Peter Fuchs

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Peter Fuchs (1829–1898) was a German sculptor.

Biography[]

From 1844 to 1849 Peter Fuchs was an apprentice mason in the and for the next two years he worked as a mason for in Hamburg and in the studio of Vincenz Statz in Cologne.

From 1851 to 1854 he worked in Speyer with the sculptor (1818–1880) and in Frankfurt am Main with Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1797–1869) and Eduard 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 the Mariensäule in the and the life-size figures of and Reinold (1866–1871) for the west front of St. Mauritius.

Mariensäule Köln - Prophet Jeremia.jpg

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 the (1881). Several preliminary drawings (1879–1880) for uncompleted sculptures are located in the .

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 and (1895–1898) from the tympanum and the bronze doors of the west front of Bremen Cathedral, with their attenuated stances and pronounced folds of drapery, show his debt to the figures in (Florence, Mus. Opera Duomo) and to the sculptures of the Beuron Art School of the last third of the 19th century.

References[]

  • Peter Fuchs." The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, Inc., 2002. Answers.com 08 Aug. 2008. www.answers.com

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