Paul Sturm (1 April 1859 – 21 December 1936) was a German
art nouveau
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sculptor,
medallist
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and designer.
Life
Sturm was born in
Leipzig, 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
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.
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
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, Thuringia.
Sturm's two marriages were not well fated, and his life ended in the mental hospital in
Jena Thuringia on 21 December 1936.
Work
* 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
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.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. German biography of artists, retrieved 10 October 2013
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References
External links
Bibliography
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), pages 141–155.
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1859 births
1936 deaths
Artists from Leipzig
German medallists
Art Nouveau medallists
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig alumni