Martin Vogeno

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Hubert Martin Joseph Vogeno (born May 13, 1821 in Aachen ; † October 19, 1888 there ) was a German goldsmith for sacred art and a restorer .

Live and act

The son of the independent goldsmith Johann Heinrich Vogeno (1793-1865) and Anna Maria Schiffers († after 1870) also learned the craft of goldsmith. By 1854 at the latest, he set up his own workshop in Aachen's Harskampstrasse, which the goldsmith Everhard Bescko joined as a business partner in 1858. But only two years later Vogeno ended his employment relationship and transferred the workshop to Bescko, in which the still young goldsmith August Witte started work three years later . Vogeno himself took over his father's workshop in Aachener Hochstraße in 1860 , which he had given him for reasons of age and health. In 1865 he was appointed by the cathedral chapter as the successor to Besckos, who died in the same year, as monastery goldsmith. Vogeno managed the workshop until his death in 1888, after which it was continued by his wife Carolina Friederica Elisabeth Schüttler (1824–1903) until her death and finally passed on to their son Franz (* 1864 or * 1868). Franz Vogeno, however, was unable to prevail against the dominant competition of the internationally successful pin goldsmith Bernhard Witte and then limited himself mainly to pure jewelry work.

Martin Vogeno himself created numerous important works in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque forms. Just like his goldsmith colleagues Reinhold Vasters and August Witte, who worked in Aachen , he was significantly promoted by the canon and art historian Franz Bock by arranging orders. Vogeno was regularly represented at various specialist exhibitions, where his works were often awarded prizes. In addition, he acquired an excellent reputation in the “ art of style imitation ”, which is why he was entrusted with numerous restoration jobs, including several exhibits from the Aachen Cathedral Treasury and a valuable half-figure reliquary from the Abbey Church of St. Cyriakus in Altorf, Alsace . Over 130 works signed by Vogeno are currently handed down and documented and are in churches and treasuries throughout the Rhineland and in neighboring countries.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1852: Medieval art exhibition Krefeld
  • 1854: Trier art exhibition; Winning a medal for his Viennese ciborium
  • 1862: Exhibition of “new masterpieces of medieval art” Aachen; represented with 30 copies
  • 1864: Mechelen art exhibition; 1st place for a ciborium
  • 1869: Aachen trade exhibition
  • 1881: Düsseldorf art exhibition; Winning the bronze art medal

Works (selection)

neo-Romanesque chalice in St. Johann, Burtscheid
Bernardus reliquary, St. Johann, Burtscheid

literature

  • Ursula Gormann: Johann Heinrich, Hubert Martin Joseph and Franz Vogeno. A 19th century family of goldsmiths from Aachen , dissertation, RWTH Aachen 1999 ( pdf )

Web links

Commons : Martin Vogeno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog of the exhibition of new masterpieces of medieval art from the field of church needle painting and weaving, goldsmithing and sculpture in Aachen , opened on the occasion of the XIV General Assembly of Catholic Associations, along with an art-historical introduction by Franz Bock. Aachen 1862.
  2. ^ Exhibits in the Catharijneconvent Museum, Utrecht
  3. ↑ Chalice for Pastor Krementz to St. Kastor, Koblenz
  4. ↑ Chalice for Trier Bishop Matthias Eberhard
personal data
SURNAME Vogeno, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vogeno, Hubert Martin Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German collegiate goldsmith and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1888
Place of death Aachen