Ulla Scholl

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Ulla Scholl
Bust of Thomas Mann, 1969
The aspiring, 1968
Seated, 2000 Eternal spring, 1985
Seated, 2000
Eternal spring, 1985

Ulla Scholl (also Ulla Scholl senior, born March 18, 1919 in Darmstadt ; † August 21, 2011 in Dachau ) was a German sculptor . She belongs to a dynasty of sculptors that can be traced back to the 17th century and that has produced twelve artists over several generations. Members included Johann Baptist Scholl the Elder. Ä. (1784–1854), Johann Baptist Scholl the Younger (1818–1881).

Life

She was born as the youngest daughter of the sculptor Hermann Maria Scholl (1875–1957) in Darmstadt. Ulla Scholl began her studies in 1937 with Gustav Scheinpflug at the Mainz School of Art. From 1938 on she studied sculpture with Hermann Geibel , architecture with Rosemann and art history with Ottilie Thiemann-Stoedtner at the TH Darmstadt and at the Städelschule in Frankfurt with Herbert Garbe . Thanks to a grant her hometown she could 1940 in Munich sculpture u. a. study with Joseph Wackerle .

Ulla Scholl has been working as a freelance artist since the 1950s and became known nationwide thanks to her sculptural works in public spaces and for art in architecture. She lived for many years in Munich and later in Dachau . After the death of Ottilie Thiemann-Stoedtner, whom she knew from their youth together in Darmstadt, she lived in the Carl Thiemann House on Hermann-Stockmann-Strasse in Dachau, where her daughter, the sculptor and painter Ulla M Scholl jun. (* 1948) still lives and works today.

In 1976 she was the first woman to be commissioned to create a work for the Munich Hall of Fame and to create the marble bust of the Bavarian State Minister Maximilian Graf von Montgelas . In 1987 an order for the bust of Adolf von Hildebrand followed .

Ulla Scholl died in Dachau at the age of 92. She was buried in the family grave at the Alter Friedhof (Darmstadt) (grave site: IB 105).

Maximilian of Montgelas Adolf von Hildebrand
Maximilian of Montgelas
Adolf von Hildebrand
Sun Dance, 1990

Works

  • 1954: Ammonite fountain in the inner courtyard of the Geological Institute of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Munich.
  • 1954: Bronze bust of Albert Maucher , University of Munich.
  • 1954: Bronze bust Bollinger, commissioned by the Med. Institute LMU Munich.
  • 1954: Bronze bust Seyfried, commissioned by the Med. Institute LMU Munich.
  • 1955: Bronze fountain sculpture, Munich residential complex.
  • 1955: Restoration work on several reliefs on the facade of the University of Munich.
  • 1955: Bronze busts Consul General Norbert Handwerk (Insel-Film) and his father.
  • 1955: Bronze bust Dir. Strauff, advertising agency, Essen.
  • 1958: Bronze fence “Scheufelen” grave complex, Scheufelen paper mill, Oberlenningen.
  • 1959: Bronze bust of Wilhelm Strahringer , Darmstadt.
  • 1959: bronze bust of Lord Mayor Dr. Ludwig Engel, commissioned by HEAG, Darmstadt.
  • 1960: Wrought iron facade relief "Sun Dance", commissioned by HEAG, Darmstadt.
  • 1960: Bronze bust of the writer Carlo Mierendorff, commissioned by the city of Darmstadt.
  • 1961: Bronze bust of Lord Mayor Walter Klaus Köbel , City of Rüsselsheim.
  • 1961: Bronze statue of Darmstadt housing complex, commissioned by the City of Darmstadt.
  • 1961: Mosaic wall made of Plexiglas, administration building Röhm & Haas, Darmstadt.
  • 1961: Fountain mosaic in the entrance hall of the Südhessisches Wasserwerk, Darmstadt.
  • 1962: Bronze statue "Elly Heuss-Knapp", Elly Heuss-Knapp School, Darmstadt.
  • 1962: bronze sculpture with fountain Jugenheim, commissioned by HEAG, Darmstadt.
  • 1963: Bronze fountain sculpture in the Merk company, commissioned by the Hessian Electricity Works, Darmstadt.
  • 1964: Bronze sculpture "Mövengruppe", commissioned by Bauverein, Darmstadt.
  • 1964: Concrete frieze in the sauna courtyard of the indoor swimming pool in der Lacke, commissioned by the city of Rüsselsheim.
  • 1964: Aluminum sculpture Dresdner Bank, Nuremberg.
  • 1965: Large sculpture in cast concrete mother with child , Mannheim; a second casting was donated by her to the city of Dachau in 1973.
  • 1967: Bronze bust of John F. Kennedy, Washington Museum, USA.
  • 1968: The aspiring, sculpture, Konrad-Adenauer-Allee 148 in Bonn-Gronau.
  • 1969: bronze bust by Thomas Mann, commissioned by the city of Munich.
  • 1969: Second casting by Thomas Mann School Arheilgen, award of the Johann Heinrich Merck Prize.
  • 1969: Large bronze sculpture for the Königstein training center of Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt a. M.
  • 1969: Copper relief "Lichtfunke", electricity works, Darmstadt.
  • 1970: Large bronze sculpture "Energy", Isar-Amper-Werke administration building, Munich.
  • 1971: Large bronze sculpture "Untitled", Dresdner Bank, Munich.
  • 1973: Large sculpture (concrete) Hasenbergl Munich, commissioned by the city of Munich.
  • 1974: Aluminum sculpture Dresdner Bank Duisburg, commissioned by Dresdner Bank.
  • 1974: bronze animal sculpture with fountain, non-profit housing association Munich.
  • 1975: Thomas Mann bronze cast in the Thomas Mann Gymnasium in Munich.
  • 1975: Monument with bronze bust of the local poet Robert Schneider, commissioned by the city of Darmstadt.
  • 1975: Bronze bust of Ottilie Thiemann-Stoettner, art historian and author of the book biography about the court sculptor Johann Baptist Scholl the Elder. J.
  • 1976: Marble bust of the Bavarian State Minister Maximilian Graf von Montgelas (1759–1838) for the Hall of Fame in Munich, commissioned by the Bavarian State ... can claim the award of being the first woman to create a bust for the Bavarian Temple of Honor on Theresienhöhe. (Munich Mercury)
  • 1976: Bronze bust of Maximilian von Montgelas , Munich Hall of Fame .
  • 1976: Bronze bust of the Dachau painter and wood cutter Carl Thiemann, Sparkasse Dachau.
  • 1976: Large bronze sculpture "Untitled" Adenauerplatz Eberstadt-Süd, commissioned by the City of Darmstadt.
  • 1980: Bronze sculpture of St. Vitus on the pillar of fire, commissioned by the church, Pastor Oberreuter.
  • 1980: bronze fountain sculpture "Johannes", community Sulzemoos.
  • 1981: Bronze bust by Ernst Schneider, founder of the Lustheim Palace (Schleissheim) porcelain collection, commissioned by the Bavarian Palaces and Lake Administration, Munich.
  • 1983: Stone sculpture tomb Elsässer, Munich.
  • 1987: Marble bust of Adolf von Hildebrand for the Munich Hall of Fame, commissioned by the Bavarian State
  • 1993: Reconstruction models for the restoration of the "FORTUNA" and "FAUNA" fountains at Herrenchiemsee Palace, commissioned by the Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes , Munich, models in Herrenchiemsee Palace.
  • 1994: Large bronze sculpture "Vincenz von Paul", Gymnasium Kloster Markt Indersdorf, commissioned by the Dachau district office.
  • 1995: Steel sculpture "Untitled", Sparkasse Heimhausen, commissioned by Sparkasse Dachau.
  • 1997: Plaster relief "Joseph Effner" for the Joseph-Effner-Gymnasium, commissioned by the Dachau district office.
  • 1998: Acquisition of the cast stone sculpture "Frauenakt", Dachau District Office.
  • 2000: bronze sculpture "Playing Children", private commission from Sauerland.
  • 2006: Acquisition of the bronze sculptures “Sonnenmotiv” and “Stehende”, City of Dachau.

In Darmstadt, sculptures from the time after her studies can be seen in the following places and the following people:

  • 1959: Portrait bust of the long-time Lord Mayor Ludwig Engel , Darmstadt.
  • 1960: portrait bust Carlo Mierendorff , Darmstadt.
  • 1961: Bronze sculpture of a standing female nude, corner of Gervinusstrasse / Darmstrasse.
  • 1962: Bronze statue of Elly Heuss-Knapp , in front of the Elly-Heuss-Knapp School, Darmstadt.
  • 1963: Dog group , concrete sculpture, Kurt-Schumacher-Straße, Darmstadt-Eberstadt.
  • 1967: Bronze bust of Frank Thiess , Darmstadt.
  • 1976: Large sculpture , bronze, Adenauerplatz, Darmstadt.
  • 1977: Thomas Mann bronze cast in the Thomas Mann School, Darmstadt

Honourings and prices

literature

  • Ulla Scholl: Sculptor, Munich - Darmstadt. Darmstadt 1977

Web links

Commons : Ulla Scholl  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Ulla M. Scholl: Ancestral Gallery - Ulla Scholl and other family members on the website of Ulla M. Scholl

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sculptures, reliefs, mosaics and houses in FAZ from June 17, 2014, page 46
personal data
SURNAME Scholl, Ulla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2011
Place of death Dachau