Emil
Zentgraf

Apprenticeship as a wood and stone sculptor. Afterwards he visited the arts and crafts schools in Munich and Nuremberg as well as the Munich Academy. Freelance sculptor in Nuremberg since 1927. In 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. In 1929 he lived at Riemenschneiderstraße 6, 1932 Merkelsgasse 19 (Atelier Bartholomäusstr. 22), 1952/58 Effeltricher Straße 25. Member of the Künstlerklause since 1921, of the Artists' Association in 1954, member of the Association of Franconian Artists and the BBK. Works: NUREMBERG, former Hermann Göring School: fountain in the Spitalhof; –, Fleischbrücke: Ochse, 1951 (copy); –, Kaiserstraße/Obere Wörthstraße: “Fortuna”, artificial stone, 1954; –, Planetary ring/Saturn path: “Bathering Susan” fountain, concrete casting, 1959; –, corner of Stuibenweg and Grüntenweg: “Elephant”, concrete casting, 1959; –, Neutor Kennel: Relief for Expellees, 1968. MuS: NUREMBERG, MStN. Lit.: Thieme-Becker; Vollmer; Dressler, 1930; Buildings, 1942, p. 38 with illustration; Artists' Association, 1954; Artists' Klause 1958; Masa, Freiplastiken 1995, pp. 4, 60, 145, 290, 298; Braun/Carbon, Brunnen 2003, p. 20. Exhibit: 1929/4; 1931/1; 1932/3; 1933/1, 3; 1934/1, –/3; 1936/1, –/2; 1938/1; 1940/2; 1941/6; 1942/1; 1949/1; 1950/4; 1951/1; 1952/1, –/7; 1953/12; 1955/1, –/10; 1956/6; 1957/12; 1960/2; 1961/9; 1962/1; 1967/1; 1971/1; 1972/1, –/2, –/3, –/4; 1974/1; 1975/1, –/2. (quoted from the Nuremberg Artists' Lexicon, edited by Manfred H. Grieb)