Leo Müsch

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Leo Müsch (born February 26, 1846 in Düsseldorf ; † January 6, 1911 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Leo Müsch gained his first experience in Julius Bayerle's studio and then studied at the Antwerp Art Academy . From 1866 to 1871 he worked in Christian Mohr's studio in Cologne and then until 1875 with August Wittig in Düsseldorf. In his training at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in August Wittig's sculpture class, his classmates included Alexander Zick , Heinrich Hoffmeister , Georg Neumann (* around 1842) from Hildburghausen, the Dutchman Willem van Kempen , Karl Janssen and Max Reinhart .

Many of his works were created in his home region in and around Düsseldorf. Müsch was a member of the artists' association Malkasten and, in 1886, of the Elferrat of the General Association of Carnival Friends (AVDK) in Düsseldorf.

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  • 1878: War memorial in Wesel
  • 1879: Germaniadenkmal in Hamminkeln
  • 1880: Germaniadenkmal in Essen-Borbeck
  • 1882: Bowl fountain on Corneliusplatz at the north end of Königsallee in Düsseldorf
  • 1884: Kaiser Wilhelm monument in Essen- Königssteele , Berliner Strasse / Wilhelmstrasse; (Statue in Baumberger sandstone, replaced in 1911 by a new statue in bronze by the sculptor Heinrich Wefing due to severe weather damage )
  • 1888: Three terracotta medallions with the relief portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm I, Kaiser Friedrich III, and Kaiser Wilhelm II at the Neuenhauser Wasserturm ( Three Emperor Water Tower ) in (Wuppertal-) Cronenberg
  • 1890: Kaiser Wilhelm I monument in Dülken , Alter Markt (later moved to the Cap Horn jewelry square)
  • after 1890: Liertz tomb, Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf
  • 1899: Tomb for the Lord Mayor Adolf Hermann Jaeger , on the Lutheran cemetery in (Wuppertal-) Elberfeld, Hochstrasse
  • 1901: Jubilee fountain (also Neptune fountain) in (Wuppertal-) Elberfeld , Neumarkt; donated in 1895 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Elberfeld Beautification Association; Replica of the Neptune Fountain on Cathedral Square in Trento, Italy
  • 1902: Tomb of the Deutgen and Smits families (with a Roman triumphator in the temple gate), Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf
  • 1903: Grave of the Schmidt family in Düsseldorf, cemetery at the Tannenwäldchen (north cemetery)
  • 1903: Gravesite of the Bicheroux family, Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf
  • 1903: Kaiser-Friedrich-III.-statue in the entrance hall of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle in Mönchengladbach (unveiled on November 29, 1903)

  • Germania monument in Essen-Borbeck

  • Bowl fountain in Düsseldorf

  • Neptune fountain in Wuppertal

  • Tomb for the Elberfeld mayor Adolf Hermann Jaeger in Elberfeld

  • Sculpture Triumphator, Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf

Erroneously attributed works
The four late Classicist caryatids from 1881 at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf were variously attributed to Müsch ; they actually come from the Cologne sculptor Wilhelm Albermann .

Web links

Commons : Leo Müsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dept. Rhineland, BR 0004 (Government Düsseldorf Presidential Office), No. 1561, Finding aid for the list of students of Professor A. Wittig, 2nd class, 1872/1873
  2. ^ Paul Kühn: Albermann, Wilh. In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 184-185 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Müsch, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muesch, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1911
Place of death Dusseldorf