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The Life and Works of Peter Pöppelmann
A Biography of a German Sculptor and Draftsman
By David Freeman
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Peter Pöppelmann (Peter Poeppelmann) was a talented German sculptor and draftsman who was born on April 24th, 1866 in the town of Harswinkel in district of Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany.
In 1886, at the age of twenty Peter Pöppelmann (Poeppelmann) worked as a journeyman (a senior apprentice) in various German cathedrals, restoring and creating ecclesiastical furniture, before joining the sculptor 'Henich Fleige' in Munster where he continued his artistic and sculptural training. By his 26th birthday Peter Pöppelmann (Poeppelmann) was employed as a full time technician in the studio of Bernhard Kurt Roch, a master sculptor in Dresden. There Pöppelmann was able to exercise his artistic talents fully under the guidance of the master craftsman Roch. This is the largest collection of images of the work of Peter Pöppelmann yet assembled Please write to us if you can contribute more.
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Small Bronzed reproduction sculpture by Peter Pöppelmann; (Peter Poeppelmann) The Bather. 1897 Photograph: Jackie Freeman Photography |
In 1897 Peter Pöppelmann (Poeppelmann) received the gold medal from the Dresden Academy exhibition and in 1900 he joined the Dresden Art Academy. Poppelman's achievements and talent flourished there and by 1906 Peter Pöppelmann (Poeppelmann) became an extraordinary member of the Berliner Secession and art associattion with some remakable artist members, founded eight years earlier as an alternative to the more conservative German academy, the Association of Berlin Artists. In 1907. Poppelmann (Poeppelmann) was also made an honorary member of the Dresden Academy of Arts. He also became a Professor of the Arts Academy in his own right. Amongst his pupils was Dorothea von Philipsborn 1894 Strehlitz – 1971. It is true to say that Poppelmann is a seldom noted and a highly underated sculptor. he was afine artist who turned his hand to many practical and diverse craft skills. Working as a portraitist, he sculpted in Marble, Plaster, Wood and Bronze, fashioning busts of many prominent individuals in his time. As a medal designer, he worked on a smaller scale pieces in bronze and silver. And as a small, decorative arts designer, he turned his professional skills towards the commercial market, producing fashionable editions in bronze of nudes and other subjects such as the 'Bather' illustrated above and others below. But it is as an architectural stone mason that his creative ability is rarely recognized, having created large scale figrative statuary in stone for prominent citing on important buildings and churches. Building s such as the Rathausturm is the highest tower in the city of Dresden, (later illustrated) During his life, Peter Pöppelmann (Poeppelmann) created figures, statues and decorations for the city hall and the Church of Christ in Dresden and for the Jakobikirche in Freiberg, Saxony. ( illustrated)
He also looked towards other commercial applications for his skills. Creating monumental bronze releifs, urns and statuary for tombs and cemetaries, parks and gardens. But at the end of the first world war, a change in traditional style marked a similar change in his career. Modern architectural styles without building sculptures and a marked decline in public building contracts, led to a period of economic problems for the sculptor, but he pressed on regardless. Diversification his strength.
Peter Pöppelmann (Poeppelmann) worked in a variety of materials including bronzes and is remembered for his fine and modestly composed figures of nude figures such as the bronze illustrated below which was discovered at the Saskatoon Roadshow in September 2008 and lead to my particular interest in the artist.
Peter Poppelmann (Poeppelmann) signature on a cast bronze statue Photograph: Jackie Freeman Photography |
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Allegory of Goodness - formerly attributed to Peter Poppelmann has been the subject of some arguement & now reattributed to August SchreitmüllerThe argument continues...
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Peter Poppelmann works of art in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen - Dresden
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Female Figure Bathing 1897 1897, Bronze, 45 x 20 x 32,3 cm Inv. 1887 Purchased from the artist Peter Poppelmann (Poeppelmann) 1901 |
Nackte junge Frau
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Female Portrait of the artist’s wife Peter Poppelmann (Poeppelmann) Circa: Before 1904, Parian Marble, 50 x 33 x 24,5 cm Purchased with funds from the State of Saxony for Small-Scale Sculpture in 1904 |
^ Bust of Bruno Schröder Bronze Peter Poppelmann:(Poeppelmann) Before 1934, Bronze, 51 x 23,7 x 22,8 cm Purchased from the artist, 1934 |
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Girl with a Child, Figurine Peter Poeppelmann Before 1904, Bronze, 30,5 x 11 x 9 cm Purchased with funds from the State of Saxony for Small-Scale Sculpture in 1904 (other specimen called “Geschwistergruppe“: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe) |
Mädchenhalbakt Half draped girl. Gray marble H: 83,0 cm, B: 40,0 cm, T: 30,5 cm InventarnummerZV 4113 Removed from the office building Reichsstatthalter ("imperial lieutenant") Dresden in 1942
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Fräulein Ritter Pöppelmann, Peter (1866-1947) 1897
ZV 2231 Grey Marble H: 59,0 cm, B: 49,0 cm, T: 30,5 cm Purchased with funds from the State of Saxony for Small-Scale Sculpture in 1905
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Porträt Ludolf von Krehl Plaster After 1920 H: 48,5 cm, B: 28,0 cm, T: 25,0 cm |
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Prof. Carl BantzerPöppelmann, Peter (1866-1947) H: 57,0 cm, B: 30,0 cm, T: 25,5 cm 1906 Plaster |
Fritz von Uhde Bronze plaque 1924 H: 9,3 cm, B: 6,7 cm, T: 1,0 cm |
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OTHER WORKS:
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This images is from the National gallery in Berlin who hold a different variation of the same Peter Pöppelmann Bronze Dancers |
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Siblings 2 Monogrammed Geschwisterpaar. Bronze |
Die Badende’ by Peter Poeppelmann. Bronze ©Jan Krieft and Sarah Boeller We are very grateful to the municipal administration of Harsewinkel Germany and in particular Eckhard Moeller for providing us with information of the artist and an image of the sculpture; Die Badende’ (right) by Peter Poeppelmann which is housed in the “Rathaus Harsewinkel” .
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Peter Poppelmann (Poeppelmann) REIGEN, ZWEI JUGENDSTILMADCHEN IN LANGEN WEICHFLIESSENDEN GEWANDERN Bronze Reproduction |
Pöppelmann, Peter. 1866 Harsewinkel - Dresden 1947 Sign. H. 49 cm. |
This is one of the most famous and important works of the sculptor Poppelmann, which has been extensively exhibited and published in the then art literature. In 1900 Pöppelmann showed the "Reigen" for the first time successfully in the Great Berlin art exhibition, in which the national gallery instantly bought the bronze. |
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Peter Poppelmann (Poeppelmann) Boy riding on a Dolphin. Bronze |
"DEUTSCHE BAUAUSSTELLUNG DRESDEN". 1900. Silver Plaque Size: H. 7.4 cm. Eg max. 7.0 cm, |
Mother and child Marble |
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Aphrodite Marble Schloss Eckberg, Schlossgarten |
Urchin Peter Poppelmann (Poeppelmann) Bronze |
^Peter Pöppelmann: Gedenkplakette an Elisa von der Recke und Christoph August Tiedge (1904) am Hotel Bellevue in Dresden Commemorative Placque to Elisa von der Recke (German writer and poet and Christoph August Tiedge also a German poet. Diplayed at the Hotel Bellevue in Dresden. |
Rectangular bronze plaque by P. Poppelmann commemorating International Hygiene Exhibition at Dresden, German, 1911 |
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Between 1908-1910, he created the sculptures Love, Hope, Prudence and Vigilance for the viewing platform Rathausturm Dresden.
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Love and Hope |
Wisdom and Piety |
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AGRICULTURE |
Saxonia auf dem Turm des Ständehauses Dresden. There are other allegorical representations in sandstone by Peter Pöppelman in the tower area: 'Agriculture' and 'Fertility' |
 FERTILITY |
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Designs for a Schiller Monument for Dresden. A Model by Peter Pöppelmann received second prize.
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1906: Portrait relief August Toepler for his grave in St. John's Cemetery in Dresden |
1896: Bronze relief for the tomb of Gustav Ziller in the cemetery Radebeul-Ost |
1915: urn of the tomb of Artist Gotthard Kuehl, Urnenhain Tolkewitz | Monument for the tomb of Max Immelmann The municipal cemetery and Urnenhain Tolkewitz |
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Christ figure for the Portal der Christuskirche in Dresden 1910 above the reliefs "The Sower" and "The Good Shepherd"
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The bronze statue of FLORA, formerly created by Peter Pöppelmann (right), sadly fell victim to the Second World War. It was housed at the Floratempel, built in 1909, on the southern side of Lake Louisa, with its spring and flower goddess Flora. It iis today one of the most romantic places in Bad Elsters. This early postcard above is from publisher Brück & Sohn circa 1909.
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Known works with No image: Therodor Giorgii Bust Christian Georg Pathologist,1921; Bronze relief by P. Pöppelmann; 15th Exhibition Berlin Exhibition: "Graceful female figure for a fountain" |
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Bust of a young woman. Not identified. Bronze, rückseitig sign., auf quaderförmigem Holzsockel, Ges.-H. 44 cm |
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Bibliography: Peter Poppelmann (Peter Poeppelmann) Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker, Hans Vollmer (Ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band 27, Leipzig 1933, page 183; Eckhard Möller: Stadtarchiv Harsewinkel zeigt Skulpturen, in: Archivpflege in Westfalen und Lippe, issue 47, April 1998, page 42 |
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| SPENLOVE-SPENLOVE FRANK | |||
| VAN GOGH VINCENT | WILLS JAMES REV |
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| MUNNINGS Sir Alfred James | |||
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| EDOUARD MANET | |||
| PAUL KLEE | |||
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