Adolf von Donndorf

Adolf Donndorf, from 1910 by Donndorf, ( born February 16, 1835 in Weimar, † December 20, 1916 in Stuttgart ) was a German sculptor.

Life

Donndorf was from 1853 to 1861 worked as a student of Ernst Rietschel in his studio in Dresden and led after his death, together with Gustav Adolph Kietz the Luther monument to Worms to an end. His talent as a sculptor was recognized with his appointment as honorary member of the Dresden Art Academy already on 12 November 1864. In 1876 he was appointed as a professor of sculpture at the Art Academy in Stuttgart.

Adolf von Donndorf was an honorary citizen of Weimar, Stuttgart, was knighted in 1910 and was allowed to wear the title of nobility of. Also in 1910, the city of Weimar taught him to honor a one Donndorf Museum.

His sons were Charles Donndorf ( German sculptor, 1870-1941 ) and Martin Donndorf ( 1865-1937, Weimar mayor from 1910 to 1920 )

Work

By year

  • Equestrian statue of Grand Duke Karl August of Weimar ( 1867-72; unveiled on September 3, 1875)
  • Otto von Bismarck bust monument, on the Bismarck place in Heidelberg ( 1875)
  • Resurrection Angel at Castle Rheineck (1877 )
  • Ferdinand Freiligrath bust, cast by Georg Howaldt, in bronze on the grave monument on the Uff Cemetery in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, 1878
  • Peter von Cornelius Memorial, between King Avenue and Hofgarten in Dusseldorf, erected and unveiled in 1879
  • Robert Schumann grave monument at the old cemetery in Bonn, made ​​from Carrara marble, built in 1880
  • Goethe monument in Carlsbad (1883 )
  • Burschenschaftsdenkmal for Eichplatz in Jena, unveiled in 1883
  • Johann Sebastian Bach statue, cast by Hermann Howaldt, the wife plan in Eisenach ( 1884)
  • Luther Memorial on the Dresden Neumarkt (1885 ), Head designs Rietschel
  • Facade design with reliefs and capitals on the new building of the National Library of Stuttgart ( 1886)
  • Busts Moltke and Bismarck for the Old National Gallery ( 1889)
  • Monument to Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen (1890)
  • Luther Memorial in Eisenach ( 1895)
  • Kaiser Wilhelm I equestrian statue and assistance stills at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial on the Hohensyburgstraße in Dortmund (1893-1902)
  • Bismarck monument in Eisenach ( 1903)
  • Memorial for Max von Duttenhofer in Rottweil powder factory ( after his death in 1903 eingetretenem; signature: A. Donndorf fec. )
  • Schiller monument in 1913, right at the Württemberg State Theatre in Stuttgart

Figurengruppe mother's love:

  • James Fountain ( Union Square (New York City ), 1881)
  • Mother Love ( Zwittau, 1892), commissioned by Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer
  • Donndorfbrunnen (Weimar, 1895)
  • Pauline Fountain (Stuttgart, 1898)

Gallery

Pauline Fountain Stuttgart

Schumann grave Bonn (1880 )

Johann Sebastian Bach - monument in Eisenach ( 1884)

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Hohensyburgstraße

Karl -August- monument in Weimar

Chr.A.Peschek monument on the mountain Oybin

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