Robert Cauer the Younger
Robert Cauer the Younger (born January 3, 1863 in Kreuznach ; † February 28, 1947 in Darmstadt ) was a German sculptor and member of the Cauer family of artists .
Life
Robert Cauer the Younger was the son and pupil of Karl Cauer . In 1880 he made a study trip to Rome . In 1889 he worked as a portraitist in St. Louis . After another stay in St. Louis (1904), he settled in Darmstadt in 1906, where he worked as a freelance sculptor.
In 1902, the year in which he married, he created the monument to Michel Mort and the Battle of Sprendlingen in 1279 , a copy of which is now on the egg market in Bad Kreuznach . The original is in the Bad Kreuznach townhouse. On November 25, 1916, he was awarded the title of professor by the Hessian Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig . In 1917 Prof. Robert Cauer d. J. awarded the Hessian citizenship.
His grave is in the old Darmstadt cemetery . Its tympanum is located at the Pauluskirche in Darmstadt .
In Darmstadt a street ( 49 ° 51 ′ 14.3 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 19.4 ″ E ) was named after Robert Cauer.
literature
- Friedrich Back : Cauer, Robert d. J. In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 201 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Robert Cauer the Younger. In: Saur - General Artist Lexicon. Volume 17, KG Saur, Munich-Leipzig, 1997, ISBN 3-598-22757-4 , 334 f.
- Archive of the city of Bad Kreuznach (ed.): The Michel Mort monument by Robert Cauer d. J. (pamphlet).
- Elke Masa: The Cauer family of sculptors in the 19th and 20th centuries. Nine sculptors from four generations - Emil Cauer d. Ä., Carl Cauer, Robert Cauer the Elder Ä., Robert Cauer the Elder J., Hugo Cauer, Ludwig Cauer, Emil Cauer the Elder. J., Stanislaus Cauer, Hanna Cauer. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-7861-1582-6 (also: Berlin, Freie Univ., Diss., 1983).
Web links
- Cauer, Robert the Younger Karl Emil. Hessian biography. (As of February 28, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Entry on Robert Cauer the Younger in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
Individual evidence
- ^ Roland Dotzert: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8062-1930-2 , p. 125.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cauer, Robert the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kreuznach |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1947 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |