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Johann Christian Ludwig Lücke (* around 1703 in Dresden ; † 1780 in Danzig ) was a German ivory carver , modeller and sculptor .

The laughing philosopher sculpture: terracotta on a gray marble base in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Pair of lions in sandstone in front of Ahrensburg Castle (1765).

Life

Ludwig Lücke was born in Dresden around 1705. At a young age he completed an ivory carving apprenticeship with Carl August Lücke the Elder in Dresden. In 1726, with the help of a scholarship, he went on a study trip to France , Holland and England . In London he learned from the ivory carver David Le Marchand . In 1728 he came back to Dresden and became a modeller and successor to Johann Gottlieb Kirchner at the Meissen porcelain factory . From 1729 he was back in Dresden. From 1739 to 1745 he was a sculptor in the Royal Building Office in Dresden and worked for Count Heinrich von Brühl and Prince Christian Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1746 he went on a study trip to Amsterdam . He then went to Hamburg from 1747 to 1748 and finally returned to Dresden in 1750. In the same year he was appointed “First Master Model” at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna . From 1752 to 1756 he stayed in Denmark in Copenhagen in the service of Frederick V. In between he was in Flensburg in 1754 and in Schleswig in 1755 . From 1756 to 1758 he worked again in Hamburg and from 1759 to 1760 he stayed again in London, Amsterdam and again in Hamburg. In 1767 he was appointed art director to the court of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . Around 1770 the company moved to Dresden and a factory for paper mache sculptures was founded. Then three years later he moved to Danzig .

Works (selection)

  • 1729: Busts of Democritus and Heraklit , Hamburg, Museum of Art and Industry
  • 1729: Terracotta relief of a Poltrone , Hamburg, Museum of Arts and Crafts
  • before 1733: Scaramuz and Colombine , ivory, Grünes Gewölbe , Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • after 1734: Portrait bust of Tsarina Anna Ioannowna , ivory, St. Petersburg , Hermitage
  • after 1734: crucifix , ivory, green vault, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
  • around 1735/40: Lucretia relief made of sandstone, whale bone, Kassel , Hessisches Landesmuseum
  • 1737: Time lifts fallen art , ivory, green vault, Dresden State Art Collections
  • 1750: Four children's figures as seasons , porcelain figure, Vienna
  • 1750: Porcelain figurines Four children's figurines as seasons , other forms in Austria, Museum of Applied Arts, Toronto , Royal Ontario Museum
  • 1750: Busts of Democritus and Heraclitus , Vienna, Austria, Museum of Applied Arts
  • 1753/54: Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Denmark as a baby , Copenhagen, Rosenborg Castle
  • around 1756: Sleeping Shepherdess , Munich, Bavarian National Museum
  • Portrait Relief King George II. Of England , 1760 in London, Victoria and Albert Museum
  • 1765: Pair of lions made of sandstone , Ahrensburg Castle Park
  • in the church Riesa-Gröba under the parapet of a prayer room an acanthus leaf tendril and other carvings

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1705 is sometimes also given.
personal data
SURNAME Gap, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lücke, Johann Christian Ludwig (full name); Lücke, Johann Christoph Ludwig; Lücke, Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 1780
Place of death Danzig