Ludwig Brunow

Ludwig Brunow 1898

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Carl Ludwig Friedrich Brunow (born July 9, 1843 in Lutheran ; † January 13, 1913 in Berlin-Schöneberg ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Ludwig Brunow was an illegitimate child of Sophia Brunow, the daughter of the sexton in Lutheran. He had to work as a shepherd boy at an early age, but with great diligence he quickly made up for his lack of schooling. He then completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Lübz . He worked as a journeyman in Rostock , where he also took drawing lessons.

Brunow initially wanted to emigrate to America in 1866, but then went to Berlin to study at the local building academy in the sculpture class with Eduard Lürssen . In 1867, at the instigation of Friedrich Eggers , who recognized his artistic talent, he moved to the Berlin Academy of the Arts . In 1871/73 he worked as an assistant and employee at Rudolf Siemering and Christian Genschow . The first award was the “Great Medal” at the World Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 , followed in the same year by the Gold Cross of Merit of the Wendish Crown Mecklenburg-Schwerin and, in 1893, the appointment as “Grand Ducal Professor” with the award of the Knight's Cross of the Wendish Crown. In 1901 Brunow dissolved his large studio and withdrew from large orders.

In his spare time he devoted himself as a member of a private chamber music quartet of classical music (u a.. With Karl Eggers and Heinrich Seidel ). Franz Schwechten and Adolf Slaby were among his closest friends .

Brunow had been married to Anna Rosalie Amalie Clara Müller since 1889. Their only daughter died childless in 1909.

His grave in the Alten-12-Apostel-Kirchhof Berlin has been preserved without a tomb.

Services

The sculptural formal language of Brunow's works was initially shaped by that of his teacher Rudolf Siemering. However, he says he does not want to be pigeonholed. His figures are based on the voluminous forms of the neo- baroque , as he is particularly known from Reinhold Begas and Gustav Eberlein . Brunow's oeuvre, which is known to this day, shows mainly smaller works in his early creative period, followed by several large commissions. Contemporary criticism characterized Brunow as a respected artist who, in his modesty, conscious of his origins, did not strive for the highest reputation.

Works

Monuments, fountains, large sculptures

Person event motive	image	Location whereabouts	Kind of material	Establishment of inauguration	Further information
1870/71		Rostock , ramparts preserved	Obelisk with reliefs sandstone, bronze	September 9, 1872	Memorial for the members of the Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment who fell in 1870/71, based on an overall design by Richard Lucae
1870/71		Rostock , old cemetery destroyed	Terracotta statue	September 2, 1874	Memorial for 26 Rostockers who fell in 1870/71 according to the overall design by Richard Lucae , damaged monument removed and destroyed in 1973
H. v. Moltke		Parchim , Moltkeplatz received	Statue bronze	October 2, 1876	Main article: Moltkedenkmal (Parchim)
H. v. Moltke		Babelsberg , Feldherrenbank destroyed	Bust bronze	1882	the remains of the Feldherrenbank are still there, but the 15 busts were destroyed (melted down, World War II)
Friedrich I.		Berlin-Mitte, hall of fame preserved	Statue bronze	1884	the statue has been on the bastion of Hohenzollern Castle since 1961
Friedrich Wilhelm II.		Berlin-Mitte, hall of fame preserved	Statue bronze	1884	the statue has been on the bastion of Hohenzollern Castle since 1961
Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken		Schwerin received	Must marble	June 27, 1885	two reliefs on the base of the monument: the imagination of the musician and the art of the musician
1870/71 Friedrich Franz II. And Wilhelm I.		Lübz , market condition	Obelisk with reliefs granite, bronze	August 31, 1885	the reliefs are a gift from the artist to his hometown
Paul Pogge		Rostock destroyed	Bust bronze	September 19, 1885	the monument was dismantled in 1945, the bust was put into storage and only cleared out in 1970
Gustav II Adolf		Lützen , town hall received	Sandstone statue	1886	Franz Lange took over the stone construction
Johann Albrecht I.	(1st from left)	Rostock, Ständehaus preserved	Statue copper sheet	1891	belongs to an ensemble of 4 statues (the other two by Oskar Rassau )
Friedrich Franz II.	(2nd from left)	Rostock, Ständehaus preserved	Statue copper sheet	1891	belongs to an ensemble of 4 statues
Friedrich Franz II.		Schwerin, castle garden preserved	Bronze equestrian statue	August 24, 1893	Main article: Equestrian monument to Friedrich Franz II.
Bismarck		Elberfeld destroyed	Statue bronze	March 31, 1898	Main article: Bismarck Monument (Elberfeld)
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm (Mecklenburg)		Kiel, garrison church preserved	Relief bronze	September 22, 1898	the relief was renewed after it was lost in 1957
Friedrich Franz II.		Stoppenberg , hello destroyed	Bust bronze	1898	melted down in World War II
Wilhelm I.		Erfurt , Kaiserplatz destroyed	Bronze equestrian statue	August 25, 1900	melted down in World War II
Friedrich Franz II.		Görlitz , hall of fame destroyed	Bust marble	November 28, 1902	Removed and destroyed by the Polish authorities in 1945, the building has been preserved as a cultural center
Ernst Dircksen		Berlin, Friedrichstrasse station. destroyed	Bust bronze	October 13, 1902	melted down in World War II
Hermann Löhlein		Giessen lost	marble	November 25, 1903	probably destroyed with the main building of the women's clinic in the bombing raid on December 6, 1944
Friedrich Stegemann		Parchim, Wall received	Relief bronze	1906	after multiple damages today in the museum courtyard

Large sculptures, fountains

motive	image	Location whereabouts	Kind of material	Establishment of inauguration	Further information
Obotrite taming his horse		Schwerin , castle bridge preserved	Zinc casting	1871, list 1873	Brunow modeled the 1: 1 cast model, the design comes from Christian Genschow
allegorical figures (?)		Kaarz , castle partially destroyed	Zinc casting	1873	The type and scope of this work have not yet been documented
allegorical figures (?)		Charlottenburg , Siemens villa destroyed	Terracotta statues (?)	around 1877	In 1874/77 the Siemens villa in Charlottenburg (Berlinerstr. 34/36) was rebuilt and extended by Richard Lucae; the house was bombed in November 1943
allegorical figures (?)		Berlin-Mitte , Centralhotel destroyed	Terracotta statues (?)	around 1879	The type and scope of this work have not yet been documented
Day and night		Berlin-Kreuzberg , Anhalter Bahnhof preserved	Monumental sculptures copper ( electroplating )	1880	the two figures on the portico of the Anhalter Bahnhof were replaced by copies in 2004, the originals have been in the DTM ever since ; Brunow is also said to have made numerous terracottas for the building
Pegasus		Frankfurt / M. , Old Opera destroyed	Monumental sculpture cast zinc	October 20, 1880	the original was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1944, today's Pegasus is a modern work from 1981
Commercial representations		Berlin-Kreuzberg, Museum of Applied Arts preserved	Terracotta relief	November 21, 1881	the 88 reliefs with 12 motifs are a joint work with Rudolf Siemering; Brunow's contribution has not yet been precisely documented
Grave figure		Cologne, Melaten cemetery preserved	marble	1886	Felix Koenig's tomb; very badly damaged
Standard bearer		Rostock, Ständehaus preserved	Statue copper sheet	1891	as the crowning of the front middle gable
Laundress fountain		Berlin, Inselplatz destroyed	bronze	1895	bought by the city of Berlin; Stolen figurine in the 1920s, well dismantled afterwards
Laundress fountain		Berlin, Achenbachstr. destroyed	bronze	1897	enlarged and slightly modified version of the previous fountain in front of the artist's house

Busts and portrait reliefs

person	image	Location whereabouts	material	Dating	Further information
Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg		unknown	plaster	1868	after a bust by Christian Genschow
Heinrich Seidel	Image: SK Dresden	State Dresden Art Collection	plaster	1870
Helmut von Moltke		Parchim, Moltke Memorial	marble	1875	since 1871 several copies in plaster, bronze and marble sold, u. a. to Kaiser Wilhelm I: (lost)
Friedrich Eggers		Berlin, hut lost	bronze	1875	also detectable several times in plaster (lost)
Freiherr vom Stein		Stettin , town hall preserved	marble	1881	the war-damaged bust today in the Muzeum Narodowe
Friedrich Franz II.		Schwerin, Arsenal lost	plaster	1884	Until 1887 several times also verifiable in bronze and marble (lost)
Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg		Schwerin, museum lost	plaster	1884	Gift from the artist; Registered as missing since 1945
Johann Heinrich von Thünen		Berlin, University received	marble	1889	unveiled in January 1889 in the hall of honor of the agricultural faculty (Invalidenstrasse); received a plaster copy in the Thünen Museum Tellow
Georg Adolf Demmler Henriette Demmler (reliefs)		Schwerin, Demmler mausoleum preserved	marble	before 1886?	exact dating not possible
Privy Councilor von Koppelow (relief)		unknown	unknown	1891	Portrait relief not yet assignable
Werner from Siemens		Berlin lost	plaster	1892	Cast in 1893 as a monumental bust for the World's Columbian Exposition (see below)
Werner from Siemens		Berlin, Siemens headquarters	bronze	1893
Johann Georg Halske		Berlin, Märkisches Museum	bronze	1893
Lieutenant General Alfred von Rauch		unknown	unknown	1893	Lieutenant General of the Infantry; exact assignment not possible
Emil Pohl		unknown	unknown	1894	Bust of the writer Emil Pohl
Friedrich Franz III. of Mecklenburg		unknown	bronze	1897	offered as over-the-counter catalog items
Herr von Heimburg		unknown	unknown	before 1898	no more precise information possible
Adolf Hermann Jaeger		Elberfeld, town hall destroyed	marble	1898	Bust of the mayor; lost since the destruction of the town hall in 1943
Karl Eggers		Rostock, museum lost	plaster	before 1900	Donated to the museum by the family after Eggers' death along with a portrait relief
Karl Eggers (relief)		Rostock, museum lost	plaster	before 1900	Donated to the museum by the family after Eggers' death along with the above bust
Friedrich Schlie		Schwerin, State. Museum preserved	marble	1902	commissioned by the museum, whose director was Schlie
Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia		Berlin, mansion lost	marble	1905	for the Prussian House of Representatives
Otto Büsing		Schwerin, State. Museum preserved	marble	1907	Donated to the museum in 1932 from the estate of Mrs. Büsing
Ludwig Brunow (relief)		Berlin, Age-12-Apostel-Friedhof destroyed	bronze	1909?	for the tomb of the Brunow family
Klara Brunow (relief)		Berlin, Age-12-Apostel-Friedhof destroyed	bronze	1909?	for the tomb of the Brunow family (wife of the artist, d. 1938)
Sophia Feldt, b. Brunow (relief)		Berlin, Age-12-Apostel-Friedhof destroyed	bronze	1909?	for the tomb of the Brunow family (daughter of the artist, d. 1909)
Hans Ferdinand Feldt (relief)		Berlin, Age-12-Apostel-Friedhof destroyed	bronze	1909?	for the tomb of the Brunow family (the artist's son-in-law)
Otto Drewes (relief)		Schwerin, old cemetery preserved	bronze	1910	for the tomb of the chamber singer

Small sculptures, reliefs, designs

motive	image	Location whereabouts	material	Dating	Further information
Female nude (statuette)		unknown	plaster	1869	Thesis
Mercy (relief)		for a poor house in Berlin	Terracotta?	1870	no classification possible
The messenger of love (statuette)		Kaarz Castle lost	marble	1870/76	Model 1870, marble 1876; several specimens in plaster detectable (lost)
Borussia (statuette)		unknown	Bronze?	1870	for an unnamed military jubilee
The bride of Corinth (relief)		unknown	plaster	1871	sold in numerous copies
Bacchus boy (statuette)		L. Brunow missing	plaster	1873	Design for a fountain
Sweet home (relief)		Erfurt, Angermuseum lost	plaster	1873	also referred to as family happiness or a happy family; sold several times
Dream come true (statuette)		unknown	Bronze marble	1870	manufactured and sold several times in different materials
Draft Honved Monument		L. Brunow missing	plaster	1876	no further details possible
Adalbert of Prussia (monument draft)		L. Brunow missing	plaster	1879	for a statue in Wilhelmshaven (commissioned by Karl Schuler )
Father Rhine (centerpiece)		Imperial art possession lost	silver	1881/83	Part of the so-called city silver for the wedding of Prince Wilhelm
Friedrich Franz II (monument draft)		L. Brunow missing	plaster	1883	Competition design; Hugo Berwald received the order
Panther hunter (statuette)		Privately owned	bronze	1884	sold several times in bronze
Wilhelm I. (monument draft)		L. Brunow missing	plaster	1889	Design for an emperor / war memorial in Stettin (2nd prize); Karl Hilgers received the order
Joachim II (draft)		L. Brunow destroyed	volume	1891	planned for the decoration of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin; unrealized
Equestrian figure Friedrich Franz II.		L. Brunow private property	Zinc casting	1893/95	Replica of the figure from the equestrian monument in Schwerin
Entry of the Grand Duke into Schwerin 1871 (relief)		L. Brunow missing	bronze	1893	Copy of a base relief of the equestrian monument in Schwerin (see above)
Bismarck (monument draft)		L. Brunow missing	plaster	1894	Design for the Bismarck National Monument in Berlin (2nd prize); Reinhold Begas received the order
The Hagestolz (relief)		Erfurt, Angermuseum lost	plaster	before 1898	from the artist in 1898 as a gift
Elberfeld Poor Care Memorial (draft)		L. Brunow missing	plaster	1901	Competition design for Elberfeld (2nd prize); Wilhelm Neumann-Torborg received the order

literature

• Brunow, Ludwig . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 144 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Brunow, Ludwig . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 346 .
• Fred Ruchhöft: From the life of the sculptor Ludwig Brunow. In: Stier and Greif Volume 4, 1994, pp. 62-65.
• Fred Ruchhöft: Brunow, Ludwig . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 14, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22754-X , p. 579.

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Brunow  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death register StA Schöneberg II, No. 38/1913
2. ↑ Marriage register StA Deutsch-Wilmersdorf, No. 14/1889