Peter Breuer (sculptor)

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Peter Breuer.

Peter Christian Breuer (born May 19, 1856 in Cologne , † May 1, 1930 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor and medalist .

Life

Peter Breuer completed an apprenticeship as a stonemason in Cologne . In 1874 he went to the Munich Art Academy . After completing his studies, he moved to Heinrich Hoffmeister in Berlin and from 1878 studied with Fritz Schaper in Berlin . Breuer taught since 1896 as a professor of sculpture at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Art Academy, today's Academy of the Arts . In 1898 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Arts . His students included Hans Dammann , Fritz Röll , Leopold Fleischhacker , Felix Pfeifer , Johann Robert Korn , Eugen Senge-Platten and Rudolf Belling . In 1894 he received a small gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition and a large one in 1897. Breuer was one of the pioneers of modernism in the Berlin sculpture school . He died in 1930 and was buried in the Sebastian-Kirchhof Berlin-Reinickendorf (grave was leveled).

Works

Publicly displayed monuments
On both sides of the monument there were eight assistant busts on high steles (also by Breuer), which represented important generals and statesmen of the Fourth Coalition War : Theodor von Schön , Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , August Neidhardt von Gneisenau , Gerhard von Scharnhorst , Karl August von Hardenberg , Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten , Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg , Friedrich Leopold von Schrötter
  • 1909, August 9: Kleve , at the Marstall near the Schwanenburg: Hohenzollern fountain (not preserved) with an equestrian statue of the Great Elector (preserved)
  • 1912–1914: Berlin-Steglitz , in the Bäkepark on the Teltow Canal, Eduard-Spranger-Anlage, Bäkestrasse 14a: Otto Lilienthal monument ( Ikarus figure)
    Changes with a new bronze relief 1956 by Magdalene Müller-Martin, recreation of the limestone shell bust, which was destroyed before 1956, in 2012 by the Berlin sculptor Jörn Neumann on behalf of the State Monuments Office Berlin (bronze relief from 1956 since then in the Heimatmuseum Steglitz )
  • 1925: Berlin-Oberschöneweide, in the Greek park: Venus and Amor
  • 1926–1938: Bonn, in the Rheinaue: Beethoven monument

  • Let the little children come to me in Bunzlau

  • Monument to the Great Elector in Kleve

  • Otto Lilienthal monument in Berlin-Steglitz

  • Venus and Cupid , Berlin-Oberschöneweide

  • Beethoven monument in Bonn's Rheinaue

literature

Web links

Commons : Peter Breuer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ artist. Peter Breuer. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on October 29, 2015 .
  2. ^ Leonard Forrer: Breuer, Peter (Germ.) . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, & c., Ancient and modern, with references to their works BC 500 - AD 1900 . tape 7 : Supplement A-L . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1923, p. 123 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Iris Brenner: Cologne Monuments 1871–1918. Aspects of bourgeois culture between art and politics . In: Werner Schäfke (Ed.): Publications of the Cologne City Museum . tape 5 . Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-927396-92-3 , p. 317 .
  4. ↑ Sibylle Einholz: Peter Breuer (1856-1930). A sculptor between tradition and modernity. Dissertation, Free University of Berlin, Berlin 1984, p. 168.
  5. ↑ a b Breuer on bildhauerei-in-berlin.de ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bildhauerei-in-berlin.de
personal data
SURNAME Breuer, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breuer, Peter Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1930
Place of death Berlin