Peter Kaufmann (sculptor)

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Johann Peter Kaufmann (also: Peter Kauffmann, Pierre Kauffmann, born February 16, 1764 in Reuthe in the Bregenzerwald; † August 2, 1829 in Weimar ) was a sculptor.

Life

Johann Peter Kaufmann was born in Reuthe near Bezau in the Bregenzerwald in simple circumstances. As a young man in Alsace , he was trained as a wood sculptor by his compatriot Gabriel Ignaz Ritter . He then went to France for a few years and, with the support of Elector Karl Theodor von Bayern, went to Rome for further training , where he stayed for over 20 years.

Kaufmann was married and the two sons Ludwig and Ludwig Kaspar came from the marriage. Ludwig Kaufmann also became a sculptor, while his younger son Ludwig Kaspar trained as a typographer .

activity

He became a court sculptor in Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach in 1817 . When he was appointed, Ferdinand Jagemann was the driving force who had recommended him to Grand Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757-1828) . He succeeded Carl Gottlieb Weisser in this office. He was not related to the painter Angelika Kauffmann , although he was said to have been a cousin of hers, but was encouraged by her and considered in her will. In Italy he was a student of Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorwaldsen . Some works, at least in the Park an der Ilm in Weimar, can certainly be ascribed to him. These are the gable on the lion fighter portal in 1817, the stone figure group of the temple lords of the Tempelherrenhaus (Weimar) from 1820 and the west gable of the Roman house from 1819. This in turn was a redesign of a former gable area by Martin Gottlieb Klauer , which was so weathered that it replaced had to become. He also created busts a. a. by Carl August (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), Maria Pawlowna , who u. a. are located in the residential palace of Weimar . Kaufmann was also very much appreciated by Goethe . Angelica Bellonata Facius, a gem cutter and medalist, was one of his students . Kaufmann also created the bust of Maximilian I in the Walhalla in Regensburg in 1811 . In the Jacobskirche in Weimar there is a statue of the blessing Christ in an aedicula above the merchant's pulpit, which, through the drapery and the posture of arms and legs, reminds of the figure of a Roman rhetorician and, through the hairstyle alone, indicates a non-Roman person. Kaufmann created the entire pulpit altar. Kaufmann has also been involved in restoration work in Christian Daniel Rauch 's workshop since 1824 .

His works also include a portrait sculpture by Angelika Kaufmann (created in 1808 for the artists' guild "Virtuosi") and the Pietà in the church in his birthplace Reuthe (1823). According to Jodok Bär, he restored the figure groups east and west friezes of the temple of Aphaia, the so-called Aeginetes, together with Josef Franzoni. The main role in the restoration of this group of figures is attributed to Thorvaldsen by Classical Archeology. However, the additions were removed again in the 1960s, because the reconstructions were largely proven to be incorrect and were more in line with the tastes of the early 19th century than in reality. In 2011, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the sculptures, new artificial marble casts made from the originals were presented with the additions under Thorvaldsen from the Glyptothek in Munich .

literature

Web links

Commons : Peter Kaufmann (Sculptor)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. See: DNB data set
  2. ^ A b Claudia Helbok: Important Vorarlbergers. 30 life pictures from a series (= Dornbirner Studiohefte. 2). ORF regional studio Vorarlberg, Dornbirn 1967, p. 27 f.
  3. ^ Jodok Bär: Kaufmann, Ludwig. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 476 f.
  4. ^ A b Constantin von Wurzbach : Kauffmann, Peter . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, p. 58 ( digitized version ).
  5. Jodok Bär:  Kaufmann, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 474-476.
  6. https://www.baufachinformation.de/literatur/2013099022061
  7. Astrid Fendt: Archeology and Restoration: The Sculpture Supplements in the Berlin Collection of Antiquities of the 19th Century , (Transformations of Antiquity, 22), Berlin-Boston 2012, p. 137 f.
  8. Jodok Bär:  Kaufmann, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 474-476.
  9. Astrid Fendt: Archeology and Restoration: The Sculpture Supplements in the Berlin Collection of Antiquities of the 19th Century , (Transformations of Antiquity, 22), Berlin-Boston 2012, p. 127.
  10. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27687803?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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