Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Fountain with figures from the children's book Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann (1845), which is about a boy who does not groom himself properly and is consequently unpopular.

1. The title character Struwwelpeter is on a pedestal of bronze.

   
   1

   On the front are illustrated:

2. Die Geschichte von den schwarzen Buben (The Story of the Inky Boys): The three bad boys, Ludwig with a flag, Kaspar with a pretzel and Wilhelm with a woollen hoop.
3. idem. Saint Nicholas catches three boys teasing a dark-skinned boy. To teach them a lesson, he dips the three boys in black ink.
4. Die Geschichte von Hans Guck-in-die-Luft (The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air): a boy who habitually fails to watch where he's walking. One day he walks into a river; he is soon rescued, but his writing-book drifts away.

   2

   3

   4

   On the other side are shown:

5. Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Robert (The Story of Flying Robert), a boy goes outside during a storm. The wind catches his umbrella and lifts him high into the air. The story ends with the boy sailing into the distance.
6. Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug (The Dreadful Story of the Matches), Paulinchen alone at home with the two cats Minz and Maunz. She plays with matches and burns to death.
7. Die Geschichte von dem wilden Jäger (The Story of the Wild Huntsman), a hare steals a hunter's musket and eyeglasses and begins to hunt the hunter.

   5 - 6

   7

   In the fountain basin

8. idem. The hare who triumphs over the wild hunter and makes a 'long nose'.

   
   8

Signature

Sculptor

• Franziska Lenz-Gerharz (Ransbach 1922 - Frankfurt am Main 2010), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Frankfurt, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Innenstadt.
• Wikipedia, Liste von Brunnen in Frankfurt am Main.

Tags

Locatie (N 50°6'50" - E 8°40'42") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Your banner here? Click for information.