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Grave monuments by Hans Dammann
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Grave Monuments by Hans Dammann
Grave monuments by
HANS DAMMANN.
The monuments illustrated on this and
following pages represent one side of the work
of Hans Dammann of Berlin, who, in the dual
capacity of architect aud sculptor, has earned a
place among the leading artists of Germany alike
by his versatility, by his originality, and his
thorough mastery of the technical methods and
processes incidental to the practice of his pro-
fession. During the past years—in fact ever since
he was a youth of twenty—his works have been a
regular feature of the principal art exhibitions in
Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf and elsewhere; and
some of them have become known far beyond the
boundaries of the Fatherland. A striking example
of his work as a sculptor was reproduced in these
pages a few months ago—a figure of Salome in
a kneeling posture; and another work of note by
him is the figure of a young Roman warrior bearing
on the base the legend “Ave Ctesar, morituri te
salutant ”—a work showing a mature knowledge of
the anatomy of the human body in motion.
As a designer of monuments, Dammann has
given evidence of his capacity in several important
undertakings, notably a war memorial on the battle-
field of Mars-la-Tour, a monument at Bingen to
the late Grand Duke of Hesse for which the reign-
ing Grand Duke awarded him the silver medal for
art and science last year, and a fountain of very
original design at Linden in Hanover. It is, how-
ever, by memorials such as those here illustrated
that his monumental capacity has perhaps been
most widely exemplified ; in this direction his
achievements have been very numerous and the
cemeteries of many cities in Germany and other
countries contain works which bear witness to his
exceptional gifts. The monument in the Campo
Santo of Milan, shown among the accompanying
illustrations, is the only work by a German artist
in that necropolis, and by many this one is con-
sidered to be the best that Dammann has executed
in his function as a monumental architect-sculptor.
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Grave monuments by
HANS DAMMANN.
The monuments illustrated on this and
following pages represent one side of the work
of Hans Dammann of Berlin, who, in the dual
capacity of architect aud sculptor, has earned a
place among the leading artists of Germany alike
by his versatility, by his originality, and his
thorough mastery of the technical methods and
processes incidental to the practice of his pro-
fession. During the past years—in fact ever since
he was a youth of twenty—his works have been a
regular feature of the principal art exhibitions in
Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf and elsewhere; and
some of them have become known far beyond the
boundaries of the Fatherland. A striking example
of his work as a sculptor was reproduced in these
pages a few months ago—a figure of Salome in
a kneeling posture; and another work of note by
him is the figure of a young Roman warrior bearing
on the base the legend “Ave Ctesar, morituri te
salutant ”—a work showing a mature knowledge of
the anatomy of the human body in motion.
As a designer of monuments, Dammann has
given evidence of his capacity in several important
undertakings, notably a war memorial on the battle-
field of Mars-la-Tour, a monument at Bingen to
the late Grand Duke of Hesse for which the reign-
ing Grand Duke awarded him the silver medal for
art and science last year, and a fountain of very
original design at Linden in Hanover. It is, how-
ever, by memorials such as those here illustrated
that his monumental capacity has perhaps been
most widely exemplified ; in this direction his
achievements have been very numerous and the
cemeteries of many cities in Germany and other
countries contain works which bear witness to his
exceptional gifts. The monument in the Campo
Santo of Milan, shown among the accompanying
illustrations, is the only work by a German artist
in that necropolis, and by many this one is con-
sidered to be the best that Dammann has executed
in his function as a monumental architect-sculptor.
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