Martin Engelke

Karl Martin Engelke (born June 22, 1852 in Tilsit , East Prussia , † January 27, 1932 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Figure Martin Luther with Bible Luther Church in Zwickau

Sculpture of "Gustel von Blasewitz" at Blasewitz town hall

He studied sculpture at the Dresden Art Academy from 1870 to 1875 , and from 1873 under Johannes Schilling . From 1875 to 1880 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . In 1880 he returned to Dresden and from 1888 lived in the villa suburb of Blasewitz . He joined the Dresden artist circle, as well as the sculptors Georg Gröne , Peter Pöppelmann , Bruno Fischer and Richard Daniel Fabricius . Between 1894 and 1898 they met on the other side of the Elbe in the restaurant of Mutter Unger's Weinstuben in Loschwitz .

For the new Annenfriedhof he modeled the plastic jewelry for the vestibule on behalf of the Tiedge Foundation (for impoverished writers). The sculptors Schurig and Wiersig from Dresden were responsible for the execution. For the Matthäuskirche in Dresden-Friedrichstadt in 1887 the figure of the end of a Christian woman and her entrance into heaven were cast in bronze . For the art academy building he created the bas-reliefs of Johann Joachim Winckelmann and Karl Friedrich Schinkel , as well as several niche figures and the reliefs Religion , Love , Poetry , History , Faith and Hope as well as the Three Graces (also Parzen, figures from Roman mythology). The sandstone figure of Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf was created for the Ehrlichsche Stiftskirche on Stübelplatz (loss of rubble after 1945).

Engelke was buried in the Loschwitz cemetery , the grave has not been preserved.

Works (selection)

• Relief by Johann Joachim Winckelmann at the Art Academy from the Elbe side, left of the entrance portal, Dresden
• Luther Church in Zwickau, figures of the Apostle Paul with sword and of Martin Luther with the Bible on the left and right above the main entrance
• 1889/90 memorial of the poet Max von Schenkendorf for his native town Tilsit on the Schenkendorfplatz, loss of war after the invasion of the Red Army
• 1899: Marble bust of the composer Carl Grammann
• Statue of Phidias for the Rudolfinum concert and gallery building in Prague
• Plastic Johanne Justine Renner ("Gustel von Blasewitz") at the Blasewitz town hall
• 1890: Schenkendorf monument in Tilsit

literature

• Ernst Sigismund : Engelke, Martin (Karl M.) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 10 : Dubolon – Erlwein . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1914, p. 542 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Engelke, Martin . 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. 459 .
• Günter Kloss: Engelke, Martin . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 36, Saur, Munich a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-598-22776-0 , p. 47.
• Daniel Jacob: Sculpture Guide Dresden. From Aphrodite to the twin fountain. Jacob, Freital 2010, ISBN 978-3-942098-05-2 , pp. 28, 166.
• 80th anniversary of the death of the sculptor Martin Engelke . In: Saxon newspaper . January 28, 2012 ( sz-online.de [accessed on February 13, 2014] subject to a charge).

Web links

Commons : Martin Engelke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christel Hebig: He created the sandstone figure of Gustel von Blasewitz. In: Saxon newspaper. June 22, 2002, p. 22.
2. ↑ Luther Church. In: luthergemeindezwickau.de. Retrieved February 9, 2017 .