Ferdinand Liebermann

Ferdinand Liebermann ( born January 15, 1883 in Judenbach, district Sonneberg, Thuringia, † November 28, 1941 in Munich) was a German sculptor.

Life

Born the son of a toy factory, he attended the Industrial School Sonnenberg. After Lieberman completed his artistic education in Munich at the King Lichesn Arts School and the Academy. Study trips to Italy and France followed. In 1910 he received the Grand Austrian State Medal for a small bronze. Subsequently, Liebermann became Professor of Monumental and portrait sculpture in Munich.

In the Nazi period, he received numerous government contracts and stood among others Adolf Hitler in high regard. For the city of Munich, he was a councilor of the " Capital of the Movement " consultant in matters of art, he modeled several portrait busts of Hitler, including one for the Munich City Hall. On the Great German Art Exhibitions in Munich's Haus der Deutschen Kunst, he was represented since 1938 with 16 pieces, including a bronze bust of Alfred Rosenberg, a Hitler portrait as well as a sculpture will, on a naked man fights with a snake. Ferdinand Liebermann also had a bronze bust of Hitler's niece Geli Raubal made ​​, had erected in his apartments from the Hitler several casts.

In his death in 1941, Ferdinand Liebermann worked on a volunteer corps memorial project for the city of Munich. His work also includes architectural sculptures, monuments and fountains - at about the Hiltenspergerstraße in Munich- Schwabing or in Munich's Neuhausen settlement. For the company Rosenthal AG Lieberman worked from 1909 and was the main character layout in the early days of the art department of the work. His well-known works include Philosophical Arguments, Small Bacchant, Faunbüste fright and the dedication of the temple.