Karl Storck
Karl Storck | |
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Born | |
Died | March 30, 1887 | (aged 60)
Resting place | Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Bucharest |
Nationality | Hessian, Romanian |
Known for | sculpture, engraving, art theory |
Movement | Academic |
Karl Storck was a Hessian-born Romanian sculptor and art theorist.
Biography[]
Karl Storck was born on in Hanau, Grand Duchy of Hesse.[1] Having been trained and working for a time as an engraver, he became sculptor only later.[1] He studied in Paris, from where he was driven out by the French Revolution of 1848.[1] He settled in Bucharest in 1849, and spent the years 1856–1857 in Munich where he trained as sculptor.[1] In 1865 he became the first professor of sculpture at the Fine Arts Academy in Bucharest, becoming the most prominent figure and main developer in this early period of modern .[2][3]
His sons, Carol Storck (1854–1926) and Frederic Storck (1872–1924), were also noted artists.
Notable students[]
List of works[]
Sculptures and monuments[]
- Domniţa Bălaşa, Spătarul Mihail Cantacuzino
- Statue of Carol Davila
- Minerva încununând artele și știința
- The iconostasis of (15th century)
- Bas-reliefs on the facade of the University of Bucharest (destroyed by the Allied bombing of Bucharest in World War II)
- Facade and interior of the
Portraits[]
- Bust of Grigore III Ghica of Moldavia, in Iași
- Busts of Theodor Aman, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Mihail Kogălniceanu, C. A. Rosetti, Elena Cuza
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- Jane Turner (1996). The Dictionary of Art. Grove's Dictionaries. ISBN 9781884446009.
- Eugene K. Keefe (1972). Area Handbook for Romania. U.S. Gov. Print. Off.
- Constantin Daicoviciu (1966). Romania: Geography, History, Economy, Culture: Geography, History, Economy, Culture. Meridiane Pub. House.
External links[]
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- (in German) Bildhauerei
Further reading[]
- Marin Mihalache, Sculptorii Storck ("The Storck Sculptors"), Editura Meridiane, Bucharest, 1975, LCCN: 75409215, LC: NB933.S83 M54
Categories:
- 1826 births
- 1887 deaths
- Romanian sculptors
- Romanian people of German descent
- People from Hanau
- 19th-century sculptors
- Bucharest National University of Arts faculty