Max Rossdeutscher
Max Roßdeutscher (born June 9, 1893 in Weißenfels , † April 9, 1979 in Magdeburg , Saxony-Anhalt ) was a German sculptor , restorer and sculptor.
Life
Max Roßdeutscher was the son of a bricklayer and site manager and, after attending elementary school in Weißenfels, completed an apprenticeship as a stone mason and stone sculptor in Halle.
From 1911 he studied at the art schools in Halle , Leipzig and Dresden . In 1923 he moved with his family from Weißenfels to Magdeburg, where he was head of the Magdeburg Dombauhütte from 1926 to 1928 and restored the west facade of Magdeburg Cathedral .
In 1930 Roßdeutscher set up his workshop and studio in Große Diesdorfer Straße in Magdeburg and after the Second World War he mainly created handicraft grave monuments and devoted himself to sculptural tasks, such as the restoration of the facade of the old Magdeburg town hall in 1951 and other buildings on Magdeburg Cathedral Square the Wallraveschen Freyhaus 1956.
Max Roßdeutscher mainly worked in stone and bronze, one-sided paralysis forced him to exclusively work in plastic from the mid-1960s.
Max Roßdeutscher was the founder of a generation of sculptors, his son Eberhard and his son Wolfgang became well-known sculptors.
Works in public space (selection)
- Horse Gate (1927) on the Rotehorn Island in Magdeburg, (together with Fritz Maenicke based on a design by Albin Müller ), which was restored in 1959 by Eberhard Roßdeutscher:
- Joy of life , concrete, plastic in the vestibule of the Kristallpalast variety theater in Magdeburg (1950), today on the fairground on Salvador-Allende-Strasse in Magdeburg
- Karl Marx , memorial plaque (1950)
- Untitled , concrete, in a kindergarten in Magdeburg (1950)
- Stalin monument with colossal bust, bronze bust and base made of natural stone , Burg near Magdeburg, 1953/1954
- Heinrich Germer , bronze bust (1952)
- Erich Weinert , bronze bust (1953)
- Justus von Liebig , bronze bust, Magdeburg (1953)
- Friedrich Schiller , bronze bust, presumably. Magdeburg (1959)
- Georg Philipp Telemann , memorial plaque, Magdeburg (1967)
Photo gallery
Unveiling of the Stalin memorial by Max Roßdeutscher (picture from the Federal Archives from 1954)
Today's west facade of Magdeburg Cathedral, which Max Rosdeutscher restored as a master builder from 1926 to 1928 (picture from 2004)
Web links
- forum-gestaltung.de Image of Max Roßdeutscher in front of the dial of the Magdeburg Cathedral clock
Individual evidence
- ↑ uni-magdeburg.de . Roßdeutscher, Max , accessed October 16, 2011
- ↑ Norbert Eisold, Norbert Pohlmann (Ed.): [Stone Age] Rossdeutscher. An art and life story. Three generations of sculptors in Magdeburg . Front inner blurb. Calbe 2010. ISBN 978-3-9813652-07
- ↑ hotel-zentrale.de : District festival for the inauguration of the Salvador-Allende-Straße fairground , accessed on October 16, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roßdeutscher, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, restorer and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weissenfels |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1979 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |