Hermann Feuerhahn
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Wilhelm August Hermann Feuerhahn (20 May 1873 in , ,
Province of Hanover The Province of Hanover () was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1866 to 1946. During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, alo ...
– 19 April 1941) was a German sculptor particularly known for his architectural sculpture.


Life and achievements

Several of his works were created together with and are jointly attributed to ''Feuerhahn & Roch''. In 1905, Feuerhahn founded the ''Workshops for Cemetery Art'' together with
Hugo Lederer Hugo Lederer (16 November 1871 – 1 August 1940) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born German sculptor. Biography Lederer was born on 16 November 1871 in Znojmo. He studied in Dresden under sculptor John Schilling from 1890, then briefly ...
, Georg Wrba and other sculptors. There, they designed gravestones that were marketed on the basis of type construction with simple modifications. Feuerhahn died in Berlin at the age of 77.


Work

* 1906–1910: Building sculpture at the Theater Freiburg. * 1909: Sculpture work on the (design Alfred Lempp, Implementing the building sculpture with Christoph Hasselwander). * 1909: Sculpture work on the
Hebbel Theater The Hebbel-Theater (Hebbel Theatre) is a historic theatre building for plays in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany. It has been a venue of the company Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) from 2003. The theatre, with approximately 800 seats, was built by Oskar Kaufmann ...
in Berlin (architect: Oskar Kaufmann). * 1911–1912: Sculptural decoration of the façades and interiors of the
Stadttheater Bremerhaven The Stadttheater Bremerhaven (Bremerhaven municipal theatre) is a theatre in Bremerhaven, Germany. Founded in 1867, it serves three genres: opera and other musical theatre, spoken plays, and dance. A theatre built on the present site in 1911 was la ...
(with Georg Roch; architect: Oskar Kaufmann). Hans Schliepmann: ''Oskar Kaufmanns Stadttheater in Bremerhaven.'' In ''.'' 17. Jahrgang 1914/1915, issue 2, .

* 1914/1915: Sculptural ornamentation (masks on the parapets) for the over the Spree (river), Spree in Berlin (with Georg Roch) * 1915–1917: Donor plaques for the Bismarckturm in Burg im Spreewald (with Georg Roch)


References


Further reading

* : Feuerhahn, Hermann. In Ulrich Thieme (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. Vol. 11: Erman–Fiorenzo. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1915,
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feuerhahn, Hermann German modern sculptors 1873 births 1941 deaths Artists from Hanover