On Tuesday, 31 March, from 9.30 a.m., the "Four Times of Day" sandstone figures created by Johannes Schilling in the park by the castle pond will be freed from their winter protection. With the help of a crane, the so-called enclosures will be removed by employees of the Parks Department.
Media representatives are invited to the photo session.
The acrylic glass protective devices on the four sculpture groups are removed at regular intervals. They will then be cleaned, repaired and stored in the technical workshops of the Parks Department.
Schilling's figures are among the artistic and sculptural gems from the classicist period that are known far beyond Chemnitz. The sculptor Johannes Schilling (1828 to 1910) from Mittweida created them as allegories of the times of day. They are called "The Morning", "The Noon", "The Evening" and "The Night".
The originals, made from Postelwitz Elbe sandstone in 1861, originally stood on Brühl's Terrace in Dresden. In 1908, they were replaced there by bronze casts (duplicates) and Chemnitz received the more valuable originals. Since the 1930s, they have stood in the New Castle Pond, which was specially designed by city architect Fred Otto for the installation of the statues.
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