# Michel Lock

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**Michel Lock**, originally **Hubert Michael Lock** (27 April 1848, [Cologne](/source/Cologne) - 20 February 1898, [Berlin](/source/Berlin)) was a German sculptor.

## Life and work

His father was a merchant. He had sixteen siblings, and began an apprenticeship as a wood carver at the age of twelve. Most of his works were small decorative sculptures for churches. After completing his traditional [wanderjahre](/source/Wanderjahre), he returned to Cologne and worked for the sculptor, [Wilhelm Albermann](/source/Wilhelm_Albermann); creating ornamental works for the homes of the wealthy.

In 1866, he relocated to [Hannover](/source/Hannover), and found employment in the workshops of [Carl Dopmeyer](/source/Carl_Dopmeyer), where he was allowed to create his first independent works. In 1868, when he was twenty, he accepted an invitation from a [plasterer](/source/Plasterer) named Rössemann, and went to Berlin. When Rössemann died in 1871, Lock was hired by the firm of "Zeyer & Drechsler", as a supervisor for their forty assistants. He had a falling out with them three years later, and decided to take a study trip to Italy.

When he returned, he went back to Berlin, doing modelling and stonework for the new [Nationalgalerie](/source/Alte_Nationalgalerie). He was permitted to use the workshop in his spare time, so he had another opportunity to create independent works. By 1877, he was able to establish his own studio; taking commissions for work on public and private buildings. In 1884, his statue of [Daedalus](/source/Daedalus), holding [Icarus](/source/Icarus) in his arms, received a gold medal at an exhibition in Brussels. He was awarded two more gold medals, in 1890 and 1896; both at the [Große Berliner Kunstausstellung](/source/Gro%C3%9Fe_Berliner_Kunstausstellung). Some of his larger works were done in collaboration with [Emil Hundrieser](/source/Emil_Hundrieser); notably a figure of [Berolina](/source/Berolina), created for a state visit by King [Umberto I of Italy](/source/Umberto_I_of_Italy).

His most familiar work is "[Ich habe keine Zeit müde zu sein](/source/Ich_habe_keine_Zeit_m%C3%BCde_zu_sein)" (I have no time to be tired, 1891), which depicts Kaiser [Wilhelm I](/source/Wilhelm_I), in his armchair, with the [Angel of Death](/source/Destroying_angel_(Bible)) by his side.[1] The title is taken from one of Wilhelm's favorite sayings. After Lock's death, a full-sized marble copy was created by Franz Tübbecke (1856–1937) and displayed at the Hohenzollern Museum in [Monbijou Palace](/source/Monbijou_Palace). It was lost when the palace was destroyed in [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[2]

## References

1. [*Michael Lock*.](http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Lock) In: *Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon*, Vol.12. Leipzig 1908, pg. 648.

1. [Biography of Franz Tübbecke](http://www.diegeschichteberlins.de/geschichteberlins/persoenlichkeiten/persoenlichkeitenot/387-tuebbecke.html) @ Die Geschichte Berlins

## Further reading

- Adolf Rosenberg: "Michael Lock". In: *Berliner Architekturwelt*, #1, Vol.10 (January 1899), pp.360–370

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