Ernst Seger ( German: Ernst Seger , September 19, 1868, Nova Ruda , Prussia (now Lower Silesian Voivodeship , Poland ) - August 12, 1939, Berlin) - German sculptor . Professor.
| Ernst Seger | |
|---|---|
| him. Ernst seger | |
| Date of Birth | September 19, 1868 |
| Place of Birth | Nova Ruda , Prussia (now Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland ) |
| Date of death | August 12, 1939 (70 years old) |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |
| Nationality |  →  →  |
| Genre | sculptor |
| Style | Symbolism |
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Biography
Born in Lower Silesia. After graduating from high school in Nysa , in 1884 he entered the art school in Breslau , where he studied until 1886. Apprentice Robert Hörtel . Then he continued his studies in Paris. Since the late 1880s, he first received and executed large orders of public monuments. After his work in 1893-1894. in the Paris workshop of Auguste Rodin , managed his own studio in Berlin.
He worked in the sculpture studio of the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau under the direction of Christian Berenc .
From 1894 Ernst Seger permanently lived in Berlin, where he died in 1939.
Creativity
Ernst Seger is the author of a number of monuments in Berlin , Wroclaw , Nysa, Klodzko , Swidnice , small sculptures in bronze and marble , etc. Many of his creations were destroyed during the Second World War and have not survived to the present. Among the survivors are sculptures-allegories “Fight” and “Victory”, which adorn the fountain on the Wroclaw square of John Paul II.
Works
Spear thrower. Essen . (1937)
Fountain "Stork". Tempelhof . Berlin. (1931)
Nude girl
Fountain "Struggle" and "Victory" in the photo of 1905
Literature
- Nationalgalerie Berlin: das XIX. Jahrhundert. Bestandskatalog der Skulpturen, Bd. 2, S. 758, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2006.
Links
- Ernst Seger (English)