Victor Seifert
Victor Heinrich Seifert (born May 19, 1870 in Döbling , † 1953 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor . After the First World War, he was one of the busiest sculptors alongside Hans Dammann and Hermann Hosaeus who created war memorials for German cities and towns.
Life
Victor Seifert was the son of garden inspector Franz Seifert and his wife Franziska Seifert nee. Franz. He attended schools in Vienna and Munich and studied at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Vienna . For further studies he went to the Berlin Art Academy . He studied with Ernst Herter , Ludwig Manzel and Peter Breuer . Study trips took him to Paris in 1903, to Italy in 1905 and to Brussels and London in 1910. Around 1930 he lived in the house at Lietzenburger Strasse 31 in Berlin, at the latest by this time he held the title of professor . Seifert's teaching activity is not known, however.
Seifert was a member of the artists 'cooperative and the sculptors' association. On May 25, 1909, he married Frieda Deditius and had their son Wolfgang with her.
Monuments (selection)
- 1902, Berlin: Hirsch - Duncker memorial
- 1903, Sebnitz : Bismarck statue on the market square
- 1905, Nossen : Bismarck statue
- 1909, Brieg (Silesia) : Bismarck statue
- 1910, Glowitz near Stolp (Pomerania, war memorial 1870/71) and Strehlen (Silesia) : Jahn monument (relief medallion)
- 1911, Liebenau (Neumark) and Tuchel (district war memorials 1870/71)
- 1912, Arnstadt : Marlitt monument, Eilenburg - Franz-Abt monument (bust), Jauer (Silesia) : Jahn monument (relief medallion), Kriescht near Küstrin (war memorial 1870/71)
- around 1913, Gross-Lossburg : bust monument of Kaiser Wilhelm II in admiral's uniform , Posen : Kaiser-Wilhelm-II.-Stein
- 1913, Brieg : Memorial of Mayor Julius Peppel, Dennewitz : War memorial 1813 for Count Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz , Emsdetten : War memorial for the fallen from 1864, 1866 and 1870/71, on Sanduferplatz, Heilsberg ( East Prussia ): Hussar memorial 1813 ( equestrian statue a Prittwitz - Hussars ), Kevelaer - Winnekendonk (war memorial 1914-1918), Mönchengladbach - Giesenkirchen (war memorial 1870/71), at the church, Kolmar ( province of Posen , war memorial 1866 and 1870/71)
- 1914, Reichenbach (Oberlausitz) : Monument to Otto Theodor von Seydewitz , only inaugurated in 1917 due to the war
- 1920, Wallstawe (war memorial 1914–1918)
- around 1921, Bad Reinerz (Silesia): Hindenburg monument, as a war memorial 1914–18, at the post office
- 1921, Dennewitz (war memorial 1914–1918), Pretzier (war memorial 1914–1918)
- 1922, Rostock : "Die Trinkende", Marienburg (West Prussia) : Voting monument 1920 , in front of the Teutonic Order Castle , Zethlingen (war memorial 1914–1918), Zinten (East Prussia, war memorial 1914–1918)
- 1923, Lübben (war memorial 1914–1918) of the Brandenburg Jäger Battalion No. 3
- 1924, Deutsch Krone (West Prussia, war memorial 1914–1918) of the infantry regiment "Graf Schwerin" (3rd Pomeranian) No. 14, Insterburg (East Prussia, war memorial 1914–1918) of the regiment Jäger auf Horses No. 9
- 1925, Frankfurt (war memorial 1914–1918) of the telegraph battalion No. 2, Jüterbog (war memorial 1914–1918) of the 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment, Magdeburg (war memorial 1914–1918) of the infantry regiment (3rd Magdeburgisches) No. 66, Mühlenbeck (war memorial 1914–1918), takers near Kolberg (Pomerania, war memorial 1914–1918), Seckenburg (East Prussia, war memorial 1914–1918)
- 1926, Heilsberg (East Prussia, war memorial 1914–1918), on the pedestal a historical knight with a lance, Neustettin (Pomerania, war memorial 1914–1918) of the Infantry Regiment (8th West Prussian) No. 175
- 1927, Mülheim an der Ruhr (war memorial 1914–1918) of the Infantry Regiment (4th Lothringisches) No. 136
- 1928, Brieg (war memorial 1914–1918), Wittenberge (war memorial 1914–1918)
- 1930, Berlin-Neukölln : Airship memorial, Lilienthalstrasse, at the then Catholic Garrison Church
literature
- Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1762 (with picture).
- Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? 10th edition, Degener, Berlin 1935, p. 1486.
- Seifert, Victor . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 461 .
- Willy Oskar Dreßler (ed.): Dressler's art manual . 9th edition, volume 2. Berlin 1930, p. 945 f.
- Peter Bloch , Sibylle Einholz , Jutta von Simson (eds.): Ethos and Pathos. The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786–1914. Exhibition catalog, Volume 2, Berlin 1990, p. 556.
Web links
Commons : Victor Seifert - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Sculpture Davis by Victor Seifert, broadcast: Lieb & Teuer , February 18, 2018, NDR , moderation: Janin Ullmann , location: Schloss Reinbek , art historian: Wilhelm Hornbostel
Individual evidence
- ^ Dressler's art manual . 9th edition, volume 2. Berlin 1930, p. 945 f.
- ↑ Seydewitz monument in Reichenbach / OL.Retrieved on April 6, 2015 .
- ^ A. Kirchner: Chronicle of Reichenbach O.-Laus. 1931, p. 41.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seifert, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seifert, Victor Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dobling |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1953 |
| Place of death | Berlin |