Wolf von Hoyer
Wolf von Hoyer (born February 14, 1806 in Dresden ; † December 30, 1873 there ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Wolf von Hoyer graduated from the University of Leipzig theology . In 1826 he became a member of the Corps Saxonia here . After his expulsion from the university, he went to Rome and learned there with Bertel Thorvaldsen the sculpture . In Rome he created numerous statues mainly based on motifs from Greek mythology , the majority of which were installed in Germany, for example in Dresden , Weimar and Müglitztal . A figure of the psyche created in 1842 influenced the Swiss sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth eight years later in the design of a figure that he created for the museum in Basel . Later he went to Weimar. He died in Dresden and found his final resting place in the family grave in Herzogswalde .
Works
- Psyche, Neue Pinakothek , Munich, 1842
- Girl praying, 1848, 1850 Herder rooms of the Princely Residence Castle in Weimar erected
- Leda with the swan, Great Garden , Dresden, 1850
- Flora, Weesenstein Castle , 1861
- Nymph at the bird bath, Great Garden, Dresden, before 1873
literature
- Hoyer, Wolf von . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 2 : Gaab – Lezla . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 211 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Hoyer, Wolf von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 594 .
- Bärbel Stephan: Gustav Eduard Wolf von Hoyer 1806–1873 - a Saxon sculptor in Rome. In: Monument Studies and Monument Preservation. 1995, pp. 465-480.
- Harald Tesan: Thorvaldsen and his sculpture school in Rome . Böhlau, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-412-14197-6 .
Web links
- Hoyer, Wolf von ( Memento from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Personen.wiki of SLUB Dresden
- Wolf von Hoyer in the Deutsche Fotothek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of death in dresden.stadtwiki.de 1873
- ↑ Stefan Hess : Between Winckelmann and Winkelried. The Basel sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth (1818–1891). Berlin 2010, p. 108f.
- ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, E 14 Bü 202, books and art objects, artists, writers, scholars, etc.
- ↑ Grave tablet of the von Hoyer family in Herzogswalde
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hoyer, Wolf von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoyer, Gustav Eduard Wolf von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1806 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1873 |
Place of death | Dresden |