Richard Horn (sculptor)

Richard Horn (born January 21, 1898 in Berlin ; † October 6, 1989 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German sculptor .

Life

From 1913 to 1915 he trained as a sculptor in the studio of his father Paul Horn (1876–1959). From 1915 to 1916 he studied at the well-known Bad Warmbrunn wood carving school in Lower Silesia . In 1916 he then attended the sculpture class at the Halle Craft School (later Halle School of Applied Arts ). He did his military service in the last two years of the First World War . From 1919 freelance in Halle and in the same year co-founder of the Halle artist group. From 1920 participation in the proletarian cultural association Halle-Kröllwitz. Horn created woodcuts under the pseudonym Richard Borgk and texts under the pseudonym Paul Reinhold.

Gate of the warning in the city park of Lutherstadt Eisleben

From 1923 to 1925 he created political graphics , monuments and ceramics in Halle . During this time he married Anneliese Hörniß from Halle in 1924 . From 1926 to 1933 he was chairman of the Halle-Merseburg district group of the Reich Association of German Artists . After the National Socialists came to power, he was persecuted for "democratic convictions". During the entire time of the Second World War he did military service again.

After the war, he and Karl Völker took over the reorganization of visual artists in Saxony-Anhalt in the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBK) from 1945 . Since 1952 he has been restoring architectural sculptures in Berlin. From 1952 to 1968 Richard Horn directed the restoration of the baroque sculptures destroyed by the war at the Museum of German History . A number of works in public space, especially in Halle, the center of his life (including monuments to Wilhelm Roux , August Bebel and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , architectural sculptures and several memorials), today testify to Horn's successful and recognized work.

His large clock at the Pestalozzi School in Halle (Saale) is considered the first in Germany to depict the daily routine of the students in the form of the activities at the respective hour as sculptures. His OdF monument (victims of fascism) in Wansleben was one of the first in Germany after the Second World War. The forest animal fountain in Halle (Saale) shows the animals of the adjacent wooded area Dölauer Heide . As a memorial for peace , his memorial for the founding of the GDR in Haldensleben was redesigned. His group of figures The Way to Death in Schönebeck (Elbe) is now one of the sights of the Elbe city due to its monumentality.

His grave is located in the columbarium of the Gertraudenfriedhof in Halle.

Richard Horn and Mrs. Anneliese grave

Works

Clock at the Pestalozzi School in Halle (Saale)

Endless street in Halle (Saale)

His works include u. a .:

• Lutherstadt Eisleben
  • Gate of reminder for the victims of the First World War, built 1929–1932
• Haldensleben
  • Memorial for Peace in the Market, 1950
• Halle (Saale)
  • Dance of death reliefs (with Paul Horn) on the pillars in front of the Gertraudenfriedhof chapel, around 1914
  • Ceramic architectural sculpture (several dozen animal sculptures & ceramic reliefs) from Anton-Russy-Strasse & Robert-Mühlpforte-Strasse, 1921
  • Expressionist Pietà of the Cenotaph for the fallen of the First World War in the Church of St. Francis and St. Elisabeth , 1922
  • Forest animal fountain on Hubertusplatz, 1932
  • Memorial field for the victims of fascism on the Gertraudenfriedhof , obelisk and individual stones from 1948/1949
  • City coat of arms at the Ratshof (today town hall), 1951
  • Memorial plaque in honor of Ernst Kromayer in the library of the University Dermatology Clinic, around 1962
  • Monument " The Endless Road " from 1980 in the columbarium of the Gertraudenfriedhof
• Löbejün
  • War memorial for the fallen from 1914–18, around 1924
• Schönebeck (Elbe)
  • The way to death in Nikolaistrasse on the banks of the Elbe
  • Memorial The Endless Road for the Victims of War and Violence in the Columbarium in the same cemetery, 25 sculptures from 1972/76
• Wansleben
  • Memorial to the victims of fascism on Stedtener Strasse, 1946

Other works of art by Horn in public spaces can be found in Eisleben, Roitzsch, Haldensleben, Hettstedt, Cottbus, Colpa-Zschornewitz, Korbetha. He also painted the churches in Trippigleben and Salzwedel (St. Georg).

Awards and honors

• 1977 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
• 1982 Hans Grundig Medal

Richard-Horn-Strasse is in Halle today .

literature

• Allmuth Schuttwolf: Hallesche Plastik in the 20th century. (Dissertation), Halle (Saale) 1981.
• List of monuments. Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 4, City of Halle, Halle (Saale) 1996.

Web links

Commons : Richard Horn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Eisleben - The Monument Gate of the Reminder in the City Park in Lutherstadt Eisleben (with photos)
• Brief history of the mining monument in Hettstedt (with photo)
• Horn's works in Halle (Saale)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sabine Meinel: Karl Völker. Life and work. (Excerpt from the dissertation), Halle (Saale) 2008 ( PDF file ).
2. ↑ The sculptor Richard Horn is 85 years old today . In: Neues Deutschland , January 21, 1983, p. 4.
3. ↑ Dieter Dolgner: The Pestalozzischule. In: Dieter Dolgner (Ed.): Historical school buildings of the city of Halle / Saale.