Anton Josef Reiss

Anton Josef Reiss, also Reiß (30 October 1835Anton Josef Reiss. In Hans Wolfgang Singer (ed.): Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon. Leben und Werke der berühmtesten bildenden Künstler. Vorbereitet von Hermann Alexander Müller. 3., umgearbeitete und bis auf die neueste Zeit ergänzte Auflage. Vol. 5: Vialle–Zyrlein. Literarische Anstalt, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt 1901, . – 1 February 1900) was a German sculptor. Based in Düsseldorf, he focused on sacred art for churches, including a marble Pietà for St. Gereon in Cologne in a style close to the Nazarene movement.

Life and career Born in Düsseldorf, Reiss was the third child of Carl Peter Josef Reiß, who worked then as a coachman, and Sophie Henriette Fink.Civilstand, Geburten: 30 October 1835, Anton Joseph, S. of Peter E. Reiß, carter, and Sophie H. Fink, Düsseldorf. In Düsseldorfer Zeitung, appendix to No. 316, 22 November 1835, (uni-duesseldorf.de). His sisters were Luise and Christine.Civilstand, Geburten: 3 October 1825, Luise Gertrud, T. d. Fuhrmanns Carl Peter Josef Reiß und der Anne Jos. Hein. Fink in Düsseldorf. In Düsseldorfer Zeitung. No. 278, 10 October 1825, (uni-duesseldorf.de).Civilstand, Geburten:July 1833: Christine Pauline, T. des Stadtfuhrmanns Carl Peter Reiß und der Sophie Henriette Fink. In Düsseldorfer Zeitung. No. 166, 13 July 1833, (uni-duesseldorf.de). He received his training as a sculptor from Julius Bayerle (1826–1873), who later established the first studio for sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under the direction of Wilhelm von Schadow. Before that, Reiss had attended the elementary class of Joseph Wintergerst at the Kunstakademie in 1851. He also attended Karl Ferdinand Sohn's antiquities class from 1854 to 1855 and received lessons in anatomy and proportions from Heinrich Mücke.Findbuch 212.01.04. List of pupils at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts from 1830–1895: Reis, Joseph Josef Reiss was a member of the Malkasten artists group, and had his studio in the mid-1870s at Klosterstraße 88, where he took in his widowed mother.Klosterstr. 88: Reiß, sculptor; Reiß, Ww. née Fink In Adreßbuch der Oberbürgermeisterei Düsseldorf. 1878, (uni-duesseldorf.de). In the early 1880s, Reiss built a home for himself on the corner plot of Kurfürstenstraße 28 at Klosterstraße 128.Klosterstraße 128, belongs to Kurfürstenstraße 28, Reiß, Bildhauer, E. (owner). In Adreßbuch der Oberbürgermeisterei Düsseldorf. 1883, (uni-duesseldorf.de). The owner of the neighbouring house was, among others, Gustav Rutz's family.Klosterstraße 128, Reiß, Jos., Bildhauer, E. In: Adreßbuch der Oberbürgermeisterei Düsseldorf. 1888, (uni-duesseldorf.de).

He devoted his work entirely to the church, in a style similar to the Nazarene movement.Peter Bloch: Skulpturen des 19. Jahrhunderts im Rheinland. . For his marble Pietà for St. Gereon in Cologne, he looked at Italian models, including Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres: Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts im Rheinland: Plastik. Schwann, 1980, . He created a new Calvary next to Düsseldorf's , replacing a late-Gothic group sculpture of seven figures which had fallen into disrepair.

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Andernach Madonna, wood carving, . Cologne Marble Pietà in St. Gereon (1897). Düsseldorf Allegorical figures on the facade of the new town hall, . Sculptures, the cross above the altar and the Madonna in . Stations of the Cross in St. Mariä Empfängnis, with his student . Madonna on the on the Maxplatz. New Calvary and figures of saints at the portal of . Grave site of Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow at the . Duisburg War memorial for soldiers of the Unification Wars with the seated Duisburgia on the square on Königstraße (unveiled in 1873, not preserved). Monument to Gerardus Mercator on in front of the town hall. Grefrath Altars and figures of saints in St. Stephanus.Becker, Helga: Altars and Sculptures by Anton Josef Reiß in St. Stephanus in Grefrath near Neuss. (Master's thesis) Hüls High altar in St. Cyriakus. Neuss Side altars in St. Quirinus

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Further reading

Becker, Helga: Frühwerke des Bildhauers Anton Josef Reiss (1835–1900). In Rheinische Heimatpflege. 49th year, 2012, . Bloch, Peter: books.google.com Skulpturen des 19. Jahrhunderts im Rheinland. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1975, a.o..