- Peter Fuchs
Peter Fuchs (1829–1889) was a German
sculptor .Biography
From 1844 to 1849 Peter Fuchs was an apprentice mason in the
Cologne Dombauhütte and for the next two years he worked as a mason forSt. Nicolai inHamburg and in the studio ofVincenz Statz inCologne .From 1851 to 1854 he worked in
Speyer with the sculptorGottfried Renn (1818-1880) and inFrankfurt am Main with [Eduard Schmidt von derLaunitz (1797-1869) andEduard Jakob von Steinle .In 1855 Peter Fuchs returned to Cologne, where he created such large sandstone reliefs and statue groups as the
Four Prophets (1858) for theMariensäule in theGereonsdriesch and the life-size figures ofSS Dionysius andReinold (1866-1871) for the west front ofSt. Mauritius .From 1865 to 1881 he produced some 700 life-size and slightly over-life-size sculptures for
Cologne Cathedral , mostly reliefs and seated and standing figures depicting scenes from the Bible and lives of the saints. Many of these are to be found on the columns and walls of the south transept (1866-1872), the west towers (1871), the west front and the north front (1879-1881) and thePetersportal (1881). Several preliminary drawings (1879-1880) for uncompleted sculptures are located in theDombauarchiv .Influenced by the
Nazarenes , after 1870 Peter Fuchs lengthened his figures and encased them in garments with sharp-edged, graphic folds. He was also influenced by the work of contemporary German sculptors working in the monumental style, as can be seen in the rendering of naturalistic heads and pathetic expression and in the isolation of the figures from each other. The reliefs and statues of Old andNew Testament prophets (1895-1898) from the tympanum and the bronze doors of the west front ofBremen Cathedral , with their attenuated stances and pronounced folds of drapery, show his debt to the figures inGhiberti's Gates of Paradise (Florence, Mus. Opera Duomo) and to the sculptures of theBEURON SCHOOL of the last third of the 19th century.Reference: Peter Fuchs." The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, Inc., 2002. Answers.com 08 Aug. 2008. [http://www.answers.com/topic/peter-fuchs-1]
culptures in public collections and public spaces
References
External links
* http://www.koeln-kh-augustinerinnen.de/view.php?nid=172&page=2
* http://www.heimatfreunde.de/Der_Heimatfreund/2003-II.pdf
* http://www.dombau-koeln.de/inhalt/08_bericht/download.php?id=50
* http://www.stadt-koeln.de/fifawm2006/presse/downloads/stadtportrait/koelner_dom.pdf
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