Peter Poeppelmann

Peter Pöppelmann (born April 24, 1866 in Harsewinkel , Westphalia , † November 6, 1947 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor , graphic artist and medalist .

Life

Peter Pöppelmann's grave in the Johannisfriedhof in Dresden

Peter Pöppelmann was born in Harsewinkel as the son of the carpenter Ferdinand Pöppelmann and Gertrud Pöppelmann . In 1881 the family moved to Oelde and Pöppelmann began training as a carpenter as well as a stonemason and wood sculptor. In 1886 he worked as a journeyman in various carpentry shops in Münster before he began his artistic training there with the sculptor Heinrich Fleige .

In 1890, Pöppelmann worked for the sculptor Bernhard Kurt Roch in Dresden. There he was able to develop his artistic talent. In 1897 he received the gold medal of the Dresden academy exhibition. In 1900 he became a member of the Dresden Art Academy , in 1906 an extraordinary member of the Berlin Secession and in 1907 an honorary member of the Dresden Academy of the Arts. In 1909 he was a founding member of the Dresden Artists' Association . Peter Pöppelmann was also a member of the German Association of Artists .

Works by Peter Pöppelmann can be found in the State Art Collection in Dresden, as well as in museums in Karlsruhe , Leipzig , Oldenburg , Glauchau and Freital . He died on November 6, 1947 at the age of 81 in Dresden. His grave is in the local Johannisfriedhof . His hometown Harsewinkel has had a cast of the bronze sculpture Die Badende since 2001 and a copy of the plaque No Wealth Is Like You, O Health , since 2015 , which was published in 1911 on the occasion of the International Hygiene Exhibition .

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Portal of the Christ Church in Dresden

• Fountain figure Aphrodite, Eckberg Castle , Dresden
• 1896: Bronze relief for the grave of Gustav Ziller in the Radebeul-Ost cemetery
• 1897: Sculpture The Bathers, in Harsewinkel since 2001
• 1900: Design of the organ loft of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden
• 1905: Figure decorations for the Jakobikirche in Freiberg , Saxony
• 1906: Portrait relief August Toepler , now set up in the Recknagel-Bau (physics building) of the Technical University of Dresden
• 1910: Christ figure and angel figures on the portal of the Christ Church in Dresden
• 1908–1910: Sculptures love , hope , cleverness and vigilance for the Dresden City Hall Tower viewing platform
• around 1915: Urn from Gotthard Kuehl's grave, Tolkewitz urn grove
• around 1916: Sculpture of the grave of Max Immelmann , Urnenhain Tolkewitz
• around 1931 ?: Portrait bust of Ludolf von Krehl (1861–1937), professor of internal medicine, director of the Medical Clinic Heidelberg 1907–1931, bronze, 49 cm high

Web links

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

• Famous Harsewinklers: Peter Pöppelmann on harsewinkel.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ artist. Peter Poeppelmann. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on April 29, 2014 . 
2. ^ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
3. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Pöppelmann, Peter ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 14, 2015) 
4. ↑ nw.de: How city archivist Eckhard Möller brought a small work of art back to Harsewinkel (accessed on March 7, 2016)
5. ↑ Overview of the figures of the town hall tower