Rudolf Schweinitz
Rudolf Schweinitz (born January 15, 1839 in Charlottenburg , † January 7, 1896 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor.
Life
Rudolf Schweinitz trained at the Berlin Academy from 1855 to 1865 with Hermann Schievelbein , where he participated in his Freiherr-vom-Stein monument. In 1865 he went to Italy via Paris and then made shorter study trips to Copenhagen , Munich , Vienna and Pest . Even the genre figures he worked on at that time aroused the most beautiful hopes, which he later fulfilled in abundance. In an existential crisis due to a lack of commissions, he committed suicide in 1896 .
Works
- Gleaners
- Praying Italian
- Lovely Psyche , 1871
- Work for the decoration of the Alte Nationalgalerie together with Otto Geyer (in the gable triangle the group of the three fine arts, also a stairwell frieze)
- 1870–1880: Ensemble Krieg , four groups of figures made of sandstone in the Great Zoo , southwest of the House of World Cultures . The figures were placed near the Reichstag building on the former Alsenplatz until 1938 and were moved out of the way for Albert Speer's planned “ World Capital Germania ”
- Farewell of the compatriot to August Wittig
- Battle of Rudolf Schweinitz
- Caring for the wounded by Ludwig Brodwolf (partially destroyed, but left in place)
- Happy homecoming from Alexander Calandrelli
- 1870–1880: Ensemble : four German rivers , four groups of figures made of sandstone in the Großer Tiergarten , on Großfürstenplatz / John-Foster-Dulles-Allee opposite the House of World Cultures . The figures stood around a Triton fountain by Josef von Kopf in a semicircle. Some of the figures are missing heads, they are smeared and have bullet holes. They are currently in a depot, only the well and the plinth are available. For a long time they were in a depot, only the well and the plinth were present. In the meantime (2015) they have been restored and put back in their original location.
- August Wittig : The Vistula (wood rafting, corn picker)
- Rudolf Schweinitz: The Oder (woman, miner, sheep shearer )
- Alexander Calandrelli : The Elbe (Mercury and a Boy with a Gear)
- Rudolf Schweinitz: The Rhine (grape harvest, salmon catch)
- Germania as a war memorial for the city of Gera , 1874
- 1874 together with Alexander Calandrelli and Carl Schuler the completion of the equestrian monument to King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia in Cologne after Gustav Blaeser's death. 20 statues on the long sides of the pedestal were made by Schweinitz
- Eight colossal groups for the Königsbrücke in Berlin
- Statue of Grand Master Hermann von Salza for the city of Thorn
- Memorial: Battle of the Teutonic Order against the pagan Prussians for the Vistula Bridge in Thorn.
- Girl after bath
- mother with child
- Figure Der Endangered Cupid , Berlin (National Gallery), 1881
- Reliefs from the history of Berlin for the balcony parapet of the Berlin City Hall (facade frieze on Jüdenstrasse)
- Reliefs for the balcony of the town hall in Bremen
- 20 statues for the main post office in Cologne
- 1889 grave figure of the hereditary burial Riedel, Berlin, cemetery II of the Georgen Parochialgemeinde
- 1890 the Kaiser Wilhelm monument in Wülfrath
- Bust of James Keith
- Bust of Moritz Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- Bust of Friedrich Graf von Gessler . All three busts for the Berlin Hall of Fame
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweinitz, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1896 |
| Place of death | Berlin |