Karl Janssen
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Karl Janssen was a German sculptor working in the Baroque revival tradition; he was born and died in Düsseldorf
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Born in a family of artists, he studied at the Königlich Preußischen Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf from 1872 to 1880. In 1878 he garnered a scholarship to study in Rome; he remained in Italy from 1881 to 1884.
On his return his first notable commission was for a memorial portrait bust of the industrialist Poensgen (1883) for his monument in the Nordfriedhof, Poensgen (1883) für dessen Erbbegräbnis auf dem Nordfriedhof.
In 1884, together with Josef Tüshaus (1851–1901), whom he had known from their days at the Akademie, he was commissioned to produce a sculptured group for the visit to the city by Kaiser Wilhelm, on the theme of Father Rhine and his Daughters. The result so pleased Düsseldorfers that in 1897 Janssen and Tüshaus were requested to cast a more durable version in bronze, for a city fountain (illustrated).
The previous year (1896), he cast the equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm, lost in the Second World War.
Since 1893 he had been teaching as a professor, taking the chair of the late August Wittig. Among his outstanding pupils were Frédéric Coubillier and Wilhelm Lehmbruck
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Following the First World War he was commissioned by Henkel
to sculpt a war memorial to fallen Henkel workers, to be erected at the Henkel works in Düsseldorf-Holthausen. His last well-known work was also for the Henkel family, a mourning figure in Art Deco
style for the family mausoleum (1925).
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
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Born in a family of artists, he studied at the Königlich Preußischen Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf from 1872 to 1880. In 1878 he garnered a scholarship to study in Rome; he remained in Italy from 1881 to 1884.
On his return his first notable commission was for a memorial portrait bust of the industrialist Poensgen (1883) for his monument in the Nordfriedhof, Poensgen (1883) für dessen Erbbegräbnis auf dem Nordfriedhof.
In 1884, together with Josef Tüshaus (1851–1901), whom he had known from their days at the Akademie, he was commissioned to produce a sculptured group for the visit to the city by Kaiser Wilhelm, on the theme of Father Rhine and his Daughters. The result so pleased Düsseldorfers that in 1897 Janssen and Tüshaus were requested to cast a more durable version in bronze, for a city fountain (illustrated).
The previous year (1896), he cast the equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm, lost in the Second World War.
Since 1893 he had been teaching as a professor, taking the chair of the late August Wittig. Among his outstanding pupils were Frédéric Coubillier and Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck was a German sculptor.- Biography :Born in Duisburg, he studied sculpture arts at the academy of arts in Düsseldorf and contributed to an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. From 1910–1914 he lived in Paris, where he met Modigliani, Brancusi, and Archipenko...
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Following the First World War he was commissioned by Henkel
Henkel
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is an multinational company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.The company operates in three business areas: Home Care , Personal Care ,...
to sculpt a war memorial to fallen Henkel workers, to be erected at the Henkel works in Düsseldorf-Holthausen. His last well-known work was also for the Henkel family, a mourning figure in Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
style for the family mausoleum (1925).