Leonhard Posch

Leonhard Posch (born November 7, 1750 in Fügen , Austria ; † July 1, 1831 in Berlin ) was a wax boss , medalist and sculptor and famous for his outstanding portraits, with which he already stood out in Vienna and during his activities in Berlin from 1804 Perfected by 1810.

Life

Leonard Posch: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , 1788/1789 (plaster relief after a bronze cast of the original, lost plaster relief)

The Austrian sculptor Leonhard Posch revolutionized the art of iron casting in the field of portrait medallions with his extraordinary and extremely fresh, sensitive and realistic models. Posch came to Berlin in 1803 at the instigation of Johann Gottfried Schadow and until his death created more than 200 portrait models, which were primarily intended for the royal iron foundry in Berlin and for the Gleiwitzer Hütte . The demand for contemporary portraits was enormous. In addition to members of the royal houses, successful military, philosophers and artists, Religiosa were very popular at the time. In 1815 the Sayner hut near Neuwied am Rhein came into the possession of Prussia. In 1816 Posch became a member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts . A year later, an art foundry was set up in Neuwied and the management of the model chamber was transferred to the civil servant draftsman Karl Osterwald. In the Sayner Hütte, Heinrich Zumpft, from Berlin, was afforded its own modeller, but Posch's models also came to the Rhineland through the mediation of the central metallurgical authority. After all, the Sayner inventory in 1846 comprised 1,165 cast models. In 1865 Krupp bought the hut.

literature

B. Koch: Posch Leonhard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 217 f. (Direct links on p. 217 , p. 218 ).
Gerlind Werner: Posch, Leonhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 647 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Anne Forschler-Tarrasch: Leonhard Posch. Portrait modeller and sculptor. 1750-1831. With a list of his works and their reproductions in cast iron and bronze, porcelain and plaster (= Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland. Vol. 15). Arenhövel, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-922912-55-9 , cat no. 388 and 275.
^ Willmuth Arenhövel: Iron instead of gold . Prussian iron art cast from the Charlottenburg Palace, the Berlin Museum and other collections. 1st edition. Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-922912-02-8 , pp. 18th ff .
^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Posch, Leonhard in: Volume IV. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 669 ff .

personal data
SURNAME	Posch, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian wax boss, medalist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 7, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fuegen (Zillertal)
DATE OF DEATH	July 1, 1831
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Anne Forschler-Tarrasch: Leonhard Posch. Portrait modeller and sculptor. 1750-1831. With a list of his works and their reproductions in cast iron and bronze, porcelain and plaster (= Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland. Vol. 15). Arenhövel, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-922912-55-9 , cat no. 388 and 275.

[2] Willmuth Arenhövel: Iron instead of gold . Prussian iron art cast from the Charlottenburg Palace, the Berlin Museum and other collections. 1st edition. Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-922912-02-8 , pp. 18th ff .

[3] L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Posch, Leonhard in: Volume IV. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 669 ff .