Paul Juckoff

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Paul Juckoff (born August 2, 1874 in Merseburg , † April 20, 1936 in Schkopau ) was a German sculptor and art historian .

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Renata fountain in Hildesheim

After his school days, the son of a master carpenter did an apprenticeship in wood carving, learned stone and bronze technology while traveling and then studied five years at the Academy of Arts in Leipzig. In 1901 he moved with his wife to Schkopau, where he stayed as a freelance sculptor (from 1902). From 1914 to 1916 he did military service, from 1916 to 1918 he was an art expert for the German administration in Warsaw, where he worked intensively on the art monuments of Poland (especially of the General Government ), which resulted in the Architectural Atlas . In 1911 he founded Gartenstadt Scopau GmbH , which in 1912 begins to build a settlement north of the town of Schkopau. He remained its chairman until his death.

Juckoff was a stone sculptor who mainly created monuments for soldiers and politicians, but also grave monuments and fountains. In the last years of his life he was not only supported by the National Socialists and created for these works (interior of the Gauführerschule in Wettin, larger-than-life Adolf Hitler bust), but also attacked other artists in articles ( Mitteldeutsche National-Zeitung , Der Kampf ), for example Paul Horn . He erroneously assumed that the hostile artists of the "Burg" in Halle (Saale) were behind the removal of the Bismarck monument on the Bergschenkenfelsen in Halle-Kröllwitz. Although he also created a sculpture called Deutscher Gruß for the Berlin radio exhibition in 1935, he was still more of a follower of the National Socialists. His remarks on the synagogues in Poland in the Architectural Atlas do not reveal any anti-Semitic accusations, but on the contrary testify to an admiration for the architecture of the Jews of Poland, which he defends from prejudice. He also regrets the destruction of synagogues there by Russians and Germans in the First World War. In contrast to the works of art, which were sometimes very ostentatiously overloaded, Juckoff created simple but effective sculptures and reliefs. Paul Juckoff died unexpectedly on April 20, 1936 during a community council meeting in Schkopau.

His most important works are the market fountains in central German cities such as Schönebeck (Elbe) , Mansfeld and Zeitz as well as the statue of King Heinrich I , the city founder of Merseburg , on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary. The combination of a fountain and a memorial for Friedrich Hermann Haacke in Stendal is considered to be the first painted stone fountain in Germany.

The Christian-conservative to patriotic style of his works meant that they were eliminated in the Weimar Republic and during socialist times. For example, the war memorials in Merseburg, Artern and Freyburg (Unstrut) and the Bismarck memorial in Halle (Saale) disappeared .

Works (selection)

  • Bust of Frau Kommerzienrat Bestehorn, Aschersleben

  • Hill monument in Weißenfels

  • Shoemaker boy in Weißenfels

  • Awakening for the ornamental fountain Kommerzienrat Bestehorn in Aschersleben

  • Carl Ferdinand Adam Monument in Leisnig

  • Boy with bowl

Works (alphabetically by place of installation)

  • Bismarck monument in Halle (Saale)

  • Tomb Dehme for the city ​​gods acre in Halle

  • Luther fountain in Mansfeld

Other works

  • Grave monuments in various cemeteries in Halle (Saale), Stendal and Suhl
  • Over 15 war memorials and memorial plaques in central German towns and villages, especially in the vicinity of Merseburg
  • architecture-related sculptures, for example regional court in Halle (Saale) or district court in Weißenfels
  • Figures for churches
  • Baptismal font (1905), crucifix and altarpiece for the St. Petri Pauli Church in Eisleben
  • Frame for the Luther letter to Karl V in the Luther Hall in Wittenberg

Fonts

  • Paul Juckoff-Skopau: Architectural Atlas of Poland (Congress Poland). Berlin 1921.

Exhibitions

  • 1924 hall

literature

  • Juckoff-Skopau, Paul . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 289 .
  • Karl-Eberhard Herrich: Life and work of Paul Juckoff-Scopau. In: Merseburg then and now. Contributions to local history. Issue 11/2004, pp. 46–58.
  • Marion Ranneberg: Juckoff-Skopau, Paul , in: SAUR, Vol. 78 (Jeraj-Jur'ev), Berlin / Boston 2013, p. 432.
  • Detlef Scherer: Tour through the old hall. Gudensberg-Gleichen 1999.
  • Allmuth Schuttwolf: Hallesche Plastik in the 20th century. Dissertation, Halle (Saale) 1981.

Web links

Commons : Paul Juckoff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ranneberg, p. 432.
  2. ↑ Herrich: Life and Work of Paul Juckoff-Scopau. Pp. 46-47.
  3. ↑ Business card: Memorial for the victims of the First World War Burgstall
  4. ↑ Arternerviews (10): Artworks , kyffhaeuser-nachrichten.de, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ Das Scharnhorstdenkmal , stadt-luetzen.de, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Juckoff (Juckoff-Skopau), Paul . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . tape 6 : Second addendum with corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1922, p. 151 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ Symbol der Mode , Halle im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ Hockende , Halle im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  9. ↑ Der Pflüger , Halle im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ Scherer, p. 59.
  11. ↑ a b Juckoff, Paul . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 156 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Supplements).
  12. ↑ Bad Lauchstädt (Brunnenversand), Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt , denkmalprojekt.org, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  13. ↑ Lutherbrunnen , lutherstaedte-eisleben-mansfeld.de, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  14. ^ Luther fountain in Mansfeld: Luther should shine again by 2017. , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of December 11, 2015, accessed on December 15, 2015
  15. ↑ King Heinrich I , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  16. ^ Theodor Rößner , Merseburg im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  17. ↑ Otto von Bismarck , Merseburg im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  18. ↑ Kaiser Wilhelm I , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  19. ↑ Friedrich Peege , Merseburg in the picture, accessed on 14 November 2018th
  20. ↑ Monuments: Der Marktbrunnen , schoenebeck.de, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  21. ↑ Die Sperlings-Ida von Stendal , altmark-intern.de, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  22. ↑ Fountain at the Marienapotheke , Weißenfels in the picture, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  23. ↑ Fountain on the market , Weissenfels in the picture, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  24. ↑ Feldherrnbank , Weißenfels im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  25. ↑ Moritz Hill , Weißenfels im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  26. ↑ a b Stadtjunge , Weißenfels im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  27. ↑ Arternerviews (10): Artworks , kyffhaeuser-nachrichten.de, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  28. ↑ Regional Court , Halle im Bild, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  29. ↑ District Court , Weißenfels in the picture, accessed on November 14, 2018.
  30. ↑ Burkhard Zemlin: Luther: Taufstein ensures irritations , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (online edition), November 24, 2013, accessed on November 14, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Juckoff, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Merseburg
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1936
Place of death Schkopau