Martin Wolff (sculptor)
Martin Wolff (born May 19, 1852 in Berlin ; † October 6, 1919 there ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Martin Wolff was the only son of the sculptor Albert Wolff from Mecklenburg-Strelitz . 1871–1875 he studied in the plaster class at the Berlin Art Academy with Eduard Daege . Subsequent study trips took him to Vienna and Italy. Further training in the father's studio followed. The “ Theseus ” group modeled in 1880 brought him a Paris scholarship as a notable success.
From 1882–1883 Martin Wolff lived and worked in Rome . After his return, he set up his own studio in Von-der-Heydt-Strasse 6 in Berlin. In the late 1890s, a lack of commissions put him in economic distress, which was only overcome with the order for Group 21 on Siegesallee . This work also earned him the award of the Prussian Order of the Crown, IV class. In 1898 he received a small gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition . On the occasion of the unveiling of the monument to Caspard de Coligny on October 19, 1912 in Wilhelmshaven , Wolff received the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle III as the last major award from Kaiser Wilhelm II . Class awarded.
In 1900 the sculptor Werner Begas modeled a bust of Martin Wolff.
power
The artistic authority of his father was decisive for the work of Martin Wolff in the tradition of the academic direction oriented towards antiquity , from which he could never break away.
Works (chronological)
| plant | Art | Dating inauguration |
Location whereabouts |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mignon | Marble figure | 1877 | unknown | sold in marble in 1897 |
| Louis walks | Tomb with marble relief | 1878 |
Old St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin preserved (badly weathered) |
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| " Theseus finds his father's weapons" | Marble group | 1880 |
National Gallery Berlin missing |
Price of a one-year study trip to Paris; bought from the National Gallery |
| Brutus | Seated statue (plaster) | 1884 | "Honorable Mention" at the Academy Exhibition Berlin 1884 | |
| Karl Schroeder | Marble bust | 1888, May 27. | Berlin, Charité unknown |
in the "Hall of Fame" of the Berlin University Women's Clinic |
| Draft St. Bernward monument | Plaster design | 1889 | lost
for Hildesheim |
3rd prize in the competition |
| Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben | Bust monument | 1889, October 15. |
Charité Berlin received |
Guss Gladenbeck Berlin-Friedrichshagen |
| King Friedrich I. | Bronze statue | 1890 | Berlin, police headquarters in Alexanderstraße destroyed |
Cast Lauchhammer; one of 4 Hohenzollern statues on the corner tower |
| Eduard Heinrich Henoch | Bust monument (bronze) | 1890 | Berlin, Charité dismantled in 1940, melted down in 1942 |
( Fritz Schaper modeled the bust according to a newspaper note in the Berliner Börsenzeitung on July 13, 1890 ) destroyed because of Enoch's Jewish descent |
| "Mourners" | Bronze figure | after 1891 | Berlin-Schöneberg, old churchyard preserved |
Grave Reinhold Kühn (1827-1891); Restored with funds from the German Class Lottery in 1996/97 |
| Fritz Reuter | Monument (bronze) | 1893, May 29. |
Neubrandenburg received |
Cast Lauchhammer; created with the collaboration of Wilhelm Wandschneider |
| Fritz Reuter | Marble bust | around 1893 | Stavenhagen, Fritz Reuter Literature Museum received |
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| Gustav Mehlhausen | Bust monument (bronze) | 1893 | Berlin, Charité lost |
The base was badly damaged in WWII, the bust that was stored in 1950 has been lost since then |
| Ludwig grape | Bust monument (bronze) | 1895, July 3rd. | Berlin, Charité dismantled in 1940, melted down in 1942 |
destroyed because of Traube's Jewish descent |
| Monument 1870/71 " Viktoria " | Bronze figure | 1895, 02.09. | Neubrandenburg, ramparts destroyed |
Cast Lauchhammer; on the base portrait relief (bronze) of Kaiser Wilhelm I. |
| Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi | Bust (galvanized bronze) | around 1895/97 | Berlin | in the facade of the Pestalozzi School Berlin-Gesundbrunnen |
| Bernhard Spinola | Bust monument (bronze) | 1898 | Berlin, Charité disappeared around 1950 |
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| Friedrich III. | Bust heater (galvano) | 1898 | Berlin, Landwehr Officer's Casino lost |
Manufactured together with 5 other Hermes busts at WMF Geislingen as copper electroplating |
| Monument 1870/71 "Victoria with a dying warrior" | Bronze figure group | 1899, October 15. | Neustrelitz, Bahnhofsplatz destroyed |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| Allegory "Industry" | Plaster statue | before 1900 | Berlin, National Gallery preserved |
probably a model of a building sculpture for an unknown building |
| allegorical group | plaster | 1900 | Model on behalf of the Prussian. Ministry of Culture as a counterpart to the group "Dionysus and Eros" by Albert Wolff | |
| Adolph Rudolphi | Bronze medallion | around 1900 | Neustrelitz, Carolinenstift received |
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| Elector Johann Georg | Marble statue | 1901, December 18. | Berlin, Siegesallee damaged preserved Spandau Citadel |
unveiled as the last of the 32 monument groups; see monument group 21 |
| Count Rochus at Lynar | Marble bust | 1901, December 18. | Berlin, Siegesallee get Spandau Citadel |
belongs to the group of Elector Johann Georg from Siegesallee, monument group 21 ; Cast bronze in the entrance area of the citadel |
| Lampert Distelmeyer | Marble bust | 1901, December 18. | Berlin, Siegesallee get Spandau Citadel |
belongs to the group of Elector Johann Georg from Siegesallee, monument group 21 |
| Carl Westphal | Bust monument (bronze) | 1902 | Berlin, Charité partially destroyed |
Cast Lauchhammer; the bust was melted down in 1942, and the buried plinth was recently found and restored |
| Friedrich Ludwig Jahn | Bust monument (bronze) | 1904, 09/11. | Neubrandenburg, Jahnstr. receive |
Cast Lauchhammer; same bust as a memorial in Weißwasser (1907) |
| Friedrich Ludwig Jahn | Bust monument (bronze) | 1906, 08/11. | Weißwasser, Jahn-Park received |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| "Grief" | Grave figure | 1906 | Zittau unknown |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| Moritz of Orange | Bronze statuette | 1906 | unknown | Cast Lauchhammer |
| Moritz of Orange | Bronze statue | 1907 | Berlin, castle terrace preserved |
Cast Lauchhammer; z. Currently restored at the Humboldt Forum construction site |
| Friedrich II. | Bronze relief | 1907 | unknown for Leuthen / Silesia |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| Knight | Bronze bust | 1908 | unknown for Waldenburg / Silesia |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| Friedrich Wilhelm | Bronze statue | 1909 | Neustrelitz, Paradeplatz destroyed in 1944 |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| Joachim II | Bronze statue | 1911 | Berlin, city palace lost |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| Duke Carl Borwin of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | relief | 1911 | ? | |
| Gaspard de Coligny | Bronze statue | 1912 | Wilhelmshaven | Cast Lauchhammer |
| Hülsen-Haeseler | Bronze bust | 1914 | Berlin, city palace unknown |
Cast Lauchhammer |
| Grave figure | Bronze figure | 1919 | Senftenberg unknown |
Cast Lauchhammer |
gallery
Berlin, bust of Adolf Bardeleben in the Mitte campus of the Charité
Neubrandenburg, Reuter memorial
Neustrelitz, Rudolphi monument
Berlin, monument group of the Siegesallee
Neubrandenburg, Jahn memorial
Weißwasser, Jahn memorial
Berlin, Moritz of Orange
Duke Carl Borwin
literature
- Uta Lehnert: The Kaiser and the Siegesallee. Réclame Royale. Reimer, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-496-01189-0 .
- Peter Bloch, Sibylle Einholz , Jutta von Simson (eds.): Ethos and Pathos. The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786–1914. Catalog and companion volume, Berlin 1990.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1919 |
| Place of death | Berlin |