War (sculpture)
The war is a bronze sculpture by the Höchst artist Richard Biringer (1877–1947) from 1928.
Description of the sculpture
The work of art shows the bust of a man without outer clothing wearing a helmet in the shape of an iron hat . The strong shoulders of the bust , cut at an angle , rise from left to right, the head is slightly stretched forward and up. The mouth is wide and twisted as if to a scream; the eyes are open but blind. The sculpture stands on a light stone cuboid with a rough surface structure, on the front of which the word “war” is carved. On the back of the stone block is a bronze plaque with information about the origin of the sculpture.
History of sculpture
Biringer, who became depressed as a soldier in World War I , designed the sculpture in 1928 on behalf of the city of Höchst am Main as a memorial against the war. It was originally set up at the Höchst Dalberganlage and was removed and melted down by the National Socialists during the Second World War.
At the instigation of the citizens of Höchst and the city of Frankfurt , the sculpture was re-cast in 1982 according to the old form and placed on today's Ettinghausen-Platz on the edge of the Höchst market . The location was in front of the memorial plaque for the Höchst Synagogue, which burned down in the November pogroms of 1938 .
Since Biringer had been a member of the NSDAP since 1933 and carried out some commissioned work for the National Socialists, both the artist and the location of the work of art came under criticism in 2009. This led to a public discussion about a new place for the sculpture. In August 2010 the war was implemented in the Brüningpark in front of the Ochsenturm .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Höchst Chronicle on frankfurt.de
- ↑ Institute for Urban History Frankfurt am Main ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Hochest Kreisblatt dated March 7, 2008
- ^ Hochest Kreisblatt dated August 3, 2010
literature
- Heinz Knoth: Richard Biringer. Life and work of a supreme artist. Höchst history books 2. Frankfurt-Höchst 1963: Association for history a. Antiquity.
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 50.2 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 46.6 ″ E