Karl Trump

Karl Trumpf (born January 3, 1891 in Berlin ; † March 13, 1959 ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Parentless, Trumpf came to Graefenhainichen to care for a miner's family at the age of eight months . In 1905 he began an apprenticeship as a stonemason in Graefenhainichen and Wittenberg . In 1908 he went on a hike and worked as a stone sculptor. After attending evening school, he studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin with Franz Metzner and from May 1914 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Erwin Kurz . He also worked for Richard Engelmann in Weimar.

Karl Trumpf became known for his work in the exhibitions of the Berlin Secession and the Berlin Academy of the Arts. He mainly designed bronze portraits of politicians from the Weimar Republic and of personalities from the history of trade unions .

Portrait stele Hans Böckler, Munich, trade union building

Resting girl, Berlin-Zehlendorf

Works (selection)

1919: Resting girl , bronze, Berlin-Lichtenberg , Stadtbad Lichtenberg , Atzpodienstraße (was stolen in 2011)
1925: Bust of the Lord Mayor of Berlin Gustav Böß , bronze, Berlin-Charlottenburg , in front of the natural theater in the Jungfernheide park . Was bought by the magistrate in July 1925 after it had previously been shown in an exhibition at the Akademie der Künste.
1930: Female nude , bronze, Berlin-Oberschöneweide , Zeppelinstrasse / Fontanestrasse
1926: Kneeling , artificial stone, Berlin-Karlshorst , Ehrenfelsstraße / Ingelheimer Straße, originally the station forecourt, redesigned in 1995 by Karl-Günter Möpert in shell limestone
1950: bust of Friedrich Ebert , bronze, Berlin-Schöneberg , town hall , foyer
1950s: portrait stele with bust of Hans Böckler , bronze, Munich, union building
Portrait bust of Hans Böckler, bronze, Berlin-Kreuzberg , Böcklerpark , Prinzenstraße (stolen in 2011 and designed in stone by Ute Hoffritz in 2012 based on the original)
Portrait stele with bust of Carl Legien , bronze, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Legiendamm
1952: Resting girl , marble, Berlin-Zehlendorf , Teltower Damm / Kirchstrasse

literature

The art for everyone. Painting, sculpture, graphics, architecture . 42. (1926-1927). Bruckmann, Munich 1927, pp. 242-246
Jacques Schwarz: Karl Trumpf (1891-1959). Berlin sculptor, portraitist of leading trade unionists . Association for the Study of Social Movements, Berlin 2003.

Web links

Commons : Karl Trumpf - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Heidelberg historical holdings-digital : Art for everyone : painting, sculpture, graphics, architecture - 42.1926-1927
Sculpture in Berlin ( Memento from June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ German Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 10, KG Saur, Munich 2008, p. 120.
^ Register book of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich 1884–1920
^ Art purchases by the city of Berlin . In: Vossische Zeitung , July 7, 1925, evening edition, p. 10.
^ Bärbel Laschke, Walter Fauck, Jürgen Weyda: the monuments. Local history guide through Berlin-Karlshorst. Part I, Kulturring in Berlin, Berlin 2010, p. 49 ( ISBN 978-3981299557 ) [year of listing 1926], also according to the development work in the Lichtenberg district , District Office Lichtenberg (ed.), October 1929, p. 113.

personal data
SURNAME	Trump, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1959

[1] German Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 10, KG Saur, Munich 2008, p. 120.

[2] Register book of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich 1884–1920

[3] Art purchases by the city of Berlin . In: Vossische Zeitung , July 7, 1925, evening edition, p. 10.

[4] Bärbel Laschke, Walter Fauck, Jürgen Weyda: the monuments. Local history guide through Berlin-Karlshorst. Part I, Kulturring in Berlin, Berlin 2010, p. 49 ( ISBN 978-3981299557 ) [year of listing 1926], also according to the development work in the Lichtenberg district , District Office Lichtenberg (ed.), October 1929, p. 113.