Richard Meier (People's Artist)

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Richard Meier (born July 24, 1888 in Lößnitz , † November 29, 1964 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld ) was a German folk artist from the Saxon Ore Mountains .

life and work

Richard Meier began carving as a child and, together with his grandfather, made his first wooden carving figure at the age of eight. Because of his talent for drawing, he learned the profession of a painter. During the years of traveling he met an artist with whom he worked as an artist at the Wiesbaden Theater .

In 1908 he returned to the Ore Mountains and settled in Sorgau , where he a. a. worked for the village theater there. In 1910 Richard Meier had a serious accident in the Wernsdorf paper factory . His right arm remained paralyzed and he had permanent disfiguring injuries to his face. He continued to work as a painter and carver and went on a wandering tour. He joined the Bergverein Loessnitz and created the background images for a Christmas and Heimatberg. He also made such a mountain for himself. When the Zöblitzer carving community was founded, he was there to offer advice and assistance. In 1923 he took part in the Sports and Games exhibition in Dresden . From 1925 he moved with his "living home mountain" through the area. He showed it at folk festivals , at which he also presented the art of lace making and carving, including his family members.

After the Second World War , Richard Meier built his own house in Zöblitz. In 1951 he received an order from the Saxon state government to produce a mechanical model of the construction of the Sosa Dam . After four months of construction with the support of seven family members, it was presented to the public for the first time at the end of 1951 at the folk art exhibition in Dresden. Over 350,000 visitors were counted at that time. The model was then brought to Berlin and shown there at the 2nd German Folk Art Exhibition in 1952. Further orders followed and a. for the creation of a model of the construction of the skyscraper on Weberwiese in Berlin-Friedrichshain . The Association of German Artists (VBKD) accepted him as a member. The work mentioned was lost.

The tradition of carving was continued in Richard Meier's family. In 1954/1955, son Kurt created a second, slightly modified version of the mechanical Heimatberg from the dam construction in Sosa based on photographic templates , which can be viewed in the Saxon-Bohemian Ore Mountains Museum in Marienberg . Son Karl went to Altenau in the Harz Mountains in 1958 , where he designed an exhibition for his father's 100th birthday.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schnitz- und Bergverein Lößnitz eV Accessed on September 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Large district town Marienberg, city administration, Saxon-Bohemian Ore Mountains Museum - mountain magazine, exhibit 6: Mechanical home mountain construction of the Sosa dam .
  3. ^ The carver Richard Meier explaining his model "Construction of the Sosa Dam" at the folk art exhibition in Dresden , SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek.
  4. ↑ Schnitzstube Meier, Altenau: Miracles in wood , exhibition. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Meier, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folk artist from the Ore Mountains
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Loessnitz
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1964
Place of death Clausthal-Zellerfeld