Lilli Kerzinger-Werth

Lilli Kerzinger-Werth (born September 1, 1897 in Milan , † November 4, 1971 in Stuttgart ) was a German animal sculptor and painter.

Life

family

Lilli Kerzinger-Werth was born on September 1, 1897 in Milan as the daughter of the businessman Wilhelm Friedrich Werth and his wife Bertha Werth. Sagittarius born. During the First World War, the family fled to Zurich in 1915 and settled in Frankfurt am Main in 1917. In 1922 Lilli Kerzinger-Werth married the sculptor Karl Kerzinger . The couple lived and lived in Stuttgart from then on.

education

During her time in Milan, Lilli Kerzinger-Werth took private lessons from 1903 with Professor A. Martignoni and from 1912 with the sculptor Ernesto Bazzaro . From 1915 to 1917 she studied with Frau Bäumer in Zurich and from 1917 to 1919 art history and perspective with Augusto Varnesi at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main. From 1916 to 1918 she worked as a drawing teacher alongside her studies. From 1919 to 1927 she studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Ludwig Habich , most recently as a master class student.

Retirement

Karl Kerzinger died in 1959 at the age of 69, Lilli Kerzinger-Werth survived him by 12 years and died on November 4, 1971 at the age of 74. She, her husband and his parents were buried in the Fangelsbach cemetery in Stuttgart. The grave was cleared in 1998.

Works

Public room

The city of Stuttgart owes Lilli Kerzinger-Werth four sculptures in public space:

• a pair of bears at the Bärenschlössle,
• a foal on the Killesberg,
• the salamander of the salamander fountain and
• the Rohrer Bear at the Rohrer See in Stuttgart-Rohr.

In her monograph “Artists in Württemberg”, Edith Neumann mentions a number of other sculptures in public spaces in Stuttgart and in other places about the preservation of which nothing is known.

Bear couple

Location:

Two life-size, bronze bear figures on high, rectangular sandstone plinths flank the Stuttgart Bärenschlössle . They go back to two bear figures made of cast zinc, which the Stuttgart sculptor Albert Güldenstein created in 1863/1864. Lilli Kerzinger-Werth modeled her bear statues 100 years later in 1964 based on one of these figures, which was found again after the Second World War. Barbara Czimmer-Gauss notes in a newspaper article about the Bärenschlössle:

"The mirror-image bears have been standing in front of the Schlössle since 1964, and their polished ears testify to how popular they are as mounts for small and occasionally large visitors."

Bärenschlössle, 2011. Bärenschlössle, before 1887.

foal

Foal.

Location:

In 1942 Lilli Kerzinger-Werth created a cast zinc foal figure. The sculpture was exhibited at the German Garden Show in Stuttgart in 1950 in the Killesberg Park and is now with the police rider in the Körsch valley. In 1987 a bronze replica was set up in the Killesberg Park near Eliszi's fairground theater.

salamander

Location:

A water-spouting salamander figure adorns the back wall of the salamander fountain on Stuttgart's Gänsheide . The fountain is located on Albrecht-Goes-Platz by the Bubenbad underground station. A previous figure from 1912 has been missing since World War II. In 1966 Lilli Kerzinger-Werth created today's salamander sculpture. Inge Petzold writes in her monograph on the Stuttgart fountains:

"The fauna of its location testifies ... the architecturally modest salamander fountain (artificial stone) at the Bubenbad on the Gänsheide, the name of which still indicates that an abundance of these newts romped about in the former Bubenbad."

Rohrer Bear

Rohrer Bear.

Location:

On the Rohrer See (Feuersee) in Stuttgart-Rohr, a district of the Stuttgart-Vaihingen district , there is a small bear sculpture that goes back to Lilli Kerzinger-Werth. However, Rohr has lost knowledge of their authorship. In 2015 the Filder newspaper said: "Neither in the district town hall nor in the city archive are there any references to artists and authors."

As part of the incorporation of Rohr to Vaihingen in 1936, the "Rohrer Bear" was erected at Rohrer See, the sandstone sculpture of a little bear holding a ball with one paw. The Rohrer Bear was very popular and became a landmark of Rohr. Due to frequent damage by vandals, the figure was dismantled in 2009. Thanks to the donation initiative "Save the Rohrer Bären", the sculpture was replaced in 2011 by a bronze cast by the Strassacker art foundry. The original figure has been restored and is in the municipal depot of the city of Stuttgart.

In his blog "In 80 lines around Stuttgart", the Stuttgart journalist Erik Raidt reports on his childhood experiences and his re-encounter with the Rohrer Bear:

“There is a fur seal living in Stuttgart-Rohr, I've known him since I was a child because I grew up in Rohr. The bear was made of sandstone and he guarded the Rohrer See, but when I see him again on my city walk, he has changed. The animal is made of bronze, it crouches in the old place on the lake shore and I was told that the new bear, which seems slimmer to me, is sitting in this place today because vandals chopped off its predecessor's ears. "

Sculptures

According to a compilation by Edith Neumann, 10 sculptures by Lilli Kerzinger-Werth are in public ownership in Stuttgart.

• Stuttgart Art Museum
  • 4 small sculptures, bronze, 1949–1955: fallow deer, young donkey, kid, lying foal.
• Regional Council Stuttgart
  • 2 wooden figures, 1958–1960: cat, young fox.
  • 3 sculptures, bronze, 1962–1967: group of bears, donkeys, reclining puma.
• State Gallery Stuttgart
  • Two jumping antelopes as bookends, bronze, 1930.
  • 2 small sculptures, ceramics, 1929–1933: Wire-haired Fox Terrier, young horse.

In 1935 Lilli Kerzinger-Werth designed a small "koala bear group", which was made in porcelain by Rosenthal in the art department of Selb.

painting

According to a compilation by Edith Neumann, 27 landscape paintings by Lilli Kerzinger-Werth are in public ownership in Stuttgart: most of the 18 oil paintings and 9 watercolors thematize the landscape of the Swabian Alb.

The pictures are owned by the following institutions:

• Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (10 images)
• Regional Council Stuttgart (13)
• State Gallery Stuttgart (1)
• Art collection of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (4)

Others

Together with her husband Karl Kerzinger , Lilli Kerzinger-Werth illustrated the "Stories and Poems in Palatinate Dialect", which the Palatinate poet Karl Ludwig Münnich published in 1957 under the title An sellem Runde Disch .

reception

If one takes the few publicly accessible works by Lilli Kerzinger-Werth as a yardstick, one might be inclined to reduce her work to a few animal sculptures. Her publicly displayed animals touch the small and large viewers, which is not least testified by the many polished spots on her foal on the Killesberg, the bears on the Bear Lake and the Rohrer Bear.

In fact, her work is much more extensive. Apart from the works that are privately owned, 10 small sculptures are kept in public institutions, as are 27 oil paintings and watercolors. They are not open to the public. Lilli Kerzinger-Werth shares this fate with hundreds of Württemberg artists whose works are locked in the depots. The institutions appointed for this purpose, the art museum and the state gallery, have so far closed themselves to the need to pay due attention to local artists. A few years ago, however, art students were allowed to design an exhibition from depot stocks in the State Gallery, an action that was not repeated.

Due to the copyright situation, works by Lilli Kerzinger-Werth cannot be made accessible to the general public through images. This includes, for example, the small sculpture “Amazon with a falcon” from 1924 or the two jumping antelopes as bookends from 1930, a cast of which is also kept in the State Gallery in Stuttgart.

Exhibitions

Source: #Neumann 1999.2 , page 92.

Solo exhibitions

• 1957: Lilli Kerzinger-Werth, painting and sculpture, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart.
• 1967: Anniversary exhibition for the 70th birthday, Galerie Voelter, Ludwigsburg.

Group exhibitions

• 1925: Great Swabian Art Show of the Künstlerbund Stuttgart, art building, Stuttgart.
• 1933: Württembergischer Kunstverein.
• 1937: Traveling exhibition of the Reichs-GEDOK in Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Cologne.
• 1937–1944: Great German Art Exhibition, Munich.
• 1964: Anniversary exhibition of the Künstlerbund Stuttgart.
• 1966: Association of female artists of Württemberg, art building, Stuttgart.

Great German art exhibition

Lilli Kerzinger-Werth took part in the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich five times between 1937 and 1944 . She exhibited 11 sculptures, including a bronze bust of the Stuttgart theater actor Waldemar Leitgeb in 1943 , which could not be bought. Otherwise she exhibited animal sculptures: falcon, foal, bison, lion, elephant, fawn and kid. She used bronze, zinc, plaster of paris and walnut as material. In 1938, Hermann Göring bought a plaster foal that was similar to her foal figure from 1942 for 2225 Reichsmarks. In 1943 and 1944 she was able to sell another four works at prices between 220 and 900 Reichsmarks. Between 1938 and 1941, her husband tried in vain to find a buyer for a bathing woman in marble and a bronze bust of Siegfried Wagner.

Competitions

• 1934: First prize in the competition for a market fountain in Stuttgart with the design "Mare with foal", together with Karl Kerzinger.
• 1943: First prize in the competition for a fountain in Stuttgart-Gaisburg.

Memberships

• 1924: Association of Visual Artists Württemberg (VBKW).
• 1931–1933: Württembergischer Malerinnenverein (WMV).
• 1945: Association of female artists of Württemberg (BBKW).
• Artists Association Stuttgart.
• GEDOK Stuttgart.

literature

• Hans Böhm (editor); Ute Schmidt-Contag (illustration): Fountain in Stuttgart. Stuttgart 2004, page 32 (Salamander fountain).
• Barbara Czimmer-Gauss: The Bärenschlössle. The fairy tale of the bear. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten online , September 5, 2014, online .
• Walter Kittel: Competition for a market fountain in Stuttgart. In: Der Baumeister: Monthly booklets for building culture and building practice , supplement, booklet 7, July 1934, pages B 94-B 95, B 108, online . - Misprint: Sterzinger instead of Kerzinger.
• Bärbel Küster; Wolfram Janzer (photos): Sculptures of the 20th Century in Stuttgart , Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-936-63684-2 , page 20 (foals in the Killesberg Park), page 41, note 29.
• Karl Ludwig Münnich : To sellem round Disch: Stories and poems in Palatinate dialect. Drawings by Carl Kerzinger and Lilli Kerzinger-Werth. Heidelberg 1957.
• Edith Neumann: Artists in Württemberg: on the history of the Württemberg Association of Women Painters and the Federation of Women Artists of Württemberg, Volume I. Stuttgart 1999.
• Edith Neumann: Artists in Württemberg: on the history of the Württemberg Association of Women Painters and the Federation of Women Artists of Württemberg, Volume II. Stuttgart 1999, especially pages 91–92 (biography), 244–247 (works).
• Emmy Niecol: Rosenthal, Kunst- und Zierporzellan 1897 - 1945, volume 2. Wolnzach 2001, page 239.
• Inge Petzold (text); Christel Danzer (photos): Water for utility and ornament. Stuttgart fountain and water features. Motives, design, history, fortunes. Stuttgart 1989, page 72 (Salamander fountain).
• Stuttgart address books, 1800–1943 , online .
• Kerzinger-Werth, Lilli . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 41 .
• Hermann Ziegler: Fangelsbach cemetery. Stuttgart 1994, page 69.

Web links

Commons : Lilli Kerzinger-Werth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

1. ^ #Ziegler 1994 , #Stuttgarter address books , #Neumann 1999.2 , page 91.
2. ↑ #Neumann 1999.2 , page 91.
3. ↑ #Ziegler 1994 .
4. ^ #Neumann 1999.2 , page 92.
5. ↑ www.Botnangseite.de .
6. ↑ # Czimmer-Gauss 2014 .
7. ↑ # Küster 2006 .
8. ↑ # Böhm 2004 .
9. ↑ #Petzold 1989 .
10. ^ #Neumann 1999.2 , page 92, Stuttgarter Zeitung, number 259, November 10, 1971.
11. ↑ In 80 lines about Stuttgart (day 2) .
12. ^ #Neumann 1999.2 , pages 244-247.
13. ↑ #Niecol 2001 .
14. ^ #Neumann 1999.2 , pages 244-247.
15. ↑ # Münnich 1957 .
16. ↑ Historia Auktionshaus ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
17. ↑ Ebay offer .
18. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, number 259, November 10, 1971.
19. ^ #Neumann 1999.1 , p. 168.
20. ↑ In the database "The art collection Hermann Goering" the plaster foal is not included ( German Historical Museum ).
21. ^ Research platform on the Great German Art Exhibitions 1937-1944 .
22. ↑ #Kittel 1934 .
23. ↑ #Neumann 1999.2 , page 91.

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