Wilhelm Jacobi (sculptor)

Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Otto Jacobi (born December 6, 1863 in Neubrandenburg , † after 1921 ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Wilhelm Jacobi is the son of the glove maker and manufacturer (Friedrich Heinrich) Anton Jacobi (also Jacoby ), who immigrated from Teschendorf to Neubrandenburg in 1858 as the son of a pastor , took the oath there and moved to Berlin in 1869. One brother, Friedrich Jacobi, was a doctor in Berlin; another, Hermann Jacobi, was a Protestant pastor in Rüdersdorf.

Jacobi first attended evening classes at the Royal Art School, from 1892 to 1898 he studied at the Academic College for Fine Arts in Berlin with Ernst Herter and Karl Hilgers . Hilgers involved him in the monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I in Stettin . Around 1895 Jacobi worked for three years with Rudolf Siemering on his Washington monument for Philadelphia . The last sign of life dates from 1921.

Works

Relief Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi in the church in Teschendorf
Grave relief Johannes Kniese in the Alten-12-Apostel-Kirchhof Berlin
Lambert Steinwich monument with statue in Stralsund
Monument to Siegfried Schaffner in Gumperda
Reliefs and pulpit figures in the St. Clemenskirche Berlin
Relief "Christian Martyrs in the Roman Circus"
"Eva", "Dreaming", "Flirtatious", " Knuckle Player ", "Heiderose"

gallery

Grave relief of Johannes Kniese in the old cemetery of the Twelve Apostles in Berlin-Schöneberg
Lambert Steinwich Monument in Stralsund
Siegfried Schaffner Memorial in Gumperda

literature

Jacobi, Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 247 .
Catalogs of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition
Martin Stolzenau: Forgotten creator of impressive sculptures . In: Ostsee-Zeitung . December 3, 2013 ( ostsee-zeitung.de ).

Web links

Literature about Wilhelm Jacobi in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Alexander Müller, Hans Wolfgang Singer: Jacobi, Wilhelm . In: General Artist Lexicon . Supplements and corrections. Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1906 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Jacobi, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jacobi, Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 6, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neubrandenburg
DATE OF DEATH	after 1921

[1] Hermann Alexander Müller, Hans Wolfgang Singer: Jacobi, Wilhelm . In: General Artist Lexicon . Supplements and corrections. Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1906 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).