Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler
Ludwig Michael von Schwanthalerstraße ( born August 26, 1802 in Munich, † November 14, 1848 ) was a Bavarian sculptor and is the main champion of classical sculpture in southern Germany.
Life
He came from the family of sculptors Schwanthalerstraße from Ried in present-day Upper Austria, his father was Franz Jakob Schwanthalerstraße, his mother Klara Lutz. In 1819 he finished high school at ( today ) Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich. Schwanthalerstraße lecturer was just there at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and teacher at the Royal Baugewerksschule. His career and his work has been funded by King Ludwig I, as Schwanthalerstraße spent several years on a study trip in Rome (1826-1827, 1832-1834), for which Louis I donated the funds.
On September 4, 1842 he was appointed as part of the unveiling ceremony of the created by him, and cast by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier Mozart monument in Salzburg 7th honorary citizen of the city. In 1843 he built the castle Schwaneck in the Isar valley. His main work is considered the colossal statue of Bavaria in Munich.
The 1837 the studio towards building erected for models, which was made available as Schwanthalerstraße Museum to the public after his death, was destroyed in World War II. It is art history as one of the first artists to museums.
His bust was erected in the hall of fame in Munich.
The sculptor William Hornberger (1819-1882) was one of the favorite student of Ludwig Schwanthalerstraße.
Last Resting Place
His grave is in the Old South Cemetery in Munich Glockenbachviertel. Here he is buried with his parents.
Works (excerpt)
- Drafts of 24 murals from the Odyssey of Homer, 1832, Festsaalbau the Munich Residenz
- Marble relief on the tomb for the Prussian Minister Imperial Baron Karl vom Stein, 1837/70, the family vault in Frücht in Bad Ems
- Monument to Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Baden, 1840, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Monument to Jean -Paul, 1841, Bayreuth
- Relief Grieving female figure who lays a wreath on the coffin Frauenlob, 1842 Carrara marble cloister in Mainz Cathedral
- Monument to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1842, Salzburg, Mozart Square
- 34 Victories, 1842-1863, Hall of Liberation, Kelheim
- Monument Margrave Friedrich Alexander von Brandenburg -Bayreuth, 1843, Erlangen
- Tomb King Rudolf von Habsburg, the Speyer Cathedral, 1843
- Austriabrunnen, 1844, Vienna
- Monument of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1844, Frankfurt am Main, Goethe Place
- Monument to Grand Duke Ludwig I of Hesse -Darmstadt ( Ludwigsmonument ), 1844, Darmstadt
- Figure group of channel monument, 1846, Castle Hill, Erlangen
- Epitaph Archbishop Lothar Anselm of Gebsattel, 1846, Munich Frauenkirche
- Nymph, 1848 Anif Palace in Salzburg
- Monument to Duke Ernst I of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, 1849, Schlossplatz Coburg
- Statue of Bavaria, 1850 ( built after the artist's death ), Munich, Theresienwiese
Illustrations (selection)
- In: German artist album in Originalradirungen. - Dusseldorf: . Buddeus, 1841 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
Gallery
Jean -Paul Monument in Bayreuth, 2005
Mozart monument in Salzburg, 2008
Victories in the Hall of Liberation in Kelheim, 2004
Monument of Margrave Friedrich Alexander in Erlangen, 2007
Austria fountain in Vienna
Goethe monument in 1844, in Frankfurt am Main ( 2011)
Statue of Ludwig Monuments in Darmstadt, 2007
Channel monument in Erlangen, 2008
Monument of Duke Ernst I in Coburg, 2008
Epitaph Archbishop of Gebsattel, Frauenkirche Munich
Tomb of King Rudolf von Habsburg, the Speyer Cathedral
Detail with signature, from the Tomb of Rudolf von Habsburg, Speyer Cathedral