Konstanty Hegel
Konstanty Hegel (born February 18, 1799 in Warsaw ; † July 20, 1876 there ) was a Polish sculptor and art teacher .
Life
The Hegel family came from Austria and settled in Warsaw around the middle of the 18th century. Antoni Hegel and Joseph Hegel, father and grandfather, were already sculptors who designed numerous figures in the Łazienki Palace . Konstanty attended the Warsaw Lyceum and graduated in 1819. From 1819–1823 he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Warsaw under the direction of Paweł Maliński , Antoni Brodowski and Anton Blank . In the autumn of 1823 he went to Rome and Paris to continue his studies at the Accademia di San Luca (1823-1827) and the French Academy (1829-1830). In the two years in between, Konstanty Hegel stayed in Warsaw.
He was a security guard during the Warsaw November Uprising in 1830. After the uprising in 1831, Hegel set up his own sculptor's studio in Warsaw. From 1844–1862 he taught sculpture and ornamental drawing at the School of Fine Arts in the Polish capital. From 1865 to 1868 he worked as a university teacher at the drawing school in Warsaw. The loss of eyesight led Konstanty Hegel to resign from all offices in 1868. He spent the last years of his life in poverty and loneliness. Among his students were Andrzej Pruszyński , Bolesław Syrewicz and Pius Weloński .
Konstanty Hegel is buried in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw (Department 177-I).
Works
His sculptures show mainly classical and neo-Gothic style elements. Konstanty Hegel is the creator of many sculptures on various topics. The most famous works are: the mermaid in the Old Town in Warsaw (erected in 1855) and the sculptural decorations on the facade of the Great Theater in Warsaw . In addition, he made the sculptural decoration of the mausoleum for Alexandra and Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821) in Wilanów .
To support his body representations, Konstanty Hegel compiled a catalog of the skeletal muscles of the human body for use in the training of artists and published it in 1845.
literature
- Aleksandra Melbechowska-Luty: Słownik artystów polskich i obcych w Polsce działających. Malarze, rzeźbiarze, graficy , t. III, Warszawa 1979 (German: dictionary of Polish and foreign artists with works in Poland. Painters, sculptors, graphic artists. ).
- Aleksandra Melbechowska-Luty, Peter Schubert: Statues and people. Anthology of texts on sculptures 1815–1889 . Vol. I, Warsaw 1993.
- Horst Bredekamp, Arnold Nesselrath (ed.): Pegasus / PEGASUS: Berlin contributions to the afterlife of antiquity. (in Italian): Hubert Kowalski with brief information about sculptures in Warsaw palaces , including Hegel, Józef, Antoni and Konstanty (= grandfather, father, son); Pages 139ff; Lukas Publishing House.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hegel, Konstanty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish sculptor and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1876 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |