Karl Wichmann
Carl Friedrich Wichmann , (born June 28, 1775 in Potsdam , † April 9, 1836 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Wichmann, the son of a sculptor, made his first work in his father's studio, a fight between Heracles and the Nemean lion . His father, thus convinced of his talent, gave Wichmann an apprenticeship with the sculptors Boye and Unger . He later became a student of Johann Gottfried Schadow .
In Berlin he was friends with the sculptors Christian Daniel Rauch and Philipp Wolf , the painters Rosentreter and Karl Kretschmar and the die cutter Johann Ludwig Jachtmann . In 1819 he went to Italy with Rudolf Schadow . There he met his younger brother Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann , with whom he founded a studio together in 1821 after their return to Berlin. From this time on he mainly devoted himself to portrait sculpture.
In 1826 he became a member, then in 1829 professor at the Berlin Academy of the Arts . He also became a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge "Pythagoras zum Flammenden Stern".
Works
- 1809: bust of EF Graf von Hertzberg . (In the Britz Palace in Berlin there is a replica of the plaster molding shop in Charlottenburg based on the original model.)
- 1825: bust of Karl Georg von Raumer . (Today in the Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin?)
- 1827: bust of Georg Otto Friedrich von Jagow . In the village church of Rühstädt .
literature
- Werner Weisbach: Wichmann, Karl Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, p. 313 f.
Web links
- Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage: More about the marble bust and KG von Raumer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wichmann, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wichmann, Carl Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1836 |
| Place of death | Berlin |