Wilhelm Jaeger (sculptor)
Wilhelm Hans Jaeger , also: Jäger (born July 28, 1888 in Neubrandenburg , † March 3, 1979 in Marburg ) was a German sculptor and medalist .
Life
Wilhelm Jaeger was born in Neubrandenburg as the son and third of five children of the building contractor and building materials trader Kommerzienrat Wilhelm Jaeger senior. (1854–1931) and his wife Elisabeth, née Hellwich (1860–1909). The company founded by his father and known far beyond the city was later continued by his older brothers until the first post-war period.
After years of practical experience as a stonemason, Wilhelm Jaeger studied sculpture at the Charlottenburg State Art School in 1908/10 , then - interrupted by the First World War - at the Munich Academy under Balthasar Schmitt . Jaeger returned to his home town at the end of 1920 and subsequently worked as an artistic assistant, sculptor and plaque artist in the ceramic workshop of his wife, the ceramist Lina Bartel-Jaeger (1888–1963). During this time he was elected a board member of the Neubrandenburger Kunstverein and took part in many of its exhibitions. In 1934 he is mentioned as a member of the " Reich Chamber of Fine Arts ", in the same year as a coal dealer.
Jaeger was the father of three children. After the end of the company in 1953 and the death of his wife, Jaeger took his retirement home with a daughter in Germany .
Works
| 1907 | Relief "Little Red Riding Hood" on the Jaeger residential building in Neubrandenburg |
| 1921 | Death mask by Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 1923 | "Dörchläuchtingbrunnen" ( later: " Fritz-Reuter -Brunnen", today: "Mudder-Schulten-Brunnen") in Neubrandenburg |
| 1923 | Medal for the inauguration of the Reuter fountain in Neubrandenburg |
| 1926 | "Hawk" |
| around 1927 | Mother with children (wife and children of the artist) |
| 1927 | Bust "father of the artist" |
| 1928 | "Dachshund" |
| around 1929 | "Daphne" |
| 1929 | "Pan", also titled " Faungruppe ", Regional Museum Neubrandenburg |
| 1929 | Commemorative medal for the 500th anniversary of the Friedland high school |
| 1929 | Bust of the artist's wife |
| around 1930 | Bust of Prof. Eckhard Unger , Regional Museum Neubrandenburg |
| around 1930 | Bust painter Otto Wolfgang Spieß , Regional Museum Neubrandenburg |
| around 1932 | Bust of Prof. Ludwig Sternberg |
| unknown | Porcelain "turkey" |
| unknown | Medals with portraits of the two children |
| unknown | "Duck family" in Neubrandenburg |
| unknown | "Woman nude" in Neubrandenburg |
literature
- Mecklenburgische Monatshefte , Vol. 2 (1926), pp. 196 f., 412, 663 - Vol. 3 (1927), pp. 229, 280 - Vol. 4 (1928), p. P. 444 - vol. 5 (1929) p. P. 122 - vol. 7 (1931), pp. 309 - 8 (1932), p. 384, 550 - vol. 10 (1934), p. Pp. 444, 462
- V. Probst u. H. Lorenzen (Ed.): Fine arts in Mecklenburg (book accompanying the exhibition "Pure beauty. Mecklenburg - a country for artists 1900 to 1945", Güstrow and Rostock 2010), Rostock 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-356-01406- 8 ) --- in the exhibition May 30 to August 22, 2010 the Pan from 1929, the bust OW Spieß and an undated turkey
Web links
- Literature about Wilhelm Jaeger in the state bibliography MV
- 360 ° view of the plastic pan flute players (Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg)
- 360 ° view of the plastic turkey (Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaeger, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunter, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neubrandenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1979 |
| Place of death | Marburg |