Oswald
Brückner

Son of Richard, art and metal caster.∞ 1922 Berta Weber († 1961).

After initial training by his father, he attended the Nuremberg School of Arts and Crafts under Philipp Widmer in 1914-16. He continued his education as an autodidact, especially in his father's metal foundry, and undertook study trips to Hungary, Denmark and Italy. From 1922 he was a freelance sculptor in Nuremberg. In the beginning he mainly produced arts and crafts works of metal, later life-like portraits, among others of: Andreas Bach, 1927; Heinrich Kuch, 1928; Self-portrait, 1930; Erni Wassinger, 1930; Carl Dupont, 1933; Richard Bergner, 1935; Ursula Bloss, 1942; Hildegard Gyr, 1945; Max Thoma, 1962 as well as numerous epitaphs for Nuremberg cemeteries. All bronzes were cast and chased by Brückner himself, almost all works are privately owned. 1929/32 he lived in Marxstraße 46, 1934/79 in Nbg.-Ziegelstein, Hiltpoltsteiner Straße 64. 1929 he received the Ungar. In 1929 he received the Hungarian State Prize, in 1974 the Medal of Honour of the AdBK Nuremberg. He was a member of the artists' cooperative "Die Hütte" 1924-75, 1963-76 on the board of the Albrecht Dürer House Foundation Nuremberg. A photo documentation of his works is in the GS at MStN.

Works:

NÜRNBERG, Fischbacher Hauptstraße: war memorial, sandstone, 1920. -, Fünferplatz: fish fountain, bronze, 1963.

EPITAPHIES: -, Johannisfriedhof: Richard Sichling, 1931; Kriegbaum-Lotter, 1934; Rottenbacher-Dobmann, 1950; Beul, 1956; Hans Hannweg, 1956. -, Rochusfriedhof: Andreas Bach, 1963; Lämmermann, 1968. -, Westfriedhof: Tomb Weber, 1930. -, Wöhrder Friedhof: Epitaph Bethke, 1965.

MuS: FEUCHT, Oberth-Raumfahrt-Museum: Bildnistondo Prof. Hermann Oberth, 1975. NÜRNBERG, MStN: 3 sculptures, including portrait of Berta Brücker.

Lit.: AKL; Vollmer; Rösermüller; Masa, Freiplastiken, pp. 46, 316, 475; Erlanger/Fischer, 2000.

Exhibited: 1929/4; 1930/3; 1931/2; 1933/3; 1934/1; 1934/3; 1935/1; 1936/1; 1937/2; 1942/1; 1946/1, -/3; 1952/2, -/6; 1954/2; 1955/1, -/3; 1957/9; 1959/13; 1961/20; 1962/1; 1963/1; 1964/14; 1972/1, -/2, -/15; 1975/1; 1978/13; 2002/5.

Matthias Mende

(quoted from the Nuremberg Künstlerlexikon, edited by Manfred H. Grieb)