Robert Ullmann

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Ten-year-old Robert Ullmann amid his works (1913)

Robert Ullmann (born July 18, 1903 in Mönchengladbach , † March 19, 1966 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor and medalist.

Life

Father Viktor Ullmann, fabric printing engraver by trade, and mother Pauline, née Kühnel, moved to the area around Vienna after the birth of their son Robert von Mönchengladbach. Robert Ullmann had drawn and cut silhouettes since his early childhood; he has been modeling in clay since he was five. At the age of 16 he began his studies at the Wieder Akademie für bildende Künste with the sculptor Josef Müllner and graduated at the age of 24. In 1927 he was awarded the Rome Prize for his work "Mother and Child". In 1930 he was working on a memorial to the fallen in northern France. After the annexation of Austria through the German Reich (Anschluss) he received the order for a memorial in Wöllersdorf / Lower Austria from the Nazi regime.

Grave at the central cemetery

Since 1931 he had a studio in the Prater in Vienna in the immediate vicinity of his friend and colleague Gustinus Ambrosi . Around 1940 he moved to Berlin, where General Building Inspector Albert Speer provided him with a centrally heated studio building with living rooms and a garden in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Fraunhoferstraße 24. He took over the building as the successor to Arno Breker , who had worked there from 1935 to 1939. There he created for Speer's project to transform Berlin into the world capital Germania a . a. the 4.5 m high sculpture "Die Morgenröte" (exhibited at the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich in 1943). Ullmann and Ambrosi kept abreast of their respective contacts with Speer by letter. Ullmann wrote to Ambrosi on March 25, 1942: "... I and my wife would be very happy if you would visit us on your next stay in Berlin". On April 22, 1943, Ullmann's studio in Berlin was destroyed by bombs. The artist moved to a replacement studio in Breslau, where he worked until he was drafted into the Nazi army in October 1944. After the war, he moved with his family to the Salzkammergut and returned to his state studio in Vienna in 1948.

Ullmann also worked for the Augarten porcelain factory , where he mainly designed depictions of animals, but also what is now known as the "Ullmann Nude". He was buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

Awards

Works

Carl Michael Ziehrer Memorial
Natural stone sculpture lying horse
  • Portrait of Franz Schubert at the Lichtentaler parish church , Vienna-Alsergrund, 1925, marble relief
  • Portrait of Franz Schubert at the parish church of St. Josef zu Margareten , Vienna-Margareten, 1928, relief
  • Schäfer's Lamentation by Franz Schubert (Zum Römischen Kaiser, Renngasse, Vienna Innere Stadt), 1929, relief
  • Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Church of the Birth of Mary, Vienna-Landstrasse), 1931, relief
  • Honorary grave of Eduard Kremser (Vienna Central Cemetery), 1932, bronze relief
  • Portrait of Joseph Haydn (Gumpendorfer Parish Church, Vienna-Neubau), 1932, bronze relief
  • Saint Anthony (Friedenskirche, Vienna-Favoriten), 1937, wooden figure
  • Honorary grave of Adolf Kirchl (Vienna Central Cemetery), 1937, bronze relief
  • Apostle Peter , Apostle Johannes , Apostle Paulus and Apostle Jakobus the Elder ( Catholic parish church Floridsdorf , Vienna-Floridsdorf), around 1938, stone figures
  • Virgin Mary statue ( Florianikirche , Vienna-Margareten), 1953, wood
  • Children and turtle (fountain on Richard-Kralik-Platz , Vienna-Döbling), 1954, natural stone sculpture
  • Relief stones ( Hugo Breitner Hof , Vienna-Penzing), around 1956
  • Lying horse (Troststraße 18, Vienna-Favoriten), 1958, natural stone sculpture
  • Carl Michael Ziehrer Monument ( Hauptallee , Wiener Prater), 1959
  • Memorial plaque for Frédéric Chopin , Vienna-Innere Stadt, Kohlmarkt 9. Unveiled on February 22, 1960, marble
  • Portrait of Elsa Brändström ( Arne-Karlsson-Park , Vienna-Alsergrund), 1965, relief
  • Ascension of Christ (own grave of honor at the Vienna Central Cemetery), 1966, relief
  • One-sided silver-plated bronze medal, 1928, 65 mm Viktor Keldorfer , Austrian composer and conductor. Literature: Niggl 985

literature

  • Dehio Handbook Vienna. II. To IX. and XX. District . Edited by Federal Monuments Office. Anton Schroll, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8
  • Dehio Handbook Vienna. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Edited by Federal Monuments Office. Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X
  • Christine Zippel: Sculptor Robert Ullmann (1903-1966): an artist's life in turbulent times , [Vienna]: myMorawa [2018], ISBN 978-3-99070-438-7 .
  • Otto E. Plettenbacher: Gustinus Ambrosi. Monograph. An artist's fate in the cultural and political upheavals of the 20th century. Ed .: Gustinus Ambrosi Society. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-218-01016-0 , pp. 122-126 .

Web links

Commons : Robert Ullmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Trimborn : Arno Breker. The artist and the power. Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-351-02728-5
  2. ↑ Otto E. Plettenbacher: Gustinus Ambrosi. Monograph. An artist's fate in the cultural and political upheavals of the 20th century. Ed .: Gustinus Ambrosi Society. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-218-01016-0 , pp. 122-126 .
  3. ↑ see the website of the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory
  4. ↑ viennatouristguide.at Zentralfriedhof, accessed on August 4, 2009
  5. ↑ Handbook of the City of Vienna 1964
personal data
SURNAME Ullmann, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ullmann, Robert Heinrich Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1966
Place of death Vienna