List of sculptures of Ludwig van Beethoven

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Bust of Beethoven by Hugo Hagen, 1892, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) is among the most admired composers in the history of Western music,[1] and has been the subject of many private and public sculptures, including busts, reliefs, statues and others. The first, a bust by Franz Klein, was commissioned by Johann Andreas Streicher and created in 1812, while the composer was still alive.[2] After Beethoven's death in 1827, his hometown, Bonn, immediately began planning a monument for the following year,[3] though a cholera outbreak delayed this.[4] A design competition was eventually held, in which a submission by Ernst Julius Hähnel beat ones from Friedrich von Amerling, Gustav Blaeser and Friedrich Drake. In 1845, Hähnel's monument was erected, due to finances given by Robert Schumann, Charles Hallé, George Thomas Smart and especially Franz Liszt.[3][5] While the monument's height and simplicity were criticized, the reliefs surrounding the base were met with public approval.[5] The statue's representation of a figure standing on a decorated base with its legs slightly apart was popular at the time, and later inspired Theodore Baur's statue of c. 1895 in the Library of Congress.[6]

The Beethoven monuments that followed Hähnel's, while retaining a high pedestal,[7] began to portray the composer in a less simplistic and increasingly heroic light.[8] The most significant representative of this, and the most famous Beethoven monument from the second half of the 19th century, was Kaspar von Zumbusch's 1880 monument in Beethovenplatz (de), Vienna.[9] The city had intended to erect a monument for Beethoven since his death,[3] but serious action to do so began only in the 1870s, when a competition for a design was held and Zumbusch's winning design was created with financial support from Liszt and Brahms.[10]

In the early 20th century, the glorified portrayals of Beethoven reached their peak, with god-like representations such as Max Klinger's monument (1902), unveiled at the Vienna Secession[11] (now in the Museum der bildenden Künste),[12] and Fidus's unexecuted design for a 'Beethoven temple' (1903).[13] The 20th century also saw a brief return to the simplistic style of the 19th century, such as Robert Weigl's statue at the Heiligenstädter Park (de) in Vienna (1910) and Hugo Uher's (cs) statue in Karlsbad (1929).[14] Also at this time, Antoine Bourdelle and Naoum Aronson, both students of Auguste Rodin, began creating busts of the composer; Bourdelle was especially prolific.[15] As the century progressed, ideas on depicting Beethoven became largely ununified, and were often especially allegorical, such as Theodor von Gosen's monument in Alameda Central, Mexico City (1921).[16] In 1926, Berlin hosted a monument competition in preparation for the composer's 100th anniversary the following year; the entire competition was controversial and was eventually canceled due to criticism from the press and the committee's inability to form a consensus.[17] There had been submissions from famous sculptors including Ernst Barlach, Peter Breuer and Georg Kolbe, although Breuer and Kolbe eventually had their designs constructed in 1938 and 1948 respectively.[17] After World War II, experimentation in portraying Beethoven increased even further, exemplified by Klaus Kammerichs's (de) three-dimensonal reproduction (1986) of Joseph Karl Stieler's painted portrait and Markus Lüpertz's controversial abstract portrayal (2014).[18][19]

There is a large collection of busts in the Beethoven House, a museum and cultural institution based in Bonn that studies Beethoven's life and legacy, including ones by an unknown artist based on a sculpture by Josef Danhauser (c. 1890);[20] Fernando Cian (first quarter of the 20th century);[21] Pierre Félix Masseau (1902);[22] Aronson (1905);[15] a mask supposedly by Wilhelm Hüsgen (de) (1920–1927);[23] Eduard Merz (1945/46);[24] Lewon Konstantinowitsch Lasarew (de) (1981);[25] and Cantemir Riscutia (1998).[26]

Sculptures

Sculptures of Ludwig van Beethoven
Image Type Location Date[lower-alpha 1] Sculptor Ref(s)
Bust Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria Austria
1812 Franz Klein [2]
External image
image icon Anton Dietrich's Bust, on the Google Arts & Culture website
Bust La Scala
Milan, Italy Italy
First half of the 19th century Anton Dietrich [27]
Beethoven monument bonn muensterplatz 2008.jpg
Statue Münsterplatz (de)
Bonn, Germany Germany
12 August 1845 Ernst Julius Hähnel [3][5][28]
Relief Liceu
Barcelona, Spain Spain
March 1847 Agapit Vallmitjana i Barbany [29]
External image
image icon Dorcière's relief, on the Statues – Hither & Thither website
Relief Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
Geneva, Switzerland Switzerland
1856–58 Louis Dorcière [30]
Bust Beethovengang, Heiligenstadt
Vienna, Austria Austria
15/23 June 1863 Anton Dominik Fernkorn [31]
Bust Walhalla
Donaustauf, Germany Germany
1866 Arnold Hermann Lossow after Anton Dietrich [32]
External image
image icon Schaller's bust, on the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain's website
Bust Royal Philharmonic Society
London, United Kingdom United Kingdom
1871 Johann Nepomuk Schaller [33][34]
Relief Frieze of Parnassus
Albert Memorial
London, United Kingdom United Kingdom
1872 Henry Hugh Armstead [35]
Statue Royal Museum of Fine Arts
Antwerp, Belgium Belgium
1874 Jacques de Braekeleer (nl) [36][37]
Other sculpture Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Milan, Italy Italy
1874 Giuseppe Grandi [38]
External image
image icon Giuseppe Grandi's sculpture, on the Google Arts & Culture website
Other sculpture Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Turin, Italy Italy
1874 Giuseppe Grandi [39]
External image
image icon Bust by Bertheauld, on the Statues – Hither & Thither website
Bust Grand Théâtre de Genève
Geneva, Switzerland Switzerland
1879 Bertheauld? [40]
Statue Beethovenplatz (de)
Vienna, Austria Austria
1 May 1880 Kaspar von Zumbusch [9]
External image
image icon Relief on the Alte Oper, on the Statues – Hither & Thither website
Relief Alte Oper
Frankfurt, Germany Germany
1880 Unknown [41]
Central Park NYC - Beethoven statue by Henry Baerer - IMG 5719.JPG
Bust Central Park
New York, New York, US United States
22 July 1884 Henry Baerer [42][43][44]
External image
image icon Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller's bust, on the Tower Grove Park website
Bust Tower Grove Park
St. Louis, Missouri, US United States
1884 Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller [45]
External image
image icon Johannes French's bust, on the Statues – Hither & Thither website
Bust Concertgebouw
Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands
1888 Johannes French [46]
Bonnbeethovenhaus1.jpg
Bust Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
c. 1890 Unknown
(based on a sculpture by Josef Danhauser)
[20]
Beethoven bust statue by Hagen.jpg
Bust Library of Congress
Washington, D.C., US United States
1892 Hugo Hagen [47]
Bust Prospect Park
New York, New York, US United States
20 October 1894 Henry Baerer [48]
Statue of Beethoven (courtyard of San Pietro a Maiella, Naples).jpg
Statue Naples, Italy Italy 1895 Francesco Jerace [49]
Statue Library of Congress
Washington, D.C., US United States
c. 1895 Theodore Baur [6]
Bust  ?[lower-alpha 2]
Last seen in Lincoln Park
Chicago, Illinois, US United States
1897 Johannes Gelert [50]
Relief Helenental (de)
Baden bei Wien, Austria Austria
1899 Josef Valentin Kassin (de) [51]
External image
image icon Thomas Crawford's statue, on the Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online
Statue New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, Massachusetts, US United States
1900 Thomas Crawford [52]
Beethcian.jpg
Bust Garden of the Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
First quarter of the 20th century Fernando Cian[lower-alpha 3] [21]
Beethfix.jpg
Bust Garden of the Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
1902 Pierre Félix Masseau [22]
Statue Museum der bildenden Künste
Leipzig, Germany Germany
1902 Max Klinger [12][53][54]
External image
image icon Sculpture by an unknown artist, on the Statues – Hither & Thither website
Relief (architectural) Burschenschaftsdenkmal (de)
Eisenach, Germany Germany
1902 Unknown [55]
Other sculpture Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts, US United States
After 1902 Max Klinger [56]
Other sculpture Tiergarten
Berlin, Germany Germany
1904 Rudolf and Wolfgang Siemering [57]
Bust Garden of the Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
1905 Naoum Aronson [15]
Other sculpture Museum der bildenden Künste
Leipzig, Germany Germany
1907 Max Klinger [58]
Aston Webb Building Entrance Statues University of Birmingham.JPG
Statue Aston Webb Building, University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom United Kingdom
1907 Henry Alfred Pegram [59]
Statue Heiligenstädter Park (de)
Döbling, Vienna, Austria Austria
1910 Robert Weigl [14][60]
Bust Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California, US United States
6 August 1915 Henry Baerer [61]
Bust Parque de la Independencia
Rosario, Argentina Argentina
1917 Erminio Blotta [62]
Beethhüsgen.jpg
Mask Garden of the Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
1920–1927 Wilhelm Hüsgen? (de)[lower-alpha 4] [23]
Statue Alameda Central
Mexico City, Mexico Mexico
1921 Theodor von Gosen [16]
Relief Ungargasse 5
Vienna, Austria Austria
7 May 1924 Anton Grath (de) [63]
Relief Malá Strana
Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic
March 1927 Otakar Španiel [64]
Bust Sauerhof (de)
Baden bei Wien, Austria Austria
10 May 1927 Hans Mauer (de) [65]
Bust Martonvásár, Hungary Hungary 1927 Jànos Pàsztor [66]
Statue Nuremberg, Germany Germany 1927 Konrad Roth [67]
Statue Monument to Ludwig van Beethoven (cs)
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Czech Republic
29 September 1929 Hugo Uher (cs) [68]
Statue Budapest, Hungary Hungary 1932 János Horvay [69][70]
Statue Pershing Square
Los Angeles, California, US United States
14 October 1932[lower-alpha 5] Unknown [71]
Relief Rostock, Germany Germany 1934 Paul Wallat [72]
Statue (de) Alter Zoll (de)
Bonn, Germany Germany
1938 Peter Breuer [73]
Other sculpture Plaza Lavalle (es)
Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina
15 November 1944 José Fioravanti [74]
Beethovenmerz.jpg
Bust Garden of the Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
1945/46 Eduard Merz [24]
Statue(s) Frankfurt, Germany Germany 1948 Georg Kolbe [75]
Bust Redoute, Bad Godesberg
Bonn, Germany Germany
1955 Franz Rotter [76]
Other sculpture Doblhoff Park
Baden bei Wien, Austria Austria
1969 Matija Vuković [77]
Bust Graz Opera
Graz, Austria Austria
1969 Fred Pirker [78]
Relief Hegyvidék (District XII)
Budapest, Hungary Hungary
1970 László Csontos [79]
Other sculpture Hlohovec, Slovakia Slovakia c. 1970 Unknown [80]
Statue Jan Kochanowski Park
Bydgoszcz, Poland Poland
1970s Witold Marciniak [77]
Statue Siolim
Goa, India India
1 May 1976 Cypriano Fernandes [81]
Bust Parque de Berlín
Madrid, Spain Spain
1981 Unknown [82]
BEETHovenLAS.jpg
Bust Garden of the Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
1981 Levon Lazarev (de) [25]
Other sculpture Beethovenhalle
Bonn, Germany Germany
1986 Klaus Kammerichs (de)
after Joseph Karl Stieler
[18]
Statue Naruto, Tokushima, Japan Japan 1997 Peter Kuschel (de) [83]
Bust Garden of the Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
1998 Cantemir Riscutia [26]
External image
image icon Yuan Xikun's bust, on the Google Arts & Culture website
Bust Jintai Art Museum
Beijing, China China
2004 Yuan Xikun [84]
External image
image icon Burkhard Mohr's bust, on the Statues – Hither & Thither website
Bust Bad Godesberg
Bonn, Germany Germany
before 2008 Burkhard Mohr (de) [85]
Other sculpture Stadtgarten (de)
Bonn, Germany Germany
30 March 2014 Markus Lüpertz [19][86]
Statue(s) Martonvásár, Hungary Hungary 31 December 2014 Nagy János [87]

Bourdelle's sculptures

The French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929) greatly admired Beethoven, of whom he created at least 45 sculptures from 1893 to the end of his life.[88][89][lower-alpha 6]

Sculptures by Antoine Bourdelle
Image Type Location Date Ref(s)
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's study, on the Smithsonian Institution website
Bust
(a study)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Washington, D.C., US United States
1889 [90]
Bust Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio, US United States
1891 [91]
Bust Musée Ingres
Montauban, France France
1891 [92][93]
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's mask, on the List Visual Arts Center website
Mask List Visual Arts Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US United States
1901 [94]
Bust Musée Ingres
Montauban, France France
1901–1902 [95][96]
Bust Beethovenhalle
Bonn, Germany Germany
1902 [97]
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's bust, on Google Arts & Culture
Bust Beethoven House
Bonn, Germany Germany
1902 [98]
Bust Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Strasbourg, France France
1903 [99]
Bust Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France France
1903 [100]
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's statue, on the Courtauld Institute of Art's website
Statue Musée Bourdelle
Paris, France France
1904–1908 [101]
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's bust, on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website
Bust Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York, US United States
c. 1926 [1902] [102]
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's statue, on a website dedicated to Beethoven
Bust Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay 25 December 1927 [103]
Other sculpture Musée Ingres
Montauban, France France
1927–1928 [104]
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's statue, on the Princeton University Art Museum website
Statue Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, New Jersey, US United States
1929 [105]
Bust Jardin du Luxembourg
Paris, France France
1978 [1902] [106]
External image
image icon Antoine Bourdelle's bust, on the Ohara Museum of Art website
Bust Ohara Museum of Art
Kurashiki, Japan Japan
Undated [107]

Unexecuted sculptures

Unexecuted sculptures
Sketch Date Sculptor Ref(s)
c. 1840 Gustav Blaeser [8]
1840s Friedrich von Amerling [3]
c. 1840–1845 Friedrich Drake [7]
c. 1890 Emil Eugen Sachse [8]
1903 Fidus [13]
1926 Ernst Barlach [17][108]

See also

Notes

  1. For public monuments the approximate date the work was unveiled is given if available; for other works the approximate time of creation is given.
  2. The bust was stolen in 1970; only fragments remain.[50]
  3. The portrait bust is based on a sculpture by Fernando Cian and is presumed to have been executed by Cian himself.[21]
  4. Wilhelm Hüsgen (de) is the presumed creator of the mask.
  5. Installed to honor William Andrews Clark Jr., founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic[71]
  6. So as not to overwhelm the list with sculptures by Bourdelle, the sculptures have been put in a separate section and limited.

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