Otto Hansmann

Otto Hansmann (born August 20, 1834 in Cologne ; † 1875 ) was a German sculptor and stonemason .

Life

Hansmann was the son of the sculptor Johann Hansmann and a student of Christian Mohr . He ran his father's studio until 1873.

He made the statues of Ludwig Weise (Wyse) and Mathias Overstolz that were erected in 1859 at the Traine'schen Haus at the corner of Blaubach and Perlengraben. Around 1870 he worked on the new building of the facade of the Cologne City Hall after the Altenmarkt, among other things, a number of medallions with imperial heads in the frieze of the upper floor. He made various sculptures at Cologne City Hall. Artistic co-design of a facade at a secondary school in Cologne 1867–1869 as well as joint sculpting work on the central building of the new city theater in the Glockengasse with Wilhelm Albermann .

At least 333 sculptures on Cologne Cathedral are counted among his works. A high cross on the Frimmersdorfer Friedhof is also considered his work, as his name as a stonemason can be read in the sandstone.

literature

Hansmann, Otto . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 3 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Hiltrud Kier, Ulrich Krings: Stadtspuren, Denkmäler in Köln. Volume 21, p. 221
↑ Josef Abt: Sculptors and Stonemasons in Cologne Address Books (1797 to 1941/42), unpublished Findbuch, Cologne 1986, p. 25.
^ Karl Lützow: Journal of the fine arts . tape 7 . by Seemann, S. 240 .
↑ Architects and Engineers Association for Lower Rhine and Westphalia (ed.): Cologne and its buildings, commemorative publication from 1882 . Self-published by the association, Cologne 1882, p. 436 and 578 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Wiljo Piel: The first work has started in Frimmersdorf: the old high cross is saved from decay. RP Online, November 30, 2018, accessed October 12, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hansmann, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH	August 20, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	1875

[kier-1] A ^b Hiltrud Kier, Ulrich Krings: Stadtspuren, Denkmäler in Köln. Volume 21, p. 221

[2] Josef Abt: Sculptors and Stonemasons in Cologne Address Books (1797 to 1941/42), unpublished Findbuch, Cologne 1986, p. 25.

[3] Karl Lützow: Journal of the fine arts . tape 7 . by Seemann, S. 240 .

[4] Architects and Engineers Association for Lower Rhine and Westphalia (ed.): Cologne and its buildings, commemorative publication from 1882 . Self-published by the association, Cologne 1882, p. 436 and 578 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[5] Wiljo Piel: The first work has started in Frimmersdorf: the old high cross is saved from decay. RP Online, November 30, 2018, accessed October 12, 2019 .