Hubert Netzer (October 5, 1865 in Isny im Allgäu–October 15, 1939 in Munich) was a German sculptor, medalist, and university professor.

Life and work

Netzer was born in 1865 in Isny im Allgäu, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany, the son of an Allgäu gilder. In 1890 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. At the Academy he was a student of Adolf von Hildebrand, :de:Johannes Hoffart, and Wilhelm von Rümann. Netzer taught at the Dusseldorf School of Arts and Crafts (from 1919 the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf) beginning in 1911, Netzer had made a name for himself by designing a series of fountains in Munich, among others the Tritonbrunnen in 1893, Nornenbrunnen in 1907 and the Jonasbrunnen in 1910. In the sculpture class at the School of Arts and Crafts Kunstgewerbeschule under the direction of

Wilhelm Kreis Wilhelm Kreis (17 March 1873 – 13 August 1955) was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the founda ...

, Netzer taught the use of sculpture and painting in architecture. Hubert Netzer was a member of the

Deutscher Künstlerbund The Deutscher Kuenstlerbund (Association of German Artists) was founded in 1903 the initiative of Count Harry Kessler, promoter of arts and artists, Alfred Lichtwark, director of the Hamburg Art Gallery and the famous painters Lovis Corinth, Ma ...

(Association of German Artists). Among his students were

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, :de:Hans Meyers, :de:Ernst Gottschalk, :de:Curt Beckmann, :de:Ferdinand Heseding, and :de:Willi Hoselmann. Netzer is the father of the painter, graphic artist and art writer :de:Remigius Netzer (1916–1985).

Works

* 1893: Triton Fountain at the Herzog Wilhelm Street, Munich * 1896: Prometheus-figure group on the gable of the central structure of the University of Würzburg * 1896: Narcissus fountain in the southwestern garden part of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich * 1907: Nornenbrunnen in Munich * 1910: Margaret of Sicily-Aragon and 3 other rulers in the collegiate church in Neustadt an der Weinstraße * 1911: Jonasbrunnen on the Josephsplatz in Munich (Sculpture destroyed by war and replaced by the Franziskusbrunnen in 1961) * 1913: First version of the Blitzeschleuderer (Lightning Hurler) as a competition draft for a world telegraphy monument in Bern (awarded the 2nd prize) * 1915/1921: Siegfried Memorial on the Cemetery of Honor in Duisburg-Kaiserberg (designed in 1915, cast in 1919, erected in 1921) * 1918/1925: Revision of the Blitzeschleuderer (Draft 1918 issued in Berlin, 1924/1925 by the foundry Gustav Schmäke (Dusseldorf) cast in bronze, 1926–1974 in the south curve of the Düsseldorf Rheinstadion, since 2004 in the roundabout on the Heinz-Ingenstau-Straße in Dusseldorf) * 1921: Sinnende Klio (also trauernde Muse – sorrowing Muse) with medallion (bust relief) of the mine director

Hermann Brassert Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, M ...

in Bonn at the Alten Zoll * c.1923: Six seated images of the virtues on the portico of the former country and district court building in Mühlenstraße in Düsseldorf-Altstadt * 1928: War memorial in the memorial hall of the Ehrenfriedhof on the Schillerstraße in Duisburg-Homberg

Honors

There is a Hubert Netzer Way in his birthplace, Isny. Wuerzburg new university 2005.jpg, Central building of the University of Würzburg with the Prometheus group Nornenbrunnen Muenchen.jpg, Nornenbrunnen in Munich Ruprecht I., 1910.jpg, Rupert I, Elector Palatine (1910) in the collegiate church in

Neustadt an der Weinstraße Neustadt an der Weinstraße (, formerly known as ; lb, Neustadt op der Wäistrooss ; pfl, Naischdadt) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,300 inhabitants , it is the largest town called ''Neustadt''. Geography Location T ...

Margarete von Sizilien-Aragon Figur 1910.jpg, Margarete of Sicily-Aragon (1910) in the Neustadt collegiate church BRASSERT.jpg, Trauernde Muse (sinnende Klio) and portrait medallion in Bonn Blitzeschleuderer in Duesseldorf-Stockum, von Suedwesten.jpg, Blitzeschleuderer in Düsseldorf Ehemaliges Amtsgericht (mittig), Portal Mühlenstraße 34, Düsseldorf-Altstadt.jpg, Portico of the ''Ehemaligen Amtsgerichts'', Düsseldorf Hubert_Netzer_-_Jonasbrunnen_Munchen.jpg, Former Jonasbrunnen in Munich

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Netzer, Hubert 1865 births 1939 deaths People from Isny im Allgäu People from the Kingdom of Württemberg 19th-century German sculptors 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists German medallists