Philipp Kittler

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Philipp Kittler (born June 18, 1861 in Schwabach ; † January 11, 1944 in Nuremberg ) was a German sculptor and medalist . In the years around 1900 he was one of the most famous Nuremberg artists.

Education and life

Philipp Kittler attended the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts from 1877 to 1880 because of his talent for drawing . In the business of his father, the master potter Emanuel Kittler, he worked on the plastic decoration of tiles and stoves. For a rococo oven, he received first prize in the competition of the König Ludwig Prize Foundation. Around 1889 he moved to Nuremberg, where he ran an arts and crafts studio from 1891–1893 .

From 1893 to 1895 Kittler studied with Wilhelm von Rümann at the Munich Art Academy , where he was honored with the great silver medal . In Nuremberg, Kittler made the sculptural decorations for the exhibition building of the 2nd Bavarian State Exhibition of 1896.

Kittler was a busy and successful sculptor. Many of his works can still be found in Nuremberg, Schwabach and Fürth today:

  • Zierbrunnen (1913) in the New Jewish Cemetery in Nuremberg
  • Minstrel fountain in the Rosenaupark , previously in the Prater in Nuremberg
  • Building sculpture at the Nuremberg Opera House , Richard-Wagner-Platz
  • Pomona fountain in Nuremberg, Sandreuthstrasse
  • Mourning Noris in the Westfriedhof since 1934 , previously on the square in front of the Laufer Tor (now Rathenauplatz) in Nuremberg (1920)
  • Group of figures at the entrance to the Nuremberg Zoo (1912)

  • Man with lion, left bronze figure at the entrance portal of the Nuremberg Zoo

  • Woman with tiger and cockatoo, right bronze figure at the entrance portal of the Nuremberg zoo

  • Ornamental fountain in the New Jewish Cemetery in Nuremberg

  • The Pomona fountain

  • The minstrel fountain in the Rosenaupark

  • The mourning Noris in the Westfriedhof

literature

  • Fritz Aschka: My Nuremberg - 60 excursions into history. Nürnberger Presse, Nürnberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-93168319-1 , pp. 72-73.
  • Ulrich Distler: The sculptor Philipp Kittler (1861–1944). History and Heimatverein Schwabach und Umgebung eV, Schwabach 1994.
  • Nicola A. Mögel, Kerstin Söder: 100 years of the Nuremberg Zoo. Nuremberg Zoo, Nuremberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-926760-11-1 , p. 16 ( PDF ).

Web links

Commons : Philipp Kittler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philipp Kittler. In: Medaillenkunst.de. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c Fritz Aschka: My Nuremberg - 60 excursions into history. Nürnberger Presse, Nürnberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-93168319-1 , pp. 72-73.
personal data
SURNAME Kittler, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwabach
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1944
Place of death Nuremberg