Lore Friedrich-Gronau

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Lore Friedrich-Gronau (birth name Leonore Berta Klara Gronau ; * 1905 in Görlitz , Lower Silesia , † 2002 in the Münsterschwarzach Abbey , Schwarzach am Main , Kitzingen district ) was a German sculptor and illustrator .

Life

Lore Gronau's parents were Martha Margarete Gronau and Walter Friedrich Eduard Gronau, who worked as a royal senior teacher at the mechanical engineering school in Görlitz and later in Aachen. At the age of ten she was already exhibiting works of art and creating congratulatory and artist cards.

From 1928-1934 Friedrich-Gronau studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin and was a master student at fritz klimsch (1870-1960). From 1920 to 1945 she lived and worked in Berlin. However, in 1943 she lost her studio in a bomb attack. From 1939 to 1961 she worked as a freelancer for Rosenthal AG and created "porcelain figures based on living models". It emerged statuettes like the famous actress Lilian Harvey as " Fanny Elssler " (1937 - 32,5 cm) and by the dancers Hedi Höpfner and Margot Höpfner in "Kaiserwalzer" (1938), by Ursula Deinert as " Kasatschok -Tänzerin" (1939 - 30.5 cm) and by Daisy Spies in the dance "Adagio"; also the "Frog Queen", "Snow White" and "The Blue Flower". After the loss of her studio in Berlin she lived from 1945 to 1972 in Bad Kissingen , later in the Benedictine - Münsterschwarzach Abbey , where she also had her studio. From modeling mother-child figures, she now came to sculptures of the Mother of God and statues of Mary (motif: “Mary with the divine child” ). While she used to work mainly in porcelain , her later materials were ceramic , cast stone , terracotta and bronze . She sold her works to Africa, America and many European countries.

According to her own statement, the artist found her way from Protestantism to Catholicism through her artistic occupation with statues of the Virgin Mary and through her life in the Benedictine monastery . In 1930 she married the pilot and aviation entrepreneur Alfred Friedrich , who died in 1968.

Works (selection)

Minstrel Fountain
(Rathausplatz, Bad Kissingen)
  • 1964: Our Lady statue , St. Hedwig (Kleinlangheim)
  • 1965: Minstrel fountain with bronze sculpture " Otto von Botenlauben ", Bad Kissingen town hall square
  • 1974: Way of the Cross bronze relief , parish church "Transfiguration of Christ" in Nuremberg
  • 1981: Altar monument , abbey church in Münsterschwarzach
  • Large sculpture "St. Benedict of Nursia" , Münsterschwarzach monastery
  • 1987/1988: Bronze relief "Marienleben" with full sculpture, monastery church of Schloss Banz

Publications

  • Every year again ... A Christmas picture book by Lore Friedrich-Gronau, illustrations signed LFG, Verlag Jos. Scholz, Mainz No. 426 undated (around 1935)
  • Mary walks the earth . Ten ink drawings by Lore Gronau. With an introduction by Franz Herwig. Publishing house Hoheneck, Heidhausen-Ruhr 1925
  • Ada Kretzer-Hartl: Margrit Sonntag . Flechsig Verlag, Dresden 1941, illustrations by Lore Friedrich-Gronau
  • Otto Leppin: Etti doll . Franz Schneider Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig undated (around 1945), illustrations by Lore Friedrich-Gronau
  • Brothers Grimm: Hansel u. Gretel; Little Red Riding Hood . Joseph Scholz Verlag, Mainz / Wiesbaden undated (around 1940), illustrations by Lore Friedrich-Gronau
  • Lili Börsch: How happy I woke up! Prayers for children with pictures . Verlag Scholz-Mainz, Wiesbaden undated (1950). Illustrations by Lore Friedrich-Gronau
  • Helene Pagés: Christel goes to school . Herder Verlagsbuchhandlung, Freiburg 1931. With pictures by Lore Gronau
  • Clara Siebert: Holy time of childhood . A booklet for first communion children. Herder & Co. publishing house, Freiburg im Breisgau 1930. With pictures by Lore Gronau
  • Fritz Kühn : The dream chair. New German fairy tales. Home publisher Dr. Ferdinand Wagener, Meschede (1937) With cover illustration and 4 full-page pictures from Lore Friedrich-Gronau (in the first edition of Verlag Wilhelm Hartung, Leipzig 1935 the 4 illustrations are missing)
  • Clara Heppner: Sunshine’s first trip . Publishing house Jos. Scholz, Mainz around 1914. With pictures by Lore Friedrich-Gronau
  • Anne Herbrand-Nuelen: The Savior knocks . True stories and poems following the church year for eight to thirteen year olds. Benziger Verlag, Einsiedeln 1951 (4th edition). With pictures by Lore Friedrich-Gronau

literature

  • Edi Hahn: Bad Kissingen. A city tour . Self-published, Bad Kissingen 1991, ISBN 3-925722-04-1

Web links

Commons : Lore Friedrich-Gronau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lore Friedrich-Gronau - short vita - Lore Friedrich-Gronau. In: lore-friedrich-gronau.de. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Local history researcher Edi Hahn gives the year of birth as 1908 (see literature ), the NDB names the year 1905 .
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich-Gronau, Lore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gronau, Leonore Berta Klara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Görlitz , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH 2002
Place of death Münsterschwarzach Abbey , Schwarzach am Main , Kitzingen district