Simon Theodor Rauecker

Simon Theodor Rauecker (born November 15, 1854 in Munich ; † January 19, 1940 there ) was a German architect , painter and mosaic artist.

Career

After finishing school, Rauecker first studied at the Munich Polytechnic to become a master builder. In Munich he became a member of the Corps Cisaria . After completing his studies, he worked as an architect in Frankfurt am Main until 1880 . Between 1880 and 1885 he worked on the interior design of the Bavarian royal houses, especially in Neuschwanstein Castle . From 1904 Rauecker was the owner of the Royal Bavarian Mosaic Court Art Institute and he mainly worked as a mosaic artist.

Rauecker was buried in the Solln cemetery, the grave has since been abandoned.

Working as a painter

“The End of the Song”, 1890;
Illustrated catalog of the Munich annual exhibition of works of art from all nations in the royal glass palace in 1890

• Spring Dramas (1887)
• Portrait of my father (1889)

Working as a mosaic artist

Mosaic dome ( canopy ) in the exhibition building on Mathildenhöhe

• In 1903, Rauecker mosaicked the apse designed by the painter Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl , who also lived in Solln , in the parish of St. Maximilian on Auenstrasse in Munich, which celebrated Mary as Queen of All Saints. The design of the painting as a mosaic and its Byzantine elements are reminiscent of the art of early Christianity.

• Another mosaic work by Rauecker can be found in the vestibule of the extension to the Ludwig Maximilian University . Time is personified with a scepter and hourglass seated on a golden throne studded with shells. In the pedestal of the throne there is an inscription on the left side that contains the name of the designing artist and the executing company: "W. Köppen inv. Zh. Rauecker Mosaik".

• Rauecker's mosaic work, which adorns the canopy in the exhibition building on Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, is one of the works known beyond Munich . The mosaic shows the Darmstadt lion with a sword shouldered, surrounded by flowers and animals. The dome is covered with a quote from the Grand Duke: "Have awe of the old and the courage to dare to try something new, stay true to your own nature and true to the people you love"

• Apse mosaic with the risen Christ above the altar of the Luther Church in Bad Steben

• 1903: Mosaic of the Enthroned Madonna with the Child Jesus on the eastern outer facade of St. Joseph's Church in Frangart ( South Tyrol ), based on a design by the Bozen painter Heinrich Told

• Around 1910: Three-part mosaic picture ( triptych ) of a craftsman - a triumphal procession in the Art Nouveau style in the New Town Hall of Hanover , subtitled in the middle Handwerk has golden Boden , with the artist's signature Rauecker, but according to the Hanover Art and Culture Lexicon from the authorship of Julius Diez :

• 1913: Three-part mosaic picture ( triptych ) in Art Nouveau style in the Botanical Institute of Munich-Nymphenburg, subtitled Litteris et Floribus in the middle with the artist's signature Rauecker, but from the authorship of Julius Diez .

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literature

• Dorle Gribl: Solln and the Prince Ludwigshöhe. Volk Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86222-043-4 , pp. 109–111.

Web links

Commons : Simon Theodor Rauecker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bavarian State Parliament, The sculptures on the central risalit

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Wolfgang Singer : General Artist Lexicon. Volume 4, Frankfurt 1921, p. 20.
2. ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. Darmstadt 1928, p. 249.
3. ↑ Friedrich v. Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Volume 2, Hofenheim 1979. (3rd unaltered reprint of the work published in Dresden from 1891–1901)
4. ^ Marita Krauss: The royal Bavarian purveyors to the court. Munich 2009, p. 311.
5. ↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Trammplatz 2 , in: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 206ff.