Wilhelm Fassbinder (sculptor)

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Wilhelm Fassbinder (born April 20, 1858 in Cologne ; † August 10, 1915 there ) was a German sculptor and medalist . His work can be assigned to both historicism and reform art.

Life

Wilhelm Fassbinder first attended elementary school in Cologne. He then learned the craft of a stonemason in the workshop of his stepfather Johann (Jean) Nothen . Since Nothen had a name in decorative sculpture in Cologne, Fassbinder also received artistic training in this studio, which led him to high quality and great recognition in a very short time. A significant part of his work is connected with the Melaten cemetery in Cologne, for this central cemetery , which is over 200 years old , he created 71 tombs with partly larger than life natural stone sculptures and bronze applications . The architectural sculpture has been a second focus in his work. On the day of its inauguration (October 20, 1911), Fassbinder was personally awarded the Prussian Order of the Crown, 4th class, by Kaiser Wilhelm II for the Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain Monument in Daun .

Fassbinder, who employed up to twelve stonemasons in his Cologne studio at Venloer Strasse 17, was a member of the Association for the Promotion of Sculpture in the Rhineland and Westphalia and the Association of Cologne Sculptors . The latter was particularly concerned with the participation of Cologne artists in the execution of the figures on the Cologne town hall tower . He was not only a member, but also the secretary and his studio was the seat of the association. In addition, he was the first chairman of the Cologne Meister-Wilhelm-Bund , whose primary concern was to represent the professional interests of the sculptors' guild. He was also a member of the Artists' Association of German Sculptors and a member of the committee for the Cologne House at the Cologne Werkbund exhibition in 1914. For example, the German Red Cross or the Cologne Men's Singing Association , which also felt committed to charity , confirm Fassbinder's support for charitable endeavors. Wilhelm Fassbinder was married to Gertrud Hinsen, the daughter of the rector of the cathedral school . The two had three children: Magdalena Maria (* 1886), the opera singer Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Fassbinder (1887–1946) and the concert harpist Antonie Gertrud (* 1890). Fassbinder died suddenly of a stroke at the age of only 57 .

Works in public space (if known)

Graves in the Melaten cemetery

Bust of Gerhard Schönen in the Melaten Cemetery in Cologne (1894)
Zwirner grave complex, cross stele for Agnes Zwirner

The following 71 graves (structured according to "date of work / family name / type of grave / position") are located in the Melaten cemetery :

  • 1890: Man , stele with cheeks, HWG, 239
  • 1890: Noss , stele with cheeks, fl. 60, No. 3
  • 1890: Lindgens , stele with cheeks, lit. K, no. 164–167
  • 1891: Gladbach , Kreuzstele, Fl. 70, No. 8
  • 1892: Zwirner , Kreuzstele, HWG, no.133
  • 1892: Leisen , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 60, No. 5
  • 1893: Traine / Hellmers et al. , Urn stele with cheeks, Fl. 60, No. 21
  • 1894: Schönen , bust stele, lit. J, no.176
  • 1894: Creutzer , stele, fl. 72, no. 170-172
  • 1894: Weiden / Schwann , Obelisk, Fl. 61, nos. 342-345
  • 1894: Christoffel , stele with cheeks, fl. 63, nos. 8-11
  • 1895: Christoph , Kreuz, Fl. 58, No. 38-41
  • 1895: Lüthgen , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 58, nos. 60-63
  • 1895: Dumont / von Heyderstaedt / Hamm , Kreuzstele, Fl. 60, No. 9
  • 1895: Feith / Höchsten / Weber , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 60, No. 22
  • 1895: Rehe / Eich / Trück / Jaworski , canopy grave with urn, bottle . 60, No. 6
  • 1895: Wittgenstein , cross stele with cheeks, HWG, No. 9
  • 1895: Schloesser / Heyer , aedicula with cheeks, fl. 70, No. 9
  • 1895: Reichensperger , cross stele with cheeks, lit. F, no. 182 a – b
  • 1895: Berndorff / Weingärtner , stele with reclining plates, HWG, No. 338
  • 1895: Diel / Mosler / Ruckert , urn stele with cheeks, HWG, No. 151
  • 1897: Nolte , urn stele with cheeks, fl. 40, nos. 50-53
  • 1898: Wagner / Schneider , urn stele, Fl. 45, nos. 21-22
  • 1898: Tillmann et al. , Cross stele with cheeks, HWG, No. 14
  • 1899: Risch , obelisk with cheeks, fl. 76, No. 22
  • 1900: Böhle , former Cross stele, lit. V, nos. 54–55
  • 1900: Meurer / Homberg , former Cross stele with cheeks, Fl. 67, No. 4
  • 1900: Hölscher , stele, fl. 70, No. 2
  • 1900: Beckmann , stele with cheeks, fl. 76, No. 20
  • 1900: Creutz , figure stele with cheeks, fl. 76, No. 4
  • 1900: Zingser , urn stele with cheeks, fl. 60, No. 13
  • 1900: Leiberz , Former Cross stele with cheeks, Fl. A, numbers 71-74
  • 1900: Richartz / Feuser , stele with cheeks, lit. O, no. 89–90
  • 1900: Molinari / Fonck , former Cross stele, HWG, No. 13
  • 1901: Lauff , aedicula with cheeks, fl. 47, nos. 12-13
  • 1901: Goecke , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 73, nos. 64-67
  • 1901: Wirth , aedicula with cheeks, fl. 63a, no.13
  • 1902: Heydorn , stele, fl. 62, no. 5-6
  • 1902: Zöllner , stele with cheeks, fl. 67a, no.8
  • 1902: Wegelin / Haubrich , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 70a, No. 2
  • 1903: Firmenich , stele, fl. 67a, no. 2
  • 1903: Menken , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 79, No. 28-29
  • 1903: Lietzmann , stele with cheeks, fl. 70a, No. 6
  • 1904: Trimborn / Holter , obelisk with cheeks, fl. 67a, no. 4
  • 1905: Auer , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 61, No. 106-109
  • 1905: Meurer , obelisk with cheeks, fl. 69a, no. 6
  • 1905: Hoffsümmer , stele with cheeks, fl. 94, no. 114-115
  • 1905: Brandt / Claussen , stele with cenotaph, HWG, No. 286
  • 1905: von Mallinckrodt / von Schnitzler , Portalgrab, HWG, no. 105-106
  • 1906: Suren / Kümmel , stele with cheeks, fl. 89, nos. 54-55
  • 1906: Welsch / Wagner , stele with cheeks, fl. 29, No. 57-58
  • 1907: Möller , portal grave, Fl. 60, No. 10
  • 1908: Crouching , stele with cheeks, fl. 98, No. 6-7
  • 1908: Wildt , aedicula with cheeks, fl. 74, numbers 183-184
  • 1908: Hassel / Roeser , urn stele, Fl. 71, nos. 99-100
  • 1908: Sauer , stele with cheeks, fl. 76a, no. 1
  • 1909: Graven , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 76, No. 39-40
  • 1909: Kyll / Oheim , stele, fl. 60, numbers 52-54
  • 1910: Metz , stele, fl. 69a, no.10
  • 1910: Egg , cross stele with cheeks, fl. W, No. 79-80
  • 1911: Prior , stele, fl. S, nos. 120-122
  • 1912: Werner , cross stele with cheeks, fl. 63a, numbers 227-231
  • 1912: Meynen , portal grave, Fl. 76, No. 2
  • 1913: Büchel / Depenheuer / Hollmann / Bernskin , cross stele with cheeks, aedicula with cheeks, fl. 66, No. 10
  • 1914: Somborn / Wallerstein , stele with cheeks, fl. 4 in O, nos. 43-44
  • 1914: Schlieper , Obelisk, Lit. I, No. 237–377
  • 1914: Raduschatt , Stele, Lit. O, No. 22–23
  • 1915: von Langen , stele, fl. 70a, no.8
Mourners in the main cemetery in Iserlohn

In addition to the above-mentioned grave monuments in the Melaten cemetery, other works can be found at the Jewish cemetery in Cologne-Deutz and the Cologne cemeteries in Deutz , Kalk , Ehrenfeld , Esch , Worringen and Poll . Outside Cologne, graves can be found in Bonn , Brühl , Blatzheim-Niederbolheim , Pulheim-Brauweiler and Bergheim . In the main cemetery in Iserlohn , on the Vogt grave site, there is the "mourner", a 176 cm high seated marble sculpture that was created in 1914.

Free sculptures / statues

  • 1906: Dortmund , Steinplatz- or Eisengießerbrunnen (original of the bronze Eisengießer sculpture melted down in 1943, remaining fountain system destroyed in World War II, reconstruction in 1990 on Freiherr-von-Stein-Platz)
  • undated: Kaiserslautern , Marktbrunnen

Kaiser and Bismarck monuments

  • 1897: Langerwehe , imperial monument
  • 1903: Dortmund , imperial monument
  • 1905: Altenkirchen , imperial monument
  • 1911: Dessau , imperial monument
  • 1911: Daun , fountain monument for Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Formerly with bronze relief of the emperor), today with a memorial plaque for those who fell in the Daun district in World War II
  • undated: Bernkastel , imperial monument
  • undated: Heinsberg , Kaiserdenkmal
  • undated: Dortmund-Dorstfeld , Bismarck monument with fountain
  • undated: Malmedy , imperial monument

War memorials

  • 1903: Euskirchen , war memorial on the station forecourt for those killed in the campaigns of 1864, 1866 and 1870/71; Prussian infantryman with flag and saber (moved to Hindenburgplatz in 1928 and destroyed there in World War II)
  • 1904: Malmedy , war memorial with a statue of Victoria
  • 1905: Altenkirchen , Kaiserbrunnen in honor of 80 fallen soldiers from the Euskirchen district in the campaigns of 1864, 1866, 1870/71
  • 1906: Bernkastel , war memorial
  • 1908: Heinsberg , war memorial
  • 1908: Arzfeld , war memorial
  • n.d.: Gerolstein , memorial for those who fell in the lace war

Architectural jewelry

  • 1899: Participation in the figurative facade decoration of the commercial school (today: Hansagymnasium ) in Cologne, Hansaring 56; Statue of Gustav von Mevissen , possibly also a statue of Ludolf Camphausen
  • 1910: the antique decorative facade of the water tower on Swister Berg in Zülpich

Other works

  • after 1860: Execution of the baptismal font from Carrara marble for the Trinity Church in Cologne based on a design by Arthur Eberhard
  • 1912: Bronze bust of the Cologne entrepreneur Franz Clouth (missing since 2004)

literature

To the graves in the Melaten cemetery

  • Josef Abt, Wolfgang Vomm: The Cologne Melaten Cemetery. Encounter with the past and forgotten from Rhenish history and art. Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-7743-0182-4 .
  • Josef Abt, Ralf Beines, Celia Körber-Leupold: Melaten. Cologne graves and history. Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-7743-0305-3 .
  • Marianne Vogt-Werling, Michael Werling : The Melaten cemetery. All monuments and their future. (with a DVD with an allocation plan and digital tours of all monumental graves) Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-7743-0471-0 .

Web link

Commons : Wilhelm Fassbinder  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Fassbinder. Artist. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on November 7, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Johannes Maubach, Marianne Vogt-Werling, Michael Werling: The Ehrenfeld cemetery. Monuments and personalities. Cologne 2011, p. 40 ff.
  3. ^ Fassbinder, Wilhelm . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 11 : Erman-Fiorenzo . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1915, p. 286 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ a b c Johannes Maubach, Marianne Vogt-Werling, Michael Werling: The Ehrenfeld cemetery. Monuments and personalities. Cologne 2011, p. 38 ff.
  5. ↑ a b Entry on Friedensbrunnen (former Kaiserbrunnen) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ In 1884 there was evidence of a studio in Klingelpütz 27 . From 1885 the Venloerstr. 17 given as the studio address and in 1889 even a branch at Melaten, Aachenerstr. 5 , (see Josef Abt: Sculptors and stone masons in Cologne address books 1797-1941 / 42. Cologne 1986, p. 18).
  7. ↑ a b c d e Josef Abt: The Cologne sculptor Wilhelm Fassbinder and the restoration of the Brauweiler Hagelkreuz in 1897. In: Pulheimer contributions to history. Volume 29. Pulheim 2005, p. 204 ff.
  8. ↑ Ulrike E. Meyer-Woeller: Tombs of the 19th century in the Rhineland between identity, adaptation and individuality. Dissertation, Bonn 1999.] ( hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de PDF; 11.7 MB), accessed on August 6, 2012.
  9. ↑ On October 18, 1900, a council resolution was passed for the production of 70 sculptures for the upper floors of the town hall tower in Cologne, which were made by different sculptors, including Fassbinder, between 1901 and 1902. Except for small remains, these works were destroyed in the Second World War. For this project, Fassbinder worked with Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa . Whether the figure was executed is according to Camilla G. Kaul: Friedrich Barbarossa in Kyffhäuser. Pictures of a national myth in the 19th century (= Bonn contributions to art history. Volume 4/2.) Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-16906-0 , unknown.
  10. ↑ German Werkbund Exhibition Cologne 1914 ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 10, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kmkbuecholdt.de
  11. ↑ Vogt-Werling / Werling 2010 (see literature ); The individual items can be found on the enclosed DVD.
  12. ↑ Eberhard Becker, Michael Werling: The old cemetery in Cologne-Kalk. Past, present and future. Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-935735-07-0 .
  13. ↑ Cologne, List of graves worth preserving in the Cologne cemeteries, Cologne 1979 to 1992.
  14. ↑ Oberkreisdirektor des Märkisches Kreis (ed.), Helmut Pahl: Sculptures Märkischer Graves and Memorials. O. O. 1983. No. 30.
  15. ↑ The iron foundry fountain. A memorial introduces itself! In: Echo der Vielfalt, magazine for intercultural dialogue in Dortmund. July 2010, p. 7. ( vmdo.de PDF, last accessed on April 20, 2018).
  16. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Fassbinder, Wilhelm. In: Hermann Alexander Müller, Hans Wolfgang Singer (Hrsg.): General artist lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists. Volume 6 (2nd supplement with corrections), Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt am Main 1922, p. 91 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  17. ↑ The station on www.euskirchen.de , accessed on 20 April 2018th
  18. ↑ Chronicle 1901–1910 on wiki.westerwald-gymnasium.de , last accessed on April 20, 2018.
  19. ↑ Hansa-Gymnasium at www.bildindex.de , last accessed on April 20, 2018.
  20. ↑ Water tower at Swister Berg / Zülpich , accessed on August 8, 2012.
  21. ↑ On the baptismal font of the Trinity Church in Cologne ( Memento of the original from December 24th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 11, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirche-koeln.de
  22. ^ On the bronze bust of Franz Clouth , accessed on August 8, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Fassbinder, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1915
Place of death Cologne