Werner Hempel (sculptor)

Werner Hempel (born November 1, 1904 in Dresden ; † September 18, 1980 there ) was a German sculptor and restorer .

Life

Werner Hempel was the son of Oskar Paul Hempel (1887–1954) and after finishing school he began his training as a sculptor in his father's workshop on Wehlener Straße in Tolkewitz . His father devoted himself to the art of tombs and, in addition to his workshop, had a forge and a carpentry shop. From 1927 to 1930 Werner Hempel studied sculpture at the Dresden Art Academy and was a master student of Karl Albiker . From 1930 he worked as a freelance sculptor in Dresden. After the Second World War he returned home from captivity in 1946. First he rebuilt the workshop that had been destroyed by the bombing raids in 1945 . As early as 1946, he campaigned for the reconstruction of the city of Dresden, which was in ruins, and began with his sculptor journeymen in the Zwingerbauhütte . His extensive knowledge and experience helped him secure and preserve destroyed or dilapidated monuments from the Baroque period . In this way, many testimonies to the architectural monuments were able to emerge in their new splendor. His sphere of activity included not only Dresden, but also Görlitz , Torgau , Altenburg , Jena , Weimar and Schwerin .

Werner Hempel died on September 18, 1980 and was buried in the Johannisfriedhof in Tolkewitz. His estate is in the main state archive in Dresden . His son Christian (1937–2015) trained as a stone sculptor in his father's business and went into business for himself in the Oberloschwitz district . The company was taken over by his son Julius Hempel (1971–2015) and, after his death, the twin brother Sebastian Hempel (* 1971), who now runs the company in the fourth generation.

Works (selection)

Werner Hempel restored the fountain of the destroyed Dinglinger house and put him in 1966 to the New Gewandhaus .

• Active participation in Dresden in the reconstruction of the Zwinger , the Catholic Court Church and free sculptures in the Great Garden
• Development of the Altmarkt -Westseite 1956: Relief history of the Altmarktecke
• Relief HO department store Altmarkt
• Student residence Güntzstraße : sandstone relief Theodor Körner
• 1966: Renovation and repositioning of the Dinglinger Fountain in Dresden with Walter Flemming

Other objects outside of Dresden:

• Copy of the figure of Bacchus on the Jacobstein , Radebeul
• Moritzburg Castle
• Hartenfels Castle in Torgau
• Altenburg Castle
• Market fountain and town hall in Oschatz , Bad Muskau , Jena, Wismar and Schwerin
• Baroque castle Rammenau
• Grave slab for Countess Cosel at Stolpen Castle
• Outdoor sculptures in the Großsedlitz baroque garden
• Baroque Seusslitz Castle
• Tuchmachertor in Meissen
• Restoration or replica of Saxon post mile pillars
• Restoration of the arm of the Hebe , a cast by Bertel Thorvaldsen from 1816 in the garden under the "Amititae" temple of the Göschenhaus in Grimma .

Web links

• Website about Werner Hempel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ life data after the entry in the Saxon biography .
2. ^ Johannisfriedhof. In: Dresdner-Stadtteile.de. Retrieved on August 22, 2014 (Gräberfeld 3 J). 
3. ↑ 12697 - Werner Hempel's personal estate. Main State Archive Dresden, accessed on August 22, 2014 . 
4. ^ History. Sculptor Hempel, accessed November 24, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Harald Lachmann: Heavy blow for the sculptor dynasty Hempel. In: natursteinonline.de. February 12, 2015, accessed November 24, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Collective of authors, research group Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen (Ed.), Lexikon Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen, transpress, Berlin 1989.
7. ↑ The original statue was created by Thorvaldsen in 1816. He made two casts of it.
8. ↑ Göschen & Seume in Grimma, Edition AB Fischer, 2nd revised edition, Berlin, p. 31.