Bernhard Bleeker | |
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![]() Bleeker with a
bust of
Friedrich Ebert, 1927 | |
Born | |
Died | 11 March 1968 | (aged 86)
Nationality | German |
Education | Munich Academy with Wilhelm von Rümann |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Munich School, Neoclassic Sculptures |
Josef Bernhard Maria Bleeker (26 July 1881 – 11 March 1968) was a German sculptor. [1]
Bernhard Bleeker was born on 26 July 1881 in Münster, Westphalia, North (Germany). [2] After training as a stonemason in Münster and Munich he worked on various Munich building sites. [3] In 1903 Bleeker received his first public contract to build a monument in Miesbach. He built a fountain with a sculpture of Saint Michael slaying the dragon. "This work is still influenced by a typically neobaroque style, represented by his teacher Rümann and other numerous artist-colleagues." [1] Later he came under the influence of Adolf von Hildebrand, probably the most significant sculptor of that time. [1] Bleeker is supposed to be one of the main representatives of the Munich School of Sculptors, a significant bust sculptor and a builder of neo-classical monomuents. [3]
In 1912 he founded with others the "Neue Münchener Secession". [1] In 1918 he started teaching at the Munich Academy and became a full professor (" Ordentlicher Professor") in 1922. "During the Third Reich, Bleeker as a well respected artist often participated in propagandistic exhibitions, for example at the Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung at the Haus der Deutschen Kunst in Munich." [1] He obtained the order to create a bust of Adolf Hitler (Bust at German Historical Museum). He reworked it several times and up to 1944 25 busts were delivered to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP). [3] As a result of his connection to the Nazi regime he lost his teaching post at the Munich Academy in 1945. [4] In 1951 he was rehabilitated and became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and an honorary member of the Munich Academy. In 1968 he died in Munich. [2]
For a full list see: [1]
Bernhard Bleeker | |
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![]() Bleeker with a
bust of
Friedrich Ebert, 1927 | |
Born | |
Died | 11 March 1968 | (aged 86)
Nationality | German |
Education | Munich Academy with Wilhelm von Rümann |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Munich School, Neoclassic Sculptures |
Josef Bernhard Maria Bleeker (26 July 1881 – 11 March 1968) was a German sculptor. [1]
Bernhard Bleeker was born on 26 July 1881 in Münster, Westphalia, North (Germany). [2] After training as a stonemason in Münster and Munich he worked on various Munich building sites. [3] In 1903 Bleeker received his first public contract to build a monument in Miesbach. He built a fountain with a sculpture of Saint Michael slaying the dragon. "This work is still influenced by a typically neobaroque style, represented by his teacher Rümann and other numerous artist-colleagues." [1] Later he came under the influence of Adolf von Hildebrand, probably the most significant sculptor of that time. [1] Bleeker is supposed to be one of the main representatives of the Munich School of Sculptors, a significant bust sculptor and a builder of neo-classical monomuents. [3]
In 1912 he founded with others the "Neue Münchener Secession". [1] In 1918 he started teaching at the Munich Academy and became a full professor (" Ordentlicher Professor") in 1922. "During the Third Reich, Bleeker as a well respected artist often participated in propagandistic exhibitions, for example at the Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung at the Haus der Deutschen Kunst in Munich." [1] He obtained the order to create a bust of Adolf Hitler (Bust at German Historical Museum). He reworked it several times and up to 1944 25 busts were delivered to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP). [3] As a result of his connection to the Nazi regime he lost his teaching post at the Munich Academy in 1945. [4] In 1951 he was rehabilitated and became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and an honorary member of the Munich Academy. In 1968 he died in Munich. [2]
For a full list see: [1]