Karl Paul Marcus

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Karl Paul Marcus (born September 4, 1854 in Finsterwalde ; † July 17, 1932 in Berlin ) was a successful blacksmith in Berlin during the imperial era. He was married to Minna Marcus (1856–1945) geb. Hillner. In 1888 Emperor Friedrich III awarded him. the title of a royal court locksmith.

Berlin, Schöneberg, Monumentenstrasse 35, former court art locksmith Paul Marcus
Marcus family grave, Alter Twelve Apostles churchyard in Berlin-Schöneberg

Life

Marcus came from a modest family background. He began his career as a skilled worker in the mechanical engineering and iron foundries of Friedrich Wöhlert, Louis Schwartzkopff, Ludwig Loewe and Siemens & Halske in Berlin. A state scholarship enabled him to attend the day class for fitters and blacksmiths at the teaching facility of the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts . After completing his training and successfully passing the master craftsman's examination with the well-known Berlin art blacksmith Eduard Puls , he founded the art forge "Arndt & Marcus" in 1880 with a partner.

Within just a few years, the company developed a very good reputation and received numerous prizes and awards, for example at the Badischer Kunstverein competition in 1887, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and the Berlin Industrial Exhibition in 1893. At the Paris World Exposition in 1900 , one was executed by Marcus Wrought iron gate designed by Paul Wallot awarded the Grand Prix and the large gold medal. It later found its place in the south vestibule of the Reichstag in Berlin.

In 1902/03, Marcus had a house built by the architect Richard Kühnemann at Monumentenstrasse 19 (today No. 35) in Berlin-Schöneberg, with a workshop behind it, which is now a listed building and still has numerous original ironwork. At times 150 journeymen worked at 50 forge fires in the company.

Marcus was head master of the locksmiths guild in Berlin and from 1912 chairman of the central committee of the united guild associations of Germany as well as president of the Hansabund for trade, commerce and industry.

The wide repertoire of the art blacksmith Marcus included, among other things, banisters, fence and gate grids, doors, reliefs, showcases, stove screens, vases, candelabra, candlesticks, lamps and lanterns. It delivered its products not only to neighboring European countries, but also to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and India, among others.

Marcus died in Berlin on July 17, 1932. The family grave in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Kolonnenstrasse in Berlin-Schöneberg is adorned with an elaborately designed grid that he designed in 1903.

literature

  • Fritz Bunsas: From the heyday of the Berlin blacksmith's trade - on the 125th birthday of Paul Marcus , messages from the Association for the History of Berlin, Issue 4, 1979, pp. 97-105 ( digitized version )
  • Blacksmithing from the best workshops of today. Executed models for practice in drawings and photographic recordings. Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1872

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Advent door: His work adorned the Reichstag. Article in the Lausitzer Rundschau from December 12, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Marcus, Karl Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German blacksmith of the imperial era
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Finsterwalde
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1932
Place of death Berlin