Ferdinand Lepcke
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Ferdinand Lepcke | |
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| Born | March 23, 1866 |
| Died | March 12, 1909 (aged 42) |
| Resting place | Berlin |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Sculptor |
| Notable work | Deluge Fountain, The Archer |
Ferdinand Lepcke (or Lepke) (1866-1909) was a German sculptor, who in particular realized two major monuments in Bydgoszcz: the Deluge Fountain and The Archer.
Life
Ferdinand Lepcke was born on March 23, 1866, in Coburg in the Thuringian state of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, located in today's Bavaria.[1]
The family moved to Berlin at the end of his early childhood. After graduating from gymnasium, Ferdinand started studies at the Berlin Academy of Arts. He stayed there several years, from 1883 and 1890. During two years (1888-1890), he studied under the guidance of artist professor Fritz Schaper.[2] He additionally honed his skills in the sculpture atelier of the Biber brothers and in the Kunstgewerbemuseum studio of the German capital.
He cherished the neoclassical style, which was pervading in Germany since the mid-1850s with pioneers such as Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850) or Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857). Actually, Lepcke felt closer to the spirit of the old masters than the raising wave of Art Nouveau and its local versions (Jugendstil, Art Deco). This attachement to classical sculpture emanated from his passion for Antiquity.[1]
In 1893, at the age of 27, he was awarded by the Prussian Academy of Arts the great state prize, consisting of a scholarship year in Rome: there he could refine his knowledge of ancient sculpture. Further study trips took him France and Copenhagen, Denmark.[2] At this time, he was already a valued artist and a sought-after sculptor.
In 1895, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach awarded Ferdinand Lepcke the Knight's Cross of the Order of the White Falcon.
In 1897, Ferdinand moved back to Berlin and took the position of professor at the Academy of Arts. He was admitted to the artistic group of the Berliner Künstverein.
In 1903, the artist received a golden medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. On June 8, 1905, the Berlin Minister for Spiritual Education and Medical Affairs awarded him the title of professor.
Ferdinand Lepcke died of pneumonia on March 19, 1909, in Berlin, at the age of 42.
Notable Works
Lepcke created small artworks (like busts) as well as large monuments.[2]
- Busts of Andreas Sigismund Marggraf and Franz Karl Achard (1892), placed on a building at 10 Dorotheenstrasse in Berlin until 1945. Moved to the Berlin Sugar Museum;[3]
- Statue of Justus Jonas in the Castle Church of Wittenberg (1892);[4]
- Bildhauer (English: The sculptor), statue, sandstone (1893)[5] bought by the Berlin National Gallery and placed in the columned hall in February 1897[6]. Lost;
- Die Schreibende (English: The writer), plaster (1894)[7]
- Bust of Adolph Paalzow (1894);[7]
- Bust of Mr. Strohl-Fern, plaster (1895);[8]
- Bust of Professor Dr. Fritsch (1897);[8]
- Böses Gewissen (English: Bad conscience), bronze (1898);[9]
- Herm of Friedrich Rückert, Carrara marble (1899), Berlin Viktoriapark;[10]
- Überrascht (English: Surprised), bronze group (1899);[11]
- Riesenspielzeug (English: Giant Toys), female figure (1903);[12]
- "Bust of Ernst Ewald", plaster (1903);[12]
- The Deluge, fountain (1903):[12]
- Wiedersehen (English: Goodbye), bronze (1904), Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.[14][15] 60-cm high replicas are proposed by the Lauchhammer Art Foundry;[16]
- Bust of the painter A. Meyer, plaster (1904);[14]
- Tänzerin (English: Dancer) (1905), Coburg Art Collections;[17][15]
- Bust of Frau Banker Wagner, bronze (1905);[17]
- Bogenspannerin (English: The Archer), bronze (1905).[18] The original is located in the Jan Kochanowski Park in Bydgoszcz. A copy exists at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.[15]
- 1907 Heimkehr , bronze [19]
- 1907 Bust of F. von Strantz , plaster [20]
- 1907/08 Phryne in the rose garden, Coburg
- 1907/08 [21] Bronze figure of the Phryne , Lawn at Schlachtensee (lost), 2007 as a replica from the Lauchhammer foundry on the forecourt of S-Bahn station Nikolassee, Berlin
- 1908 bronze Bismarck relief on the Bismarck Tower, Hildburghausen
- 1908 Memorial for Ernst von Stubenrauch in Teltow
- 1909 Wasserschöpfende , bronze [22]
- 1897, sculpture Łuczniczka with the following casts:
- Bydgoszcz, original, from October 18, 1910, (currently in the Jan Kochanowski Park opposite Polish Theater), there is one of the symbols of the city
- Berlin, the first casting was lost after the war, from December 12, 1997 a new casting at Hohenzollernplatz
- Coburg
- Wilhelmshaven - from 1982 on Störtebekerplatz, a copy of a cast from Coburg at
- Heringsdorf on the island Usedom
- 1899, Herma , Viktoriapark, Berlin
- 1900, "Pyrnia", bronze figure, meadow on Schlachtensee, Berlin (copy of a lost original)
- 1900, "Kiss", Hermitage, Petersburg, small bronze copy in District Museum in Bydgoszcz
- 1904, fountain Deluge :
- 1904, Bydgoszcz, original, melted down in 1943, work is currently underway to restore the sculpture to the city - this mission was undertaken by the Association for the Reconstruction of the Bydgoszcz Fountain "Deluge". The sculpture was made by the sculptor Michał Pronobis.
- 1906, Coburg, Rosengarten
- Eisleben, melted down in 1942
- 1908, relief Bismarck in bronze, Bismarck Tower, Hildburghausen
- 1908, monument to Ernst von Stubenrauch, Teltow
Apart from the works that linked Lepcky with Bydgoszcz ą: "Deluge" and "The Archer", he was also the author of many other sculptures: busts, herm, monuments and fountains. The best known: "Der Bildhauer" and the sculpture group "Wiedersehen" are in the collection National Gallery in Berlin. Some of the works were added to the collections of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. The Richard Ruckert bust was placed in the Viktoriapark in Berlin - Kreuzberg, and the Justus Jonas monument in the castle chapel in Wittenberg [23].
Gallery
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Monument to bishop Władysław Bandurski in the Vilnius Cathedral crypt (1938)
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Torso, Park Oliwski
See also
References
- ^ a b Błażejewski Stanisław, Kutta Janusz, Romaniuk Marek (2000). Bydgoski Słownik Biograficzny. Tom VI. Bydgoszcz: Kujawsko-Pomorskie Towarzystwo Kulturalne Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury. pp. 61–62. ISBN 8385327584.
- ^ a b c Piotr Winter, Jerzy Derenda (1996). Bydgoska Łuczniczka i jej kopie. Bydgoszcz: Towarzystwo Miłośników Miasta Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8390323141.
- ^ Berliner Börsen-Zeitung N.264. Berlin: Berliner Börsen-Zeitung Druck und Verlag Ges.m.b.h. 9 June 1892.
- ^ Berliner Tageblatt N.214. Berlin: Mosse Langmann. 28 April 1893.
- ^ Berliner Börsen-Zeitung N.267. Berlin: Berliner Börsen-Zeitung Druck und Verlag Ges.m.b.h. 10 June 1893.
- ^ Berliner Volkszeitung. Berlin: Dt. Verl. Mosse. 11 February 1897.
- ^ a b Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1894. p. 111.
- ^ a b Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1895. p. 118.
- ^ Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1898. p. 82.
- ^ Berliner Adreßbuch. Berlin: August Scherl. 1909.
- ^ Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1898. p. 89.
- ^ a b c Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1903. p. 82.
- ^ Bydgoszcz Guide. Bydgoszcz: City of Bydgoszcz. July 2014. p. 84. ISBN 83-917786-7-3.
- ^ a b Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1904. p. 99.
- ^ a b c Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler, Klaus Weschenfelder (2012). Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909). Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Coburg: Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg. pp. 178–197, 195–210. ISBN 9783874720922.
- ^ "Skulptur "Wiedersehen", Bronze – Ferdinand Lepcke". kunstguss.de. Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer KG. 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ a b Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1905. p. 87.
- ^ Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung-Katalog. Berlin: Verlag Von Rud. Schuster. 1905. p. 121.
- ^ catalog Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1907 , p. 6.
- ^ catalog Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1907 , p. 169.
- ^
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External links
- (in Polish) [h]
Bibliography
- (in German) Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler, Klaus Weschenfelder (2012). Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909). Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Coburg: Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg. ISBN 9783874720922.
- (in German) Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler, Inga Kopciewicz, Stefan Pastuszewski, Marek Romaniuk, Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke 1866-1909. Bydgoszcz 2014, ISBN 978-83-63572-92-1
- (in German) Nick Heise: Lepcke, Ferdinand. In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL). Band 84, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-023189-2, S. 160.
- (in German) Nicky Heise: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) – Ein Berliner Bildhauer um 1900. In: Das Teltower Land. Heimat-Magazin 2015/16. Verlag Buchkontor Teltow 2016, S. 149–164. ISBN 978-3-9815865-4-1
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