Sem Schlör

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Load carrier bracket by Sem Schlör, around 1590.

Sem Schlör (* first half of the 16th century in Laudenbach , † 1597 or 1598 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was a German sculptor of the Renaissance .

Life

Simon or Sem Schlör, Schleer or Schleher was born in the first half of the 16th century in Laudenbach, probably Laudenbach near Weikersheim . He had his workshop in Schwäbisch Hall and was a citizen of the city. Numerous children resulted from his three marriages. Schlör died in late 1597 or early 1598, probably in Schwäbisch Hall.

From around 1555 Schlör produced numerous epitaphs for aristocratic families in different areas of Württemberg . He also carried out some important commissions for the dukes of Württemberg, including the Apostle Credo panels for the castle church and the statues of counts for the collegiate church in Stuttgart.

Selection of works

Catalog raisonné : #Demmler 1910 , pages 179–182.

image year plant Location
  • Wall tomb of Friedrich von Sturmfeder by Sem Schlör.jpg
 1555 Wall tomb of Friedrich von Sturmfeder († 1555) and his wife Margareta von Hirnheim († 1558). Oppenweiler, church
  • Epitaph of Agata by Schenczin by Sem Schlör.jpg
 1559 Epitaph from Agata von Schenczin († 1559). Schwäbisch Hall, Michaelskirche, south side outside
  • Epitaph by Katharina Ehrerin from Sem Schlör.jpg
 1562 Epitaph by Katharina Ehrerin († 1562). Schwäbisch Hall, Michaelskirche, south side outside
  • Palace Chapel Stuttgart 06.JPG
 1562-1563 12 Apostle Credo panels, relief panels for the articles of the Apostles' Creed . Illustration: panels 7–12.

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Stuttgart, Old Castle, Castle Church
  • Crucifix by Sem Schlör, Neuhausen on the Fildern, funeral hall.jpg
 1563 Stone crucifix by Sem Schlör. Illustration: Photo from 1910. Neuhausen on the Fildern, cemetery, funeral hall
1563? 5 relief panels as an altar panel: 4 evangelists, transfiguration of Jesus. Stuttgart, Old Castle, Castle Church
  • Tomb of Sabina von Bayern 02.JPG
 1565 Grave of Duchess Sabina of Württemberg . Tübingen, collegiate church
  • S-AltesSchloss-8.jpg
 1570 Plaque with the Württemberg coat of arms of Duke Christoph and the Baden-Brandenburg alliance coat of arms of his wife Anna Maria von Brandenburg-Ansbach above the main portal on Schillerplatz. Stuttgart, Old Castle
  • Stuttgart Stiftskirche table grave Albrecht von Hohenlohe 1.jpg
 1576-1577 Table grave of Albrecht von Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

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Stuttgart, collegiate church, choir
  • Stuttgart Collegiate Church Count statues 2.jpg
 1578-1584 11 statues of the Counts of Württemberg.

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Stuttgart, collegiate church, choir
  • Simson with the city gates.jpg
 1586/1587 Sculptures of the New Lusthaus :
  • Samson with the city gates (picture left)
  • Load carrier consoles (cover picture).
 Stuttgart, Städtisches Lapidarium / Villa Berg / Park of the Villa Berg

reception

August Wintterlin judged Schlör's work in 1890:

“Schlör's figures are always smart or well laid out and sometimes very cheeky; in the ornaments he develops a lot of imagination and taste; At that time he represented more of the Franconian artistic character with his works in Württemberg than his Swabian comrade Jos. Schmid in Urach, Jak. Woller in Schw.-Gmünd and Leonhard Baumhauer in Tübingen. "

Despite fundamental appreciation, Theodor Demmler criticized Schlör's sometimes superficial way of working in 1910:

“He quickly casts off the bias of his youthful works and with each assignment his ability to formulate pictorial thoughts simply, naturally and appropriately increases. In contrast to some later ones, it appears to be free from aberrations of taste as long as it is measured against the standards of German Renaissance art. ... His feeling is coarse but never spurious. His technique without delicacy, but also without obtrusiveness. If we still have pleasant but not really significant works by his hand, the reason is probably less the lack of talent than the somewhat quick-witted manner of the master. He did not get any deeper into his tasks: even his clients probably had little understanding of the qualities of maturity and balance of a work of art. "

literature

life and work

Individual works

  • Andreas Keller: Castle Church - Former altar with the 12 stone reliefs by Sem Schlör. Andreas Keller Photography, Altdorf 2016, online .
  • Andreas Keller: Neuhausen adF - cemetery - old funeral hall. Andreas Keller Photography, Altdorf 2016, online .
  • Andreas Keller: Castle Church, inside (5) - altar. Andreas Keller Photography, Altdorf 2016, online .

Web links

Commons : Sem Schlör  - Collection of Images

Footnotes

  1. ↑ #Klemm 1882 , page 149.
  2. ↑ #Demmler 1910 , page 179, plate 17.
  3. ↑ #Demmler 1910 , page 180, plate 17.
  4. ↑ #Demmler 1910 , page 180, plate 17.
  5. ↑ #Keller 2016 , #Demmler 1910 , page 206–212, plate 23.
  6. ↑ #Keller 2016.2 , #Demmler 1910 , page 212, plate 19.
  7. ↑ #Keller 2016.3 .
  8. ↑ #Winterlin 1890 , #Klemm 1882 , page 147.
  9. ↑ #Demmler 1910 , pages 218–219, plate 20.
  10. ↑ #Demmler 1910 , pages 226-239, plates 24-28.
  11. ↑ #Winterlin 1890 .
  12. ↑ #Demmler 1910 , pp. 173-174.
personal data
SURNAME Schlör, Sem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH between 1600 and 1650
PLACE OF BIRTH Laudenbach
DATE OF DEATH 1597 or 1598
Place of death Schwäbisch Hall