Wilhelm Pohl (sculptor)

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Wilhelm Pohl (born February 7, 1841 in Aachen ; † October 18, 1909 there ) was a German sculptor of historicism . From 1872 he ran a sculptor's workshop in Aachen, from 1891 in association with Carl Esser .

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Pohl was the son of the piano maker and piano manufacturer Bernhard Pohl in Aachen. From 1872 at the latest he was active as a sculptor. In 1878 he received a bronze medal at the Aachen trade exhibition for his sculptural work. From 1889 Pohl specialized in sacred art and advertised under the name Atelier for Christian Art . Gustav Angelo Venth was one of the assistants in his sculpture workshop from 1872 to 1877 .

In 1891, Pohl took on the 15 years younger Aachen sculptor Carl Esser as a partner, the joint company was Pohl & Esser, a sculptor's studio for Christian art, owned by Wilhelm Pohl and Carl Esser .

The " Romanizing " depiction of the Calvary on the square opposite the lens building of the St. Jakob Church in Aachen, based on plans by Heinrich Wiethase , is from 1893 and is reminiscent of other contemporary monuments.

An important area of ​​activity was the art of tombs , which shows the associated art-historical development. The authors Schild and Janssen divide their work into three creative periods. The first characterize sculptures; Pohl and Esser received medieval , Gothic and Renaissance works of art. The completion of Cologne Cathedral and the restoration of Aachen Cathedral and Aachen City Hall influenced their creations. Twelve sculptures of the town hall facade come from her workshop.

In the second period, tombs without statues predominate, according to contemporary taste. For the sculptures they took Bertel Thorvaldsen's figure of Christ from 1821 in the Frauenkirche in Copenhagen as a model. The third phase represents Carl Esser's mourners and his idealized reception of Greek classical music.

Pohl was a member of the " Association for Customers from Aachen Prehistoric Times " and the " Aachen Museum Association ".

Works

Wilhelm Pohl

Marian column on the Rehmplatz
  • 1872: Statue of Emperor Heinrich II for the Heinrichsbrunnen in Meiningen
  • 1877: Relief of St. Family in the tympanum above the main entrance and Sacred Heart statue for the interior of the St. Joseph Church in Eupen
  • 1886–1889: Seven electors , 1.16 m high sandstone copies of the sculptures from around 1267 on the facade of the Aachen grass house
  • 1886: Stations of the Cross for the Salvatorberg in Aachen
  • 1887: Marian column on the Rehmplatz in Aachen
  • at the Ostfriedhof in Aachen :
    • 1868: Pietà in the burial chapel of the chief forester Ferdinand Coomans
    • 1875: Mausoleum with a standing sculpture of the risen Christ for the August Heusch family
    • 1883: Mausoleum with a relief of the dormition for the Johann Joseph Geller family
    • 1887: Tomb for Andreas Ludwig Fey with a relief portrait of the deceased and a sculpture of St. Vincent

Wilhelm Pohl and Carl Esser

Calvary in front of St. Jakob
Henry II's monument at St. Adalbert's Church
  • at the Ostfriedhof in Aachen:
    • 1899: three-part grave complex with a Christ sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen for the Felix Ney family
    • around 1900: Tomb made of red granite with a high cross on a base for the Johann Joseph Steffens family
    • 1900–1902: Relief slab of the grave complex for Ernest Victor Hubert Berger sive Schippers (stone carvings by Johannes Baecker based on a design by city architect Joseph Laurent )
  • at the hot mountain cemetery in Burtscheid :
    • 1899: three-part aedicula tomb for the Carl Hommelsheim family
    • 1902: three-part tomb for the Heinrich Neuhausen family (cross with bronze body, polished black granite, bluestone with black granite as an enclosure)
    • 1904: three-part aedicula tomb with a seated mourning angel for Johann Oscar Erckens
    • 1907: Tomb for Mathilda Fuss, Maria Vornachten, Michael and Adele Kermes (cross with bronze body on high plinth, polished black granite, limestone enclosure)

literature

Web link

Commons : Wilhelm Pohl (sculptor)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death note Wilhelm Pohl
  2. ↑ Eduard Trier , Willy Weyres (Ed.): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland. Volume 4: Plastic. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 98 f.
  3. ^ List of members . In: Association for customers of the Aachen prehistory (ed.): From Aachen's prehistory . Commission publisher of Cremer's bookstore, Aachen 1888, p. 137–144 , No. 190, p. 142 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  4. ^ Directory of the members of the Museum Association in 1906 . In: Hermann Schweitzer (Ed.): Aachener Kunstblätter . Book 1. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1906, p. 67–72 , p. 71, middle column ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Cortjaens: The Marian column on the Rehmplatz. Public space and catholic public in Aachen (1882–1887). In: Stephan Mann, Ulrike Schubert (ed.): Renaissance of the Gothic. Resistance to state power. Museum Goch, 2003, pp. 133-161.
  6. ^ A b Ingeborg Schild , Elisabeth Janssen: The Aachen East Cemetery. Mayersche Buchhandlung, Aachen 1991.
  7. ↑ A photograph of the model is in the Aachen city archive .
  8. ↑ Building Department of the City of Aachen (ed.): Documentation on the Heissberg Cemetery. Reprotechnik Gerd Gering, Aachen o. J.
personal data
SURNAME Pohl, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1909
Place of death Aachen