Georg Schreyögg
| Georg Schreyögg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 August 1870 Aitrang, Bavaria |
| Died | 7 July 1934 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Alma mater |
Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule, Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Occupation | sculptor |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth von Barton (1881–1957) |
| Children | Radulf 1905 Gertraut 1907 1914 |
| Parent(s) | Mathäus Schreyögg (1831–?) Kreszentia Marie Jörg (1833–1899) |
Georg Schreyögg (13 August 1870 – 7 July 1934) was a German sculptor. One of his better known surviving works is the 1907 in Koblenz, taken down to make way for a new road in 1956 but returned to a site in the city close to its original location in 2014.
Georg Schreyögg was born in Aitrang, a village in the Alpine foothills near Kempten. He grew up in Mittenwald, however, a small but prosperous transit town southeast of Partenkirchen, along the mountain road towards the Brenner Pass and, beyond that, Lombardy. Mittenwald was (and is) a town with a long craft tradition of wood carving and violin making. Georg was the youngest son of the five recorded children born to Mathäus Schreyögg (1831–?), identified variously as an inn keeper and a master baker, and his wife, born Kreszentia Marie Jörg (1833–1899).
Starting in 1884 Georg Schreyögg attended the wood carving school in Partenkirchen. He then attended successively the Royal Academy of Applied Arts ("Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule") and the Academy of Fine Arts ("Akademie der Bildenden Künste") in Munich where his teachers included Adolf von Hildebrand and Wilhelm von Rümann.
Between 1901 and 1908 Georg Schreyögg worked as a freelance sculptor, based in Munich. During this period, in 1905 he married Elisabeth von Barton (1881–1957). The two of them had three recorded children, born between 1905 and 1914.
In Munich Georg Schreyögg attracted royal favour, which took the practical form of a private bursary provided by the Prince Regent. This enabled him to undertake a year's stay in Italy during 1908/09, which appears to have focused, in particular, on Florence and Rome.
In 1909 he relocated to Karlsruhe where he took a job as professor at the Academy for Applied Arts ("Kunstgewerbeschule") in succession to Fridolin Dietsche. Between 1909 and 1912 he drafted several designs for the prestigious Karlsruhe Maiolica producer. Between 1911 and 1914 he was teaching at the in Karsruhe.
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