Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski
Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (born August 25, 1865 in Mieltschin (today Mielżyn ), Kingdom of Prussia , † May 9, 1910 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Kowalczewski studied from 1895 for three years at the Berlin Academy of the Arts . His work mainly included busts and Art Nouveau sculptures made of bronze with profane depictions of the working population, but also warriors, archers, victory poses and occasionally birds. Between 1899 and 1906 he regularly showed his work at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition .
family
The artist's brother, Karl Kowalczewski (1867–1927), was also a sculptor. Her sister Dorota married the mayor of Wroclaw , Paul Matting .
Works (selection)
- Gardener with rake and hat
- Call of the Sea , 1920
- Mercury
- Diana
- Putto as an allegory of the hunt
- Seduction of Danaë
- School boy
- Water carrier
- tourist
- Sailor with a pipe
- Snake Summoner
- Steel worker with son
- Swordsman
- Semi-nude girl with a frog
- Sailor with telescope and rudder
- The wisdom
- Germanic warrior with staff
- Ludwig van Beethoven , portrait bust 1900
- The chain sprinkler , 1907
- Monna Vanna , 1900
literature
- Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Saur, Munich 1992 ff.
Web links
- Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (German, 1865-1910). In: artnet , with pictures of Kowalczewski's work
- Bronze figure: around 1900, P. Kowalczewski, signed. In: Bares für Rares , ZDF , objects from May 11, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog of the pictorial works 1780–1920. Stadtmuseum Berlin Foundation , Letter Foundation , 2003, ISBN 3-93063-315-9 , p. 159.
- ^ Henryk Grzybowski: Paul Matting, success and wartime mayor . In: Altheider Christmas Letter, issue 15, December 2011, pp. 144–159.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kowalczewski, Paul Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mielżyn , Kingdom of Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1910 |
| Place of death | Berlin |