Karl Janssen
Karl Ludwig Rudolf Janssen ( Carl Janssen ) (* May 29, 1855 in Dusseldorf, † December 2, 1927 ) was a German sculptor.
Life
Karl Janssen comes from a family of artists. His father was an engraver Theodor Janssen, his brother Peter Janssen was a painter. With him was Karl Janssen first instruction in the artist profession. 1872-80 he studied at the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts in Dusseldorf in August Wittig. In 1878 he won a Rome Scholarship; but he joined the journey to 1881 when he remained until 1884 in Italy in order to form there. His first significant masterpiece is the bust of industrialist Poensgen (1883 ) for the family vault at the Düsseldorf North Cemetery. In 1884, he was together with Josef Tüshaus ( 1851-1901 ), whom he had met in 1874 at the Academy, commissioned to create for the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Dusseldorf plastic Father Rhine and his daughters, who loved the people of Düsseldorf as good that the two twelve years later, were so in 1897, commissioned a permanent version in bronze to manufacture as well. A year earlier he had solved the order for a representative Kaiser Wilhelm equestrian statue also to general satisfaction.
After the First World War, Karl Janssen created for the Henkel family a war memorial, which was to commemorate the fallen employees and was erected on the premises in Dusseldorf - Holthausen. His last significant masterpiece is a mourner in the Art Deco style for the mausoleum of the Henkel family (1925 ). On the North Cemetery in Dusseldorf another of his works have survived the ages.
Karl Janssen was appointed professor in 1893 and took over the chair from August Wittig at the Dusseldorf Art Academy. He is regarded as a characteristic representative of Neo-Baroque style in the Rhineland. Known Janssen- students were:
- Frédéric Coubillier
- Bernhard Hoetger
- Wilhelm Lehmbruck
- Frank Linden
- Toni Stock Home
Family
Karl Janssen married on September 27, 1887 in Dusseldorf Lore coup. The son of Sigurd Janssen was a pharmacologist, the daughter Gerda (1888-1966) was the wife of industrialist Hugo Henkel.