Walter Sintenis

Johann Gottlieb Fichte Monument in Rammenau

Walter Sintenis (born July 20, 1867 in Zittau , † November 15, 1911 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor , painter and medalist .

Life

Sintenis was born in Zittau in 1867. He first studied at the Dresden Art Academy with Robert Diez . He then studied with Constantin Meunier and Jules Lagae in Brussels . He later settled in Dresden again. He became a member of the artist group Die Elbier (1902 around Gotthardt Kuehl ) and worked as a freelancer in Dresden. In 1909 he was a founding member of the Dresden Artists' Association . Sintenis died in Dresden in 1911 and was buried in the Old Annenfriedhof . He was the uncle of Renée Sintenis .

Figure of an African warrior, Afrikahaus in Hamburg

plant

• 1900: Still image of an African Wahehe warrior at the entrance of the Africa House in Hamburg (1904 also called Togo - Negro ).
• 1903: Statues in the Lukaskirche Dresden: On the 4 pillars of the nave there were symbolic figures from the Gospel of Luke, which were designed by Walter Sintenis and executed by Anton Schwarz and Adolf Schwarz . “The Shepherd”, “The Vineyard Man”, “The Fisherman” and “The Sower”. Today the statues are no longer there. Images can still be found in sources before 1945.
• 1905: Bust of a southern French woman (Mademoiselle MB) (colored wax, painted), Skulpturensammlung Dresden, inventory number ZV 2492
• before 1909: Figure Übermut (bronze cast), Sculpture Collection Dresden , inventory number ZV 2359
• 1910: Figure Frau Harlan (colored wax, painted), Sculpture Collection Dresden, inventory number ZV 3385
• 1911: Figure dancer (wax, hollow casting), Dresden Sculpture Collection, inventory number ZV 2494
• 1911: Figure Beauty is the winner (wax, hollow casting), Sculpture Collection Dresden, inventory number ZV 2493
• 1911: Gustav Hartmann plaque (tin cast), Sculpture Collection Dresden, inventory number ZV 2495
• 1912: Johann Gottlieb Fichte monument in Rammenau
• Figure hair braider (bronze), Museums of the City of Dresden , City Museum Dresden , signature / inventory number: 1977 / K 99
• Relief plate as grave decoration for the shipowner and merchant Carl Woermann at the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg

literature

• Karl Woermann : History of Art. 6th volume.
• Sintenis, Walter . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 93 .

Web links

Commons : Walter Sintenis  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
2. ^ Ralf Lange : Architectural Guide Hamburg. Edition Menges, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-930698-58-7 , p. 333.
3. ↑ On the value of neo-impressionism . In: Die Kunst - monthly magazine for free and applied arts . tape 9 : Free art . F. Bruckmann, Munich 1904, p. 522 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
4. ↑ D. Kühn: The Lukaskirche in Dresden. Justus Naumann, Dresden 1904, description of the statues p. 21, picture statues p. 29, Gebrüder Schwarz p. 38.
5. ^ Artworks by Walter Sintenis in the Dresden State Art Collections .
6. ↑ Hair braiding. Deutsche Fotothek , accessed on July 31, 2013 . 
7. ^ Christine Behrens: Ohlsdorfer portraits. In: Ohlsdorf, magazine for mourning culture. , Issue 109, II, May 2010 ( ohlsdorf.de ).