Walter Rosenberg

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Yorck memorial

Walter Rosenberg (born August 21, 1882 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † April 1945 by suicide ) was a German sculptor and artist.

Life

Rosenberg studied at the Königsberg Art Academy from 1899 to 1902 and was a master student of Friedrich Reusch for three years . After traveling through France and Italy, he finally settled in Königsberg. Here he quickly became a recognized artist and sculptor. Most of his work in the former provinces of Pomerania and East Prussia was desecrated and destroyed under Polish and Soviet administration after the Second World War.

He showed some works at exhibitions of the Königsberger Kunstverein .

Works

  • Friedland ( East Prussia Province )
    • Statue of the Grand Master of Trier on the facade of the town hall (completed in 1929)
    • Duke Albrecht of Prussia statue on the facade of the town hall
    • Paul von Hindenburg statue ( as Roland ) on the facade of the town hall
  • Cross a. Eastern Railway ( Province of Pomerania )
    War memorial 1914–18
  • Marienburg ( Province of West Prussia )
    Schützenbrunnen (completed in 1925)
  • Mehlsack (East Prussia Province)
    War memorial 1914–18 (erected in 1914)
  • Königsberg (East Prussia Province)
    • Busts of Frey and Heidemann in the Kneiphöfisches Rathaus
    • Knight's Fountain on the south side of the palace (completed in 1903)
    • Relief by Hermann Claaß in the zoo (preserved and repositioned)
    • Allegorical group "Peace" at the Bismarck monument
      - draft of the monument by the sculptor Friedrich Reusch (erected in 1901)
    • General Yorck von Wartenburg - statue, on Walter-Simon-Platz at Königstor (unveiled February 5, 1913)
    • Equestrian relief of the Great Elector, at the restaurant "Zum Kurfürsten", formerly Steindamm 153 (built in 1930)
  • Labiau (East Prussia Province)
    • Commander von Schindekopp statue on the facade of the town hall (completed in 1930)
    • City governor von Nettelhorst statue on the facade of the town hall
    • Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm statue on the facade of the town hall
    • Field Marshal General Paul von Hindenburg statue on the facade of the town hall
  • Ortelsburg (Province of East Prussia)
    Battalion Monument 1914–18 of the East Prussian Jäger Battalion 'Graf York von Wartenburg' No. 1, at the castle (unveiled August 17, 1924)
    - a standing hunter with a rifle on the plinth
  • Pörschken , District of Heiligenbeil (Province of East Prussia)
    War memorial 1914–18 (unveiled 1927)
  • Tapiau (Province of East Prussia)
    war memorial 1914–18 ( as market fountain )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, Walter. In: Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt : Königsberg sculptures and their masters 1255–1945. Würzburg 1970, p. 141.
personal data
SURNAME Rosenberg, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH April 1945
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)