Wilhelm Andreas

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Friedrich Wilhelm Andreas (born July 1, 1882 in Volkmarsdorf , † October 15, 1951 in Leipzig ) was a German sculptor , porcelain designer and interior designer .

Wilhelm Andreas in his studio in 1924, in the showcase small porcelain sculptures, top row group "Joy"

Life

education

The son of a Leipzig typesetter studied from Easter 1899 to Easter 1903 as a full-time student at the Leipzig Art Academy and was again a student of Adolf Lehnert from 1919 to 1920 . In the meantime he was ten years in Berlin busy with arts and crafts works and forming on study trips, which took him to Rome and Paris led, self-taught on.

Creating art

He then settled in Leipzig as a freelance artist. He lived at Zeitzer Strasse 2a (today Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse). His studio was in the Künstlerhaus on Nikischplatz . After its destruction on December 4, 1943, he and Johannes Hartmann used the heavily damaged former studio of Max Klinger , which Hartmann was the owner.

In addition to sculptural work on industrial and public buildings such as the building of the Leipziger Oberpostdirektion, Andreas mainly created portrait busts and reliefs , which were made in bronze . In the case of small figurative sculptures, his artistic interest was directed towards the expression of rhythm and movement, which is why his moderate expressionist designs often have strong stylizations and are thematically dedicated to the sports genre . From 1914, these figures were increasingly made of white glazed porcelain.

Andreas was active in sports himself. He was also involved in publications of the Verband Mitteldeutscher Ballspiel-Vereine , in which he was organized. He won numerous sports prizes and was the holder of the Association's Silver Badge of Honor of the North West Saxony Gau. This also explains the portrayal of sports officials in his sculptural work.

In 1927 his works were shown in a collective exhibition in the Leipziger Künstlerhaus . In 1932 he was represented with five works at the 2nd major art exhibition in Berlin. In 1939, 1941 and 1942 he was invited to participate in the major art exhibitions in Munich . Andreas also worked as an interior designer.

He died in Leipzig. The urn of the long-time chairman of the Saxon Association of Visual Artists was buried in a prominent place in the southern cemetery there. The tomb has not been preserved.

  • Bronze relief for fallen gymnasts at the Leipzig Südfriedhof

  • Bronze relief for the sports official Rudolph Witzgall

  • Relief August Fritz Groh, gymnastics and sports director of the city of Leipzig

  • Police dog on the roof of the Leipzig Police Department (Dimitroffstrasse)

  • Sculptures at the entrance to the Lipsius building of the HTWK Leipzig (formerly Oberpostdirektion)

Works (selection)

Portraits

as bronze busts or reliefs

Small plastic

  • 1920 dancing couple, marble
  • 1920 shot putter, bronze
  • 1920 Pierrot, porcelain, unmounted, Volkstedt
  • 1920 swordsman, bronze
  • 1920 Adolescent Aesculapius heals a sick person, group of figures, porcelain, unmounted, Gebr. Heubach
  • 1921 javelin thrower, bronze
  • 1921 “Joy” group, porcelain, glazed
  • 1921 dancer, porcelain, unmounted, Gebr. Heubach
  • 1921 dancer, porcelain, unmounted, Volkstedt
  • 1928 Leda and the Swan, porcelain, unmounted, Gebr. Heubach
  • 1928 Foam Born, bronze
  • 1930 speed, bronze
  • 1937 swimmer before the start, bronze
  • Standing female nude with shawm, bronze
  • Rail workers, bronze on marble plinth

Large sculpture

  • 1925 Police dog on the roof of the Leipzig Police Department
  • 1926 Artificial stone reliefs above the main entrance of the Leipziger Oberpostdirektion (today Lipsiusbau of the University of Technology, Economics and Culture Leipzig (HTWK))
  • 1927 Granite memorial stone with a bronze plate for gymnasts who died in World War I at the Südfriedhof Leipzig

literature

  • General artist lexicon (AKL). The visual artists of all times and peoples . KG Saur, Munich / Leipzig 1992ff., ISBN 3-598-22740-X .
  • Rainer Behrends: Wilhelm Andreas (1882–1951). A sculptor from Leipzig, once highly praised, now unknown. in: Leipziger Blätter No. 62 (2013), pp. 55–58
  • Otto Pelka: German ceramics 1900 to 1925. Reprint, Reutlingen 1980.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Leipziger Blätter (see literature)
  2. ^ According to information from the cemetery chancellery, the grave site was not extended after the statutory rest period had expired and was re-occupied in 1971.

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personal data
SURNAME Andreas, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andreas, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Volkmarsdorf
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 1951
Place of death Leipzig