Theodor Allers

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The pulpit of the Nikolaikirche (Kiel) was Theodor Allers' last work.

Theodor Allers († between May 3rd and 21st, 1704 in Kiel ) was a German baroque sculptor who worked in Schleswig-Holstein between 1684 and 1704.

Life

The carver and stone sculptor Theodor Allers can be traced back to Schleswig-Holstein from 1684. Its origin unknown. He probably did not enjoy his training in Schleswig-Holstein. His earliest known work is the wooden carved figure altar in the style of acanthus baroque in the St. George and Mauritius Church in Flemhude , which he made in 1684/85 on behalf of the lord of the manor Hans Heinrich Kielman von Kielmansegg . In the following year he created the pulpit and an epitaph for the Hohenstein church in Wangels on behalf of the lords of Ahlefeld . The altar of this church, created in 1688 and donated by Christoph Blome von Gut Farve , also comes from his workshop, also the Gutsloge donated by Anna Pogwisch in 1697 and the epitaph for her husband Bartram von Pogwisch († 1672), former bailiff of Tondern.

By 1686 at the latest, Allers was in correspondence with Duke Christian Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf . At the time, he was in exile in Hamburg, but was already planning the expansion of his Gottorf Palace and the restoration of its neglected gardens. After his return in 1689 he hired Allers as a court sculptor. With the support of the Duke, Allers was able to move into the former Freihof of the Lübeck bishop in the Dänische Strasse in Kiel and set up his workshop for wood and stone work there. With six assistants, he worked on the figurative decoration of the small cascade of the Gottorfer Neuwerkgarten according to designs by the Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin . Most of all, steps and tiles were created in his workshop. He also made several wooden statues for the garden and numerous everyday objects such as picture and mirror frames, but also carousel horses. The design of the court chapels in Eutin and probably in Kiel , Friederike Amalie's widow's residence , was probably also in his hands. For Christian Albrecht's funeral, he made the stone sarcophagus and the scaffolding ( castrum doloris ) necessary for the official funeral service .

When Christian Albrecht died in 1694, work on the palace and garden was not yet finished. The new Duke Friedrich IV continued to employ Allers, but did not appoint him as an official court sculptor like his father. Allers made the portal and the window frames of the new south wing according to the design by Johann Hinrich Böhme . After the completion of the Gottorf Palace, Allers largely lost his job at the court. In return, he increasingly accepted orders from the nobility for the stone carving work on their manor houses, which, however, could by no means replace the financial security of a permanent position at the court. In his last letter dated May 3, 1704, he asked Christian August , the regent for the underage Duke Karl Friedrich , in vain to settle an outstanding bill.

Allers last work, the pulpit for the Nikolaikirche in Kiel, was a donation of the district court notary Henning von Wedderkopp. It was only erected after Aller's death in 1705. Allers was buried in the family grave in the monastery church, which he had bought after his marriage to a Kiel citizen's daughter and in which two of his children were already buried. After 1707 his widow can no longer be found in Kiel, nothing is known of any descendants who survived him.

Preserved works
  • Epitaphs and stalls in the Hohenstein Church

  • Pulpit in the Eutin Castle Chapel

  • Altar of the Katharinenkirche in Propsteierhagen

  • Altar in the Tellingstedt church

  • Detail from the south portal of Gottorf Castle

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ His last letter is dated May 3, 1704, for May 22nd the bell for his death is recorded in the monastery church (Schillmeier: Theodor Allers - a Baroque sculptor in Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1684 - 1704 , p. 74)
  2. ↑ Schillmeier: Theodor Allers - a baroque sculptor in Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1684–1704. P. 18.
  3. ↑ The so-called Bischofshof was built around 1550 and demolished in 1893 (Schillmeier: Theodor Allers - a baroque sculptor in Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1684–1704. P. 141 ff).
  4. ↑ The current design of the small cascade with stone dolphins and the small temple replaced the wooden figures by Allers around 1758.
  5. ↑ Schillmeier: Theodor Allers - a baroque sculptor in Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1684–1704. P. 66.
  6. ↑ Schillmeier: Theodor Allers - a baroque sculptor in Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1684–1704. P. 79 f.
  7. ↑ Schillmeier: Theodor Allers - a baroque sculptor in Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf from 1684–1704. P. 111 f.
personal data
SURNAME Allers, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH before 1684
DATE OF DEATH after 1707