Louis Sussmann-Hellborn

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Ludwig Sussmann , known as Louis Sussmann-Hellborn or Louis Sussmann-Hellborn since 1858 , (* March 20, 1828 in Berlin ; † August 15, 1908, ibid.) Was a German-Jewish sculptor , painter , art collector and entrepreneur .

Life

Villa Sussmann-Hellborn, 1866

Ludwig Sussmann, a son of the royal Prussian lottery taker Hirsch Sussmann (1768–1841) and his wife Johanna Sussmann geb. Abraham , received his training as a sculptor with August Wredow at the Berlin Art Academy . He went on study trips to France , Belgium and Great Britain . From 1852 to 1856 he lived in Rome . In 1856, the first major exhibition of works by Sussmann was held in Berlin. In 1857 he settled entirely in Berlin. In 1858 he married Bertha Hellborn, celebrated as an extraordinary beauty, the only daughter of the wealthy banker Philipp Hellborn (1787-1853), and changed his family name to Sussmann-Hellborn. In 1861 he became a member of the Society of Friends . The educated society of Berlin met in the Villa Sussmann-Hellborn, Hohenzollernstrasse 5 in the Tiergarten district . In 1875 Sussmann-Hellborn bought Arnold Böcklin's painting “Meeresidylle” (also “Triton and Nereide”) for 10,000 marks (later in the National Gallery , lost since 1945).

Sussmann-Hellborn was one of the co-founders of the Berlin Museum of Applied Arts and was also involved in building a sculpture collection at the Royal Museums in Berlin. From 1882 to 1887 Sussmann-Hellborn was head of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM) in Berlin. Otto Lessing (1846–1912) and he were at that time the only sculptors among the members of the Association of Berlin Architects , which probably had to do with their work as excellent architectural sculptors . Through a company founded jointly with the Ravené family in Berlin and his designs for its production, he made a name for himself in the art of enamel .

He was buried in the Jewish cemetery Schönhauser Allee in Berlin.

Works (selection)

The sculpture by Louis Sussmann-Hellborn (1828–1908) - The German Folk Song - in the Großer Tiergarten, southern edge, near Hofjägerallee, corner of Stülerstraße, was originally installed in 1910. Very badly damaged by vandalism, it was dismantled and placed in the base of the memorial for the Wars of Liberation on the Kreuzberg (base of the Kreuzberg monument, depot of the preservation of monuments, etc.). In 1993 the Berlin sculptor Hans Starcke made a copy of the group of figures.
Sculpture, the German folk song in the Tierpark Berlin.
The sculpture by Louis Sussmann-Hellborn (1828–1908) - The German Folk Song - in the Großer Tiergarten, southern edge, near Hofjägerallee, corner of Stülerstraße, was originally installed in 1910. Very badly damaged by vandalism, it was dismantled and placed in the base of the memorial for the Wars of Liberation on the Kreuzberg (base of the Kreuzberg monument, depot of the preservation of monuments, etc.). In 1993 the Berlin sculptor Hans Starcke made a copy of the group of figures.
2003, restored sculpture, Das deutsche Volkslied
  • after 1852 to 1856: Italian hair-braiding woman, drunken faun, abandoned psyche, cupid in arms, boy carrying candelabra, portrait relief for the tomb of Eduard Magnus (Old Dorotheenstädtischer and Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof Berlin)
  • 1862: Statue of King Frederick II for Brieg
  • 1869: Statues of King Friedrich II. And King Friedrich-Wilhelm III. for the ballroom of the Red Town Hall (the former destroyed)
  • 1875: The original "Das deutsche Lied" (allegorical girls' group "Volkslied" and "Kunstlied") was set up in 1910 in Berlin-Tiergarten. (In 1993 Hans Starcke made a copy. The original in the base of the memorial for the Wars of Liberation on the Kreuzberg)
  • 1878: "Sleeping Beauty", Old National Gallery
  • 1878: "Lute Player", Old National Gallery
  • 1881: Seated figure of Hans Holbein and seated figure of Peter Vischer in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin (both badly damaged)
  • numerous sculptural works
  • numerous designs for decorative enamel work for the company Ravené & Sußmann

literature

  • Sussmann-Hellborn, Louis. In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical Artist Lexicon. The most famous contemporaries in the entire field of the visual arts of all countries with details of their works. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1882, p. 512 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Sussmann-Hellborn, Louis . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 306 .
  • Siegmund Kanznelson (ed.): Jews in the German cultural area. Berlin 1959, p. 99.
  • Peter Bloch , Sibylle Einholz , Jutta von Simson (eds.): Ethos and Pathos. The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786–1914. (Catalog and volume accompanying the exhibition in Berlin 1990) Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-7861-1597-4 .
  • Rosemarie Koehler, Ulrich Kratz-Whan: The Jewish Cemetery Schönhauser Allee. Haude & Spener, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-7759-0340-2 , p. 177 f.
  • Stadtmuseum Berlin Foundation (ed.), Knut Brehm, Bernd Ernsting, Wolfgang Gottschalk, Jörg Kuhn (arrangement): Catalog of the sculptures 1780–1920. (= Letter-Schriften , Volume 14.) Letter-Stiftung, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-930633-15-9 .
  • Bernhard Maaz (Ed.): National Gallery Berlin. 19th century. Inventory catalog of the sculptures. 2 volumes, Seemann, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-86502-119-0 .
  • Dagmar Frings, Jörg Kuhn: The Borchardts. On the trail of a Berlin family. Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-942271-17-2 , p. 29, p. 11 (note 78), p. 137.

Web links

Commons : Louis Sussmann-Hellborn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Special exhibition of the Royal Porcelain Manufacture in Berlin. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 2nd year 1882, No. 11 (from March 18, 1882), p. 94 ( digitized version of the Berlin State Library)
  2. ↑ The German song
personal data
SURNAME Sussmann-Hellborn, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sussmann-Hellborn, Louis; Sussmann, Ludwig; Sussmann, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, painter, art collector and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1908
Place of death Berlin