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Holzmarktbrunnen - Oscar-Winter-Brunnen

Holzmarkt Fountain - Oscar Winter Fountain

Karl Gundelach & Otto Lüer
1896 (1954)

Hannover / Holzmarktbrunnen - Oscar-Winter-Brunnen

Description

Bronze statue of a blacksmith with a caduceus. The smith is modelled after Oscar Winter. It is placed in a richly decorated frame of wrought iron.
The statue was molten during World War II and in 1954 replaced by a copy sculpted by Friedrich Adolf Sötebier. He used a small model which was in the possession of Gundelach's daughter. It shows a much younger Oscar Winter than before.

Inscription(s)

Gestiftet von
Oscar Winter
und Wilhelm Meier
zum 100jähr Geschäftsjubiläum
am 7. Juni 1896

Signature

architekt otto lüer
ersann mich
bildm. k. gundelach
machte die figur
The statue: k. gundelach

Sculptors

Karl Gundelach (Linden, Hannover 1856 - Hannover 1920), German sculptor from München (Wikipedia).
Otto Lüer (Bruchhausen 1865 - Bad Pyrmont 1947), German architect (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Holzmarktbrunnen (Hannover).
Olaf Hoffmann, Öffentliche Kunst in Hannover.

Location (N 52°22'17" - E 9°43'56")

Item Code: dens143; Photograph: 3 April 2014
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