Karl Weinberger (sculptor)
Karl Weinberger (born April 25, 1885 in Munich ; † February 25, 1953 there ) was a German sculptor and building sculptor who mainly worked in Hamburg .
Weinberger studied at the Munich Art Academy . He was later a student of the sculptor Georg Wrba in Dresden and worked with him, among other things, on the ornamental design of the Villa Wollner in Dresden (1909 by the architect Wilhelm Kreis , Dresden). He worked mainly in stone, but also in wood.
The city theater , architect Martin Dülfer from Dresden, the supporting group of caryatids and atlases that opened the gable triangle of the “new” 1908 in Lübeck was his work.
Weinberger became self-employed in 1909 and was based in Hamburg from 1911.
He created keystones and coats of arms for the new construction of the Friedrich-August-Brücke in Dresden (1910 by Wilhelm Kreis), a panther relief for the (old) Grassi Museum in Leipzig , plastic jewelry for the double villa Gruber / Hubach in Mannheim-Waldhof (1909 by architect Oswin Hempel , Dresden) and building sculptures for the Drägerwerk in Lübeck. Later, many of Hamburg's state buildings received their sculptures from his hand, for example the groups of figures “Woman with Child” at the Erika House of the Eppendorf University Hospital .
literature
- Weinberger, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 287 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The new city theater in Lübeck . In: Deutsche Bauzeitung; the Bauzeitung unites with architecture and work form . 43rd year, 1st half volume, No. 45 . Self-published, Berlin June 5, 1909, p. 302 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - left column below).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weinberger, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and building sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1953 |
| Place of death | Munich |