Paul Polte (sculptor)
Paul Polte (* 1877 in Silesia ; † 1952 in Hof , Vogtland) was a German sculptor and restorer.
Life
Polte studied at the Dresden Art Academy and was a master student of Georg Wrba . From 1913 he lived in Dresden . At least in 1924 and 1936 he was an employee of the Zwingerbauhütte and, alongside Georg Wrba and Alexander Höfer, was involved in the execution of the comprehensive restoration of the Zwinger under the direction of Hubert Georg Ermisch . The sculptors Horst Beck, Karl Bräunig, Heinz Dietrich, Albert Jahn, Rudolf Kreische , Otto Päßler, Max Pfänder , Otto Pietsch, Ernst Pütz and Ernst Schellenberg also participated.
As a result of the air raids on Dresden in February 1945, Polte lost his apartment at Nürnberger Strasse 46 and his studio at George-Bähr-Strasse 10, and a large part of his work was destroyed. Bombed out, he left Dresden in 1945 and moved to Hof, where he died in 1952.
Works
- 1921: Horse drinking fountain , Lausitz granite, once the “Zum Goldenen Löwen” inn on Bautzner Strasse , Dresden
- 1923: War memorial at the mountain church Kipsdorf .
- 1927: Reconstruction of a nymph with a swan in the Dresden Zwinger
- 1929: Façade figures for the Trompeterschlösschen in Dresden, partially destroyed in 1945, recovered from the rubble and re-erected in 2009 at a historical location ( Centrum-Galerie )
- 1930: Children's figure group child with turtle in Westendpark Dresden
- 1934: Restoration of the two nymph fountains on Neustädter Markt , creator was Johann Benjamin Thomae
- 1936: Figure Lazy Maid , private property, Königsbrück
- 1940: Facade statue of the Zwinger master builder Pöppelmann made of sandstone, Schloßstraße 32 in Dresden, destroyed in 1945, re-inaugurated in 2011 at a historical location
His work Resurrection Cycle
His work Resurrection Cycle at the Görlitz Municipal Cemetery consists of these three tombs made of shell limestone:
- Tomb mourning for Wilhelm Mattke (1859-1935)
- Tomb Hope of Resurrection for Siegmund Stein (1859 - 1926)
- Resurrection tomb for Bruno Alexander-Katz (1862 - 1927)
Mourning , Wilhelm Mattke
Resurrection hope , Siegmund Stein
Resurrection , Bruno Alexander-Katz
Further works at the Görlitz municipal cemetery :
- 1924 Gravestone made of Rochlitzer Porphyrtuff for the painter Fritz Neumann-Hegenberg at the municipal cemetery in Görlitz , it depicts an expressionist-stylized blossom and bears the inscription: I say, because death alone sets me free, that it is the best of all things be. (Quote from Angelus Silesius )
- 1929 tomb for Max Lustig (1875–1928); triangular tomb made of shell limestone with an upward-pointing tip and a semi-sculptural male figure
- 1929 tomb for the Filitz family; square tomb made of shell limestone with a semi-sculptural female figure; Inscription: The good Lord will direct that correctly too.
Neumann-Hegenberg tomb
Tomb of Max Lustig
Filitz family tomb
See also
Web links
- The stone of the Saxon kings porphyr-rochlitz
- Stones and minerals: the Rochlitz porphyry
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
- ^ Stefan Dürre: Sculptures of the Dresden Zwinger , Diss., 2003.
- ^ Address book Dresden 1944, p. 660.
- ↑ Heimatverein Kipsdorf; Chronicle Bergkirche Kurort Kipsdorf; Alinea Dikitaldruck Dresden; P. 32.
- ↑ Spruce Park. In: Dresdner-Stadtteile.de. Retrieved June 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Neustädter Markt. In: Dresden-und-Sachsen.de. Retrieved June 8, 2013 .
- ^ On the 125th birthday of Fritz Neumann-Hegenberg. In: Goerlitzer-Anzeiger.de. February 28, 2009, accessed June 8, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polte, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and restorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1952 |
| Place of death | Hof , Vogtland |