Max Hermann Fritz

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Max Daniel Hermann Fritz (born July 13, 1873 in Neuhaus am Rennweg ; † June 13, 1948 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor , porcelain modeler and medalist .

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Plastic in the rose garden

Max Hermann Fritz was initially a student of Lorenz Hutschenreuther in Lichte / Thuringia. In 1898 he moved to Dresden and continued his self-didactic training there. He mainly dealt with small sculptures. In terms of motifs, he created many animal figures and putti . In the porcelain sector, he created designs from his hand for the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Meissen (Hutschenreuther) in Fraureuth and for the Porcelain Manufactory Rosenthal . Many of his works are exhibited in museums in Dresden and elsewhere in Saxony, including four putti made of shell limestone in the rose garden on the Neustadt bank of the Elbe .

Around 1940 MH Fritz created the sculptures in front of the then new building of the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering of the former TH Dresden . The whereabouts of the sculptures have not yet been clarified.

Works (selection

  • Christ figure for the church in Hartha in Saxony .
  • Figure playing bears Albertinum in Dresden.
  • before 1911 figurine she- bear with young bronze on an attached bronze base, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig,
  • Bust of a girl at the King Albert Museum , Zwickau ,
  • My mother bronze,
  • 4 monumental lions in stone, Ministry of the Interior, Dresden on the Königsufer ,
  • 1900 bison fighting with bear bronze on marble base, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig,
  • Seated female nude bronze, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig,
  • Figure crowned cranes bronze on marble base, Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts,
  • Bronze eagle head on a shell-lime plinth, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig,
  • Bronze elk figure on marble base, Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts,
  • Bronze bull figure on serpentine base, Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts,
  • 4 children's groups for a bridge in Aue ,
  • 1905 model for a state plaque for arts and crafts for the Royal Saxon State Ministry of the Interior,
  • 1907 Award plaque for the International Horticultural Exhibition in Dresden.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
  2. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
personal data
SURNAME Fritz, Max Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fritz, Max Daniel Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, porcelain modeler and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuhaus am Rennweg , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1948
Place of death Dresden