Peter Flötner
Peter Flötner (also Flatner, Flettner, * around 1490 in Thurgau ; † October 23, 1546 in Nuremberg ) was a builder, sculptor, gold and silversmith, graphic artist , medalist and carver in Nuremberg.
Life
Peter Flötner probably learned from Adolf Daucher in Augsburg . There he is said to have contributed significantly to the choir stalls of the Fugger Chapel, completed in 1518, under the guidance of his master . In Daucher's workshop, Flötner also carried out goldsmith work and his own furniture designs. After a stay in Italy, Flötner first settled in Ansbach as a master craftsman. In 1522 he moved to Nuremberg and took the citizenship oath there in 1523.
As a builder, Flötner was self-taught. He dealt scientifically with the writings of Vitruvius . Two years after his death, in 1548, Petreius in Nuremberg published the first German-language edition of Vitruvius, which is largely based on the work of Flötner.
Flötner and his work received the greatest attention around 1900. Albrecht Haupt (see below) even saw him as "the greatest and finest German architect of that time, the true pioneer of Italian architecture in the north". Edmund Braun (see below) emphasizes “the great importance of Flötner for the Renaissance art of Nuremberg and the German south, he radiates similar powers as had emanated from Dürer a generation earlier . The term 'genius' is not too exaggerated for Flötner's versatile work ”.
After the exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum on the 400th anniversary of his death in autumn 1945, the artist was largely forgotten again. October 24, 2014 to January 18, 2015 took place in Albrecht Dürer's House in Nuremberg, "Peter Flötner exhibition. Renaissance in Nuremberg ”.
His grave is in the Johannisfriedhof .
Works
The design and the artistic design of the Hirsvogel Hall in Nuremberg are essentially Flötner's work. He was significantly involved in the neighboring Tucherschloss . The triumphal arch for Emperor Charles V , which no longer exists today, was also a work of Flötner. As a late work, Flötner is also credited with designing the facade of the Ottheinrich building at Heidelberg Castle. However, the attribution is not considered certain.
- Choir stalls and organ of the Fugger Chapel in Augsburg, 1516 to 1518
- Market fountain in Mainz (draft), 1526
- Altar of the Sigismund Chapel Krakow , 1532
- Hirsvogelsaal (actually deer bird hall), composition and interior decoration
- Triumphal arch for Emperor Charles V, Nuremberg, 1541
- Ottheinrichsbau (design of the facade) of Heidelberg Castle (not secured), 1546 to 1550
- Plaque with Vanitas representation, gilded bronze, Bavarian National Museum, 1535-1540
literature
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Flötner, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 133.
- J. Reimers: Peter Flötner based on his hand drawings and woodcuts . Sirth's Kunstverlag, Leipzig 1890
- Konrad Lange: Peter Flötner, a pioneer of the German Renaissance . Grote, Berlin 1897
- Albrecht Haupt : Peter Flettner, the first master of the Ottheinrich building in Heidelberg , Leipzig 1904
- Franz Friedrich Leitschuh : Flötner studies. I. Peter Flötner's plaque work in the directory of the Nuremberg patrician Paulus Behaim . Heitz, Strasbourg 1904
- Ernst Friedrich Bange : Peter Flötner (= Master of Graphics Volume 14). Leipzig 1926
- Edmund Braun: Peter Flötner , Verlag Karl Ulrich, Nuremberg 1950
- Wolfgang Wegner: Flötner, Peter. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 250 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Joachim Thiel: Peter Flötner and his architectural oeuvre . In: The Hirschvogelsaal (Hirsvogelsaal) - festival architecture of the 16th century . Nuremberg and Munich 1986
- Barbara Dienst: The cosmos of Peter Flötner. A world of images from the Renaissance in Germany . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich and Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-06330-7
- Ingrid Bierer (ed.): Peter Flötner. Renaissance in Nuremberg. An exhibition of the museums of the city of Nuremberg. Catalog. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2015. ISBN 978-3-7319-0152-5
Web links
- Works by Peter Flötner at Zeno.org .
- Ornamental engravings in the MAK Vienna, UPM Prague and in the Berlin Art Library
- Press release from the Nuremberg City Museums on the reconstruction of the Hirsvogel Hall (PDF file; 32 kB)
- Information on the exhibition in the Albrecht Dürer House in Nuremberg
- Review by Barbara Dienst: The Cosmos of Peter Flötner 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flötner, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist, medalist and picture carver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1490 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thurgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1546 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |