was also a member of the Hamburg Art Association and the “ De Warft ” artist group .
Karl Opfermann died on March 7, 1960 in his hometown of Ahrensburg. He was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg, grid square Bh64, 229 (southeast of Chapel 12).
Works
- Standing Madonna (1914, Buxbaum)
- Mother and Child (1919, wood)
- Female torso, Kunsthalle Hamburg (stone)
- Cenotaph in Hamburg-Moorwerder, 1921
- Bell reliefs for St. Nikolai, Hamburg
- Cenotaph in Hamburg-St. George
- Langenfort elementary school, boys' act with ball and girl with mandolin 1927–29, Hamburg
- Bust of Lessing - University of Hamburg, 1929
- Bugenhagen plaque - Johanneum Hamburg, 1929
- Mother u. Child, 1930, bronze
- 6 male monumental figures at the house of the Deutschnat. Handlers Association (DHV) (today Brahms Kontor ) Hamburg, 1930
- 4 Seasons - German House, Flensburg, 1930
- Mandolin players - two wooden sculptures on pillars, music gallery of the crematorium by Fritz Schumacher , Hamburg, 1931
- Sea lion 1934/36 (Hamburg, first in Planten un Blomen, then in the city park)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sacrifice man, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wood and stone sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rødding Municipality , North Schleswig |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1960 |
| Place of death | Ahrensburg |