Wilhelm Landgrave

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Memorial plaque for Chopin on Schloßstraße , Dresden

Wilhelm Landgraf (born November 28, 1913 in Lößnitz , † October 16, 1998 in Dresden ) was a German draftsman and sculptor .

Life

Landgraf was born on November 28, 1913 as the son of Johannes Landgraf, cutting and punching mechanic at the Lößnitz company Seidel, and his wife Selma, née Schuster, in the mountain town of Lößnitz near Aue in the Ore Mountains on the upper floor of the Zur Weidmannsruh inn . From 1920 to 1928 he attended the Lößnitz elementary school, followed by the drawing school in Schneeberg . From 1932 to 1935 he worked as a pattern designer in the textile industry. From 1935 to 1939 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy under Karl Albiker . Then followed a six-year hiatus in his artistic development, as he served as a soldier in World War II . On April 27, 1945, at the Battle of Bautzen , he was seriously wounded by a gunshot wound in his left arm.

Metal stele World Peace in front of the Johann Amos Comenius School, Dresden

In mid-May 1945 he returned to his parents' house in Lößnitz. While he was still recovering, he came back to the destroyed city of Dresden and resumed his sculptural work at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, above all in the construction work.

From 1947 to 1949 he finished his studies with Reinhold Langner and Eugen Hoffmann . During this time he worked with Hans Nadler , an employee of the Saxon State Office for Monument Preservation , on the recovery of destroyed sculptural works of art, especially in the Zwinger , in Dresden Castle , in the city center of Dresden and in the Großsedlitz baroque garden . The destroyed fragments were recovered, analyzed and cataloged, thus laying the foundation for the restoration of these unique monuments.

From 1949 Landgraf worked as a freelancer. From 1969 to 1979 he was senior scientific assistant in the Architecture Section, Fundamentals of Design Department at the TU Dresden . In 1957 he took over the studio of the sculptor Georg Curt Bauch (1887–1967) on Pillnitzer Landstrasse 29 in Dresden- Loschwitz , where he worked until 1978. In the same year he took over the studio of his late father-in-law Walter Flemming in Dresden- Cotta .

Calberlastrasse 29 from 1957 to 1978 atelier

In 1997 he had to give up this studio for health reasons. His condition got worse and worse. Wilhelm Landgraf died on October 16, 1998 after a short illness in Dresden and was buried in the Inner Briesnitz Cemetery in Dresden- Briesnitz .

Honors

  • 1964: Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize of the City of Dresden
  • 1969: Medal of Honor "Builder of Dresden City Center" from the city of Dresden
  • 1985: Awarded the Labor banner for participation in the reconstruction of the Semperoper in Dresden
  • 2013: Memorial exhibition for his 100th birthday in the former steam brewery in his hometown Lößnitz

Works (selection)

Figure group of construction workers and apprentices in Dresden
Ice skater-currently in Loessnitz in the Ore Mountains
Emblem relief at the research center in Chemnitz
Standing youth at the Dresden Neustadt Clinic

literature

  • Wilhelm Landgrave. In: Artists on the Dresden Elbhang. Volume 2. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007, p. 263.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Saxon biography .
  2. ↑ Dresden Latest News from June 20, 2013, p. 11.
  3. ↑ Simone Simpson: Between cultural mandate and artistic autonomy. Dresden sculpture of the 1950s and 1960s. Böhlau, Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20101-2 .
  4. ↑ Flyer Art Exhibition Dresden 1973 for the 60th birthday of the artist.
  5. ↑ a b c d Conversation with Barbara Landgraf, the artist's widow, on February 25, 2011.
  6. ↑ Flyer for the 775th city festival.
  7. ↑ a b Wilhelm Landgraf in the Deutsche Fotothek .
  8. ^ Conversation with Barbara Landgraf, the artist's widow, on November 4, 2011.
  9. ↑ Photo at the Deutsche Fotothek .
  10. ^ Conversation with Barbara Landgraf, the artist's widow, on May 27, 2011.
  11. ↑ Müllerbrunnen. In: Dresdner-Stadtteile.de. Retrieved February 19, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Landgrave, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Loessnitz (Ore Mountains)
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1998
Place of death Dresden