Otto Petrenz

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Otto Petrenz (born May 4, 1878 in Mittweida , † April 6, 1953 in Kreuzwertheim ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Otto Petrenz was born as the son of the district court assessor Carl Emil Petrenz and his wife Minna. Around 1890 he lived with his parents in Mügeln near Oschatz , where he finished his school education. From 1895 to 1903 he studied sculpture at the Dresden Art Academy with Robert Diez and became his master's student. At Diez he learned the romantic, impressionistic and realistic soft form of representation and figure design. As a student he was already involved in the Dresden art scene and was involved in art exhibitions in the city. He also became a member of the Dresden Art Cooperative and other artists' associations. He received his first awards and recognitions during his studies. In 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1901 he received awards and prizes at the international art exhibitions in Dresden . In 1901 he was awarded the silver medal by the Academy for his artistic work. Primarily for the statue of the Centaur , erected in the Dresdner Heide , he received the golden medal of the academy, for the sculpture An der Tränke he received a price of 6,000 marks. This enabled him to study trips to Hungary , France and Italy from 1904 to 1906 . After his apprenticeship he was one of the most famous visual artists in Dresden.

From 1902 to 1904 as well as 1906 and 1908 he lived in the newly built Loschwitz artist house . His best artistic creative period lasted until the First World War . The war and the suffering it caused hit his temper and the struggle for survival influenced his artistic career. He withdrew and made small sculptures predominantly with animal motifs. He tried to create an ideal world for himself. In the twenties he moved to Kreuzwertheim and developed his talented culinary skills , for which he became very well known. Besides sculpting, he also ran a cider and wine trade. He made works for museums and for public spaces and parks. The painter Emil Paul Börner created a picture by Otto Petrenz in his studio around 1910 , today a private property in Kreuzwertheim. Apparently forgotten, Otto Petrenz died in Kreuzwertheim in 1953.

Work (selection)

  • 1899 bronze figure Das Meeresweibchen , international art exhibition in Dresden, for which he received the silver medal of the art academy.
  • 1901 Model Kentaur for the International Art Exhibition in Dresden, for which he received the gold medal of the art academy.
  • 1902 Sandstone figure of the Centaur at the Mordgrundbrücke in Albertpark in the Dresden Heath below the former Lahmann Sanatorium . The centaur is considered the patron saint of those seeking healing.
  • 1903 sandstone sculpture at the Tränke , for the international art exhibition in Dresden, for which he received the gold medal of the art academy.
  • 1909 Large majolica relief with a diameter of about two meters for the St. Petri Church in Dresden (back)
  • 1910 Figure Hedwig for the Mägdebrunnen in Hohenstein-Ernstthal .
  • after 1910 plastic youth with horse , Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the plastic workhorse , Stadtmuseum Dresden
  • Further works are privately owned in Dresden and Kreuzwertheim.
  • Small bronze sculptures such as the lying big cat (1899), roaring tiger , lying tiger (1899), farmer with horse at the drinking trough (around 1903)

  • Sculpture Centaur Dresdner Heide, front view.

  • Sculpture Centaur Dresdner Heide, side view.

  • St. Petri Church in Dresden (back side) Majolica relief

  • St. Petri Church in Dresden (back) with majolica relief

literature

  • Petrenz, Otto . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 496 .
  • Artist on the Dresden Elbe slope . Volume 2, Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007, p. 338.
  • Walter Müller: The sculpture. In: Erich Haenel: Hundred Years of Saxon Art Association . Dresden 1929, p. 48.
  • One hundred years of the Dresden Art Cooperative . Exhibition catalog. Dresden 1938, p. 20 (bronze sculpture Man with Horse State Sculpture Collection Dresden )
  • Sigrid Walther: 100 years Künstlerhaus Dresden Loschwitz 1898–1998. Dresden 1998, p. 77.
  • Leonhard Tomczyk: The sculptor Otto Petrenz (1878-1953). Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
  2. ↑ Figure lying tiger at the art auction house Schloss Ahlden
personal data
SURNAME Petrenz, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Mittweida
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1953
Place of death Kreuzwertheim