Karl Theodor Eichler

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Karl Theodor Eichler (born May 15, 1868 in Oberspaar near Meißen ; † February 3, 1946 there ) was a German porcelain modeler and sculptor .

Life

Theodor Eichler was born the son of a master builder in Oberspaar near Meißen. He attended the primary school in Cölln near Meißen and then the middle school. Following his confirmation, he studied at the business school in Meißen. After an aptitude test, he began studying drawing and modeling with Ernst August Leuteritz and Emmerich Andresen in the Meißner porcelain factory in 1885 . In September 1886 he was hired in the factory and completed a five-year training as a bossier. He then studied from 1891 to 1894 at the Dresden School of Applied Arts with Hugo Spieler . He then worked as a modeller at the Meissen porcelain factory. In April 1896 he studied sculpture at the Dresden Art Academy in the upper class with Ernst Moritz Geyger . In September 1897 he studied with Robert Diez and worked as a master student in his studio. In his last semester he saved the tuition fees due to his great artistic talent and achievements. He finished his very successful studies in 1903. Then he was employed again at the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. During his studies he received several awards and certificates of honor as well as the small gold medal as a special award from the art academy. With various bronze sculptures he has been represented at various art exhibitions in Dresden , Berlin , Düsseldorf and Hanover since 1899 . Study trips on behalf of his employer took him to North Africa and Paris in 1913 and later to Rome . His sculptures were characterized by objectivity and realism . In 1910 he also worked as a sculptor with his own studio in Meissen. Since 1907 he was a member of the artists' association Mappe .

Works (selection)

  • 1890: Bronze figure of Justitia .
  • 1899: bronze sculpture boy with basket .
  • 1899: bronze sculpture of a girl with a top .
  • 1896 to 1913: 72 various porcelain sculptures for the Meissen porcelain factory.
  • 1905: bronze figure Diana .
  • 1910: bronze figure dancer .
  • 1910: bronze figure billy goats .
  • 1911: bronze figure slave .
  • 1911: Bronze figure of a standing female nude .
  • 1913: Christ figure for the church in Adorf / Vogtl.

literature

  • Eichler, Theodor (Karl Theodor) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 411 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Sven-Wieland Staps: Eichler, Theodor (Karl Theodor) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 32, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22772-8 , p. 514.
  • Petra Klara Gamke: Karl Groß. Tradition as innovation? Dresden reform art at the beginning of modernism . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-422-06488-5 , p. 43.
  • Emil Richter: Catalog special exhibition in Emil Richter's Art Salon, Dresden, April 11 to May 5, 1903; Unknown publisher, 1903.
  • Hans Sonntag: Five Meissen porcelain figures by Karl Theodor Eichler: on the search for traces of their once living role models . In: Keramos. Journal of the Gesellschaft der Keramikfreunde eV 2015, pp. 63–84 ( digitized version ).
  • Artist on the Elbhang 2 . Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007.
  • Jan Stanislaw Witkiewicz: Dancing figures from the Alain Bernard and Vladimir Malakhov collections; Bröhan Museum, Berlin . Heenemann printing company, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941588-00-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archives of the Dresden Art Academy
personal data
SURNAME Eichler, Karl Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichler, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German porcelain modeler and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Upper pair
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1946
Place of death Meissen