Michael Wagmüller
Michael Wagmüller (born April 14, 1839 in Regensburg , † December 26, 1881 in Munich ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Michael Wagmüller attended the trade school in Munich , learned the beginnings of art for a year from the sculptor Anselm Sickinger (1807–1873) and entered the academy in 1854 as a student of Professor Max von Widnmann . In 1860 he began to work independently, but initially had little success and for a while switched to portrait painting due to a lack of employment in sculpture, until he received the order for two busts and two allegorical female figures for a Munich school building. From 1868 to 1873 he traveled regularly to London , where he made a good dozen portrait busts of English aristocrats. He exhibited his models regularly in Munich and was noticed by the art-loving King Ludwig II , who commissioned him with a bronze statue of Louis XIV of France , the Sun King . In 1869, together with Reinhold Begas and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, he was awarded a Gold Medal of Honor for the works he presented in the Munich Glass Palace , and in 1872 he was appointed honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts and Professor together with Friedrich Drake , Reinhold Begas and Caspar Zumbusch . In 1873 Wagmüller was one of the founding members of the Munich artists' association Allotria , of which he was chairman between 1874 and 1879. In 1876 he presented the tomb for his two daughters, who died in infancy, at the Paris World Exhibition , which was much praised and which would later become his own.
The last few years have been filled almost exclusively with work for King Ludwig II. Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee palaces . Justus von Liebig's seated image intended for Maximiliansplatz in Munich was started by him, but completed by his pupil Wilhelm von Rümann after his death .
Works (selection)
- 1861: Gable group "Pfalz", Munich, Völkerkundemuseum (former National Museum)
- 1862: Façade figure "Elector Friedrich the Victorious", Munich, Ethnological Museum (formerly the National Museum)
- 1863: Medallion with a bust of Sebastian Habenschaden , tomb in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich
- 1866 a girl who was frightened by a lizard
- 1866 a girl catching a butterfly
- 1866: Three round reliefs with the cardinal virtues, Munich, Theatine Church, tomb of King Max. II.
- 1867: Bust of Ignaz Perner , for his tomb in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich
- 1867: bust of Hofrat and hospital doctor Dr. Jakob Braun, tomb in the old southern cemetery in Munich
- 1869: Statue of Karitas for the hospital on the right of the Isar , weathered available
- 1872 a much discussed design for the Niederwald Monument at the time , which lacked imagination and verve, but lacked character appropriate to the dignity of the object .
- 1872 a model of a girl carrying her little brother piggyback, which he showed at the Vienna World Exhibition
- 1872: bust of Paul Heyse
- 1873: Bust of Justus von Liebig , tomb in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich
- 1874: Fountain group “Amor with Dolphins”, Linderhof Palace
- 1874: Fountain group "Cupid with pigeons"
- 1875: Bust of Marie Antoinette , Linderhof
- 1875: Three large garden vases, Linderhof
- 1875: Figures from Flora -Fontaine, Linderhof, zinc casting by Ferdinand von Miller
- 1876: Najadenbrunnen , Linderhof, zinc casting by Ferdinand von Miller
- 1877: Bust of Mayor Kaspar Ritter von Steinsdorf for his tomb in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich (tomb lost)
- 1877: Bust of Franz Lachner , Munich, tomb in the Old Southern Cemetery in Munich
- 1877: Bust of Queen Olga of Württemberg
- 1877, 1878: Neptune group, Linderhof, zinc casting by Ferdinand v. Miller
- 1877: Apollo in the sun chariot, Linderhof
- 1878: bust of Franz Hanfstaengl
- 1878: Wagmüller tomb, Munich Alter Nordfriedhof (meanwhile secured), for which he was awarded the French Legion of Honor at the Paris World Exhibition in 1878 .
- 1879/80: Christian Heinrich Siebold monument in Schönbusch Park
- 1879: 14 allegorical facade figures, Herrenchiemsee
- 1879: Amor and Psyche (copy after Antonio Canova ), Herrenchiemsee,
- 1879: bust of D. Singer
- 1881: Ludwigsbrunnen Ingolstadt , Paradeplatz
Working for Linderhof Palace
Neptune fountain with cascade in Linderhof Palace
Flora fountain in Linderhof Palace
Working in the old southern cemetery in Munich
Bronze bust on Franz Lachner's tomb , 1877
Bronze bust for Ignaz Perner's tomb , 1867
Bronze bust on the grave of Justus von Liebig , 1873
Marble bust on the grave of Jakob Braun Mauer right-315 at Grabfeld 18, 1866 location
Bronze relief on the grave of Sebastian Habenschaden , 1866 location
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Wagmüller, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 483-485.
Web links
- Rolf Kurda (2004): Michael Wagmüller. A sculptor in the service of King Ludwig II. Munich - Linderhof - Herrenchiemsee , dissertation, LMU Munich: Faculty of History and Art , pdf
- Website about the grave in the Old North Cemetery, Munich
Individual evidence
- ↑ Out and about in Schönbusch Park ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on alltagserinnerungen.de on May 31, 2015 (with picture of the monument)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagmüller, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1881 |
| Place of death | Munich |