Paul Sturm
Illustration — Berlin Company for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory, by Paul Sturm, 1909 • Illustration — 1915 WWI Judaica Silver Medal by Sturm for Otto von Bismarck's 100th Birthday, edited by Hugo Grünthal, obverse. • Illustration — 1915, the reverse of this medal is symbolising the war efforts by a giant carrying Germany. Paul Sturm (1 April 1859 – 21 December 1936) was a German Art Nouveau sculptor, medallist and designer.
Paul Sturm
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- Born
- 1859 · Leipzig.
- Died
- 1936 · Jena.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- designer · sculptor · medalist
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- German
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Illustration — Berlin Company for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory, by Paul Sturm, 1909 • Illustration — 1915 WWI Judaica Silver Medal by Sturm for Otto von Bismarck's 100th Birthday, edited by Hugo Grünthal, obverse. • Illustration — 1915, the reverse of this medal is symbolising the war efforts by a giant carrying Germany. Paul Sturm (1 April 1859 – 21 December 1936) was a German Art Nouveau sculptor, medallist and designer.
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Paul Sturm (1859–1936) was a German designer, medalist and sculptor. Born in Leipzig, the designer died in Jena.
Languages used include German. Works by Paul Sturm are held at Het Scheepvaartmuseum.
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Sturm was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. He started his education with an apprenticeship as a wood carver. His tertiary education was gained at schools of Fine Art in Munich, Zurich, Lausanne, and Lyon. From 1884 he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig. In 1908 he relocated to Berlin, where he had to accept an early retirement for health reasons in 1919 under difficult post war conditions. From 1919 he lived with his second wife Hedwig Weckwerth, the widow of the medallist Hermann Weckwerth, at Bad Frankenhausen, Thuringia. Sturm's two marriages were not well fated, and his life ended in the mental hospital in Jena Thuringia on 21 December 1936.
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• 1903: Paul Sturm won the competition for the design of the award medal for the Dresden exhibition (Sächsische Kunstausstellung Dresden). • 1904: He took part in the World Exhibition St Louis in the Room of Leipzig showing his medallions, and plaque medals. • 1906: The King of Saxony awarded him the title Professor. • From 1908 to 1919 medallist (Staatsmedailleur) at the Berlin State Mint.
Exhibit in the Bode-Museum, Berlin, Germany. This work is in the public domain because the artist died more than 70 years ago. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
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Exhibit in the Bode-Museum, Berlin, Germany. This work is in the public domain because the artist died more than 70 years ago. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
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1859
Paul Sturm born at Leipzig.
1936
Paul Sturm died at Jena.
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- 1.Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. German biography of artists, retrieved 10 October 2013.
- 2.Paul Sturm in: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst e.V., retrieved 10 October 2013
- 3.Bannicke, Elke: Das Friedrich-Franz-Alexandra-Kreuz für Werke der Nächstenliebe von Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Zum 70. Todestag des preußischen Staatsmedailleurs Paul Sturm. In: Beiträge zur brandenburgisch/preussischen Numismatik Numismatische Hefte des Arbeitskreises Brandenburg/Preussen Heft 14 (2006), p. 142.
- 4.Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. German biography of artists, retrieved 10 October 2013.
- 5.Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. German biography of artists, retrieved 10 October 2013.
- 6.Bannicke, Elke: Das Friedrich-Franz-Alexandra-Kreuz für Werke der Nächstenliebe von Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Zum 70. Todestag des preußischen Staatsmedailleurs Paul Sturm. In: Beiträge zur brandenburgisch/preussischen Numismatik Numismatische Hefte des Arbeitskreises Brandenburg/Preussen Heft 14 (2006), p. 141.
- 7.Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. German biography of artists, retrieved 10 October 2013.
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