Hubert Netzer
Hubert Netzer 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 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, Netzer taught the use of sculpture and painting in architecture.
Hubert Netzer was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. Among his students were Arno Breker, :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.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
- 1913: First version of the Blitzeschleuderer as a competition draft for a world telegraphy monument in Bern
- 1915/1921: Siegfried Memorial on the Cemetery of Honor in Duisburg-Kaiserberg
- 1918/1925: Revision of the Blitzeschleuderer
- 1921: Sinnende Klio with medallion of the mine director Hermann Brassert 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.
