Ludwig Manz

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Ludwig Manz (born August 22, 1920 in Ellwangen ; † August 6, 1990 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ) was a German sculptor and restorer . Manz created various sculptures, including architectural sculptures , small sculptures , portraits , sacred art and a number of free works.

Life

Manz was born as the youngest of eight children to a businessman and the daughter of a teacher. From 1934 to 1938 he completed an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Professors Panzer and Weber. He came back to Germany as a late returnee in 1949 after being captured by the American, French and British prisoners of war.

After his return, Manz helped set up a peace village for the American occupiers on the Nuremberg convention site. There he met his future wife Frieda Kranebitter. The two married on September 29, 1950. From 1952 Manz worked as a freelance sculptor in Nuremberg.

His siblings Elisabeth Schachinger (1909–1998) and Bernhard Manz (1917–1983) also embarked on an artistic career. While his sister worked as a metal artist, painter and illustrator , his brother worked as a portrait artist. In 2008, the city's cultural office in Ellwangen dedicated a joint exhibition to the three siblings in the Adelmann Palace.

Manz died of a heart attack on August 6, 1990 in Altdorf near Nuremberg. His wife survived him by 27 years and died in 2017 at the age of 100 in the same house they shared. She managed his artistic works until her death. The marriage resulted in a common son and a common daughter.

Artistic work

Ludwig Manz: Prophet Isaiah, St. Leonard Nuremberg, quartzite (1958)
Wallenstein fountain, bronze, Altdorf (1985)

Manz created a number of large sculptures in the Nuremberg area and the surrounding area as well as for church, public and state institutions. Among other things, he made the fountain figure “Seer of Revelation” for St. John's Church in Hersbruck (1970), an artrium fountain for the official building of the Nuremberg Housing Association (1981), a Till Eulenspiegel figure for a daycare center in Darmstadt (1972 ) and the resurrection altar made of linden wood for the town church Schwarzenbach am Wald (1959). Manz's best-known works include the Wallenstein Fountain in Altdorf near Nuremberg, which stands in front of the old nursing office castle.

Alongside Heinrich Weiß, Helmut Ammann and Fritz Griebel, Ludwig Manz is one of the "artists of the rebuilt church". For the St. Leonhard Church in Nuremberg, the sculptor designed the cross behind the altar, the altar cross and the candlestick as well as the stone sculpture made of quartzite in the entrance, which shows the prophet Isaiah .

Works (selection)

  • 1952: Francis preaches to the birds, holm oak
  • 1959: Tobias heals his blind father, Eiche
  • 1961: Visitation , bronze
  • 1965: Konrad Adenauer , bronze
  • 1967: David comforts Saul , quartzite (grave sculpture for Ludwig Manz since 1990)
  • 1972: Till Eulenspiegel for the Merck day-care center in Darmstadt, bronze
  • 1974: Crane dance, park fountain sculpture, bronze
  • 1975: Alignment, bronze
  • 1976: Waldemar Klink , bronze
  • 1978: Daphne I, Daphne II, Daphne III, bronze
  • 1979: concentrated form - little rage, polished bronze
  • 1980: Large sculpture of an aurochs in Heidenheim, bronze
  • 1981: Artrium fountain for the official building of the Nuremberg housing association
  • 1981: “Progressive step”, the new age strides over the broken “Humanitas”
  • 1982: Dying, Fürth City Museum in Bavaria, sound
  • 1985: Wallenstein fountain in Altdorf near Nuremberg, bronze
  • 1985: Francis with birds, bronze
  • 1998: "Viererform", communication , light and polished bronze

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Manz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Emil Ammon: The sculptor Ludwig Manz . 2nd expanded edition. Feucht 1999.
  2. ^ A b German art archive in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum: The sculptor Ludwig Manz. (PDF) In: Digiporta.net. November 27, 2008, accessed February 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Grieb, Manfred H .: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century . 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-091296-8 , pp. 972 .
  4. ^ Artist of the rebuilt church. Retrieved February 18, 2020 .
  5. ^ Website about Elisabeth Schachinger. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b SDZ Druck und Medien GmbH: Manz family of artists in the Palais. November 27, 2008, accessed March 19, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Frieda Manz turns 100. Accessed March 26, 2020 .
  8. ^ Frieda Manz's obituary notice. Retrieved March 26, 2020 .
  9. ^ City of Altdorf b. Nuremberg. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  10. ^ The artists of the rebuilt church. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  11. ^ The artists of the rebuilt church. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Manz, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd August 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellwangen
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1990
Place of death Altdorf near Nuremberg