Rudolf Freitag (sculptor)

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Rudolf Freitag working on the bust of Johannes Hevelius - picture by Wilhelm August Stryowski 1870

Rudolf Freitag (* February 5 or 26, 1805 in Breslau ; † May 19, 1890 in Gdansk ) was a German sculptor, art collector , co-founder of the Gdansk Art Museum.

Freitag was the son of an engraver and die cutter who sent him to Vienna in 1821 for an apprenticeship. In 1825 he went to Italy and became a pupil of Bertel Thorvaldsen in Rome . At the suggestion of Johann Karl Schultz , Friday 1844 came to Gdansk and also taught at the arts and crafts school founded by Johann Karl Schultz. Freitag set up his sculpture workshop in the abandoned ruins of the former Franciscan monastery . He collected works of Gdańsk handicrafts, paintings, engravings, sculptures, Gdańsk furniture, grilles, handles, door knockers, keys, musical instruments, porcelain, faience, militaria, lamps and coins, as well as curious minerals and plants.

He published a list of his collections in the journal Neue Prussische Provinzial-Blätter .

King Friedrich Wilhelm IV transferred the ownership rights to the monastery building to the city in 1855 and at the same time left Friday the sole disposal of the monastery.

Thanks to the donation of the merchant Karl Gottfried Klose, who died in 1868, the ruins were rebuilt in neo-Gothic style. The Municipal Museum was officially founded in 1870 and was officially opened on March 1, 1873.

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  1. ^ Friedrich Noack : Friday, Rudolf . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 414-415 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ). Friday, Rudolf (Rodolfo) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 44, Saur, Munich a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-598-22784-1 , p. 370.
  2. ^ A b Walther Domansky: Rudolf Freitag . In: Old Danziger. Biographies (=  East German homeland books . Volume 9 ). Danzig Publishing Company, Danzig 1923, p. 42-48 ( pbc.gda.pl ).
  3. ^ Christian Krollmann : Old Prussian Biography . tape 1 : Abegg – Malten . Elwert, Marburg / Lahn 1941, OCLC 311214881 .
  4. ↑ Hans Friedrich Secker , The Municipal Picture Gallery in the Franciscan Monastery (Danzig City Museum). WF Burau, Danzig 1913, (= guide through the public art collections in Danzig. Volume 1), p. 16 ( kpbc.ukw.edu.pl , accessed on January 27, 2019).
personal data
SURNAME Friday, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1805 or February 26, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1890
Place of death Danzig