Rudolf Kaesbach
Rudolf Kaesbach (born July 22, 1873 in Gladbach , † December 4, 1955 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
life and work
Kaesbach was one of four sons of Carl Josef Kaesbach (1839–1928) and Anna Petronella Kaesbach, nee. Hülsmann (1844-1892). His younger brother Walter Kaesbach was an art historian.
Rudolf Kaesbach studied at the academies in Hanau (drawing), Paris (foundry) and Brussels. In Düsseldorf he ran a workshop in which he cast from his own models.
From 1904 he worked as a sculptor in Berlin and appeared in public with a series of life-size marble figures at exhibitions in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Malmö. Later he devoted himself increasingly to the representation of female nudes . Much of his work led beyond Art Nouveau to Art Deco .
In 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1943 Kaesbach showed his sculptures at the Great German Art Exhibitions in the House of German Art in Munich. These exhibitions were representative of art under National Socialism .
literature
- Large German art exhibition in 1939 in the House of Art in Munich. Official exhibition catalog, Munich 1939 and the issues from 1940, 1941 and 1943.
- Kaesbach, Rudolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 424 .
Web links
- Rudolf Kaesbach (German, 1873–1955). In: artnet , with pictures of Kaesbach's work
Individual evidence
- ^ Knut Brehm, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin , Jörg Kuhn: Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin: Catalog of the pictorial works 1780-1920. Letter Foundation , 2003, ISBN 3-930633-15-9 , p. 147.
- ^ Karl H. Bröhan , Dieter Högermann , Reto Niggl: Porcelain: Fine arts and design 1889 to 1939. Bröhan-Museum , 1993, p. 183.
- ↑ Victor Arwas : Art deco sculpture. Academy Editions, 1992, p. 237.
- ↑ Georg Imdahl : How Hitler presented himself as a patron of the arts. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 16, 2017 ( faz.net ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaesbach, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1955 |
| Place of death | Berlin |