Albert August Karl Manthe (18 August 1847, in Angermünde – 4 February 1929, in Berlin) was a German sculptor. He studied at the

Prussian Academy of Art The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and late ...

under August Julius Streichenberg,

Hermann Schievelbein Friedrich Anton Hermann Schievelbein (18 November 1817 – 6 May 1867) was a German sculptor. Life He was the son of a master carpenter and lost his parents early, growing up in the home of an older sister. His artistic education began with th ...

and Hugo Hagen. After some further training in London, he lived in Berlin for the rest of his life. Models, sketches and other items from his estate may be seen at the Heimatmuseum Angermünde.

Selected major works

* 1888: Berlin, Statues representing "Kriegskunst" and "Naturwissenschaft" (The Art of War and the Natural Sciences) in the

City Palace City Palace may refer to: * City Palace, Berlin, Germany * City Palace, Brunswick, Germany * City Palace, Potsdam, Germany * Wiesbaden City Palace, Germany * Schloss Weimar, Germany * City Palace, Jaipur, India * City Palace, Udaipur, India * Myso ...

(destroyed). * 1888: Berlin, Colossal bust of the young Kaiser Wilhelm II, carved in gypsum. * 1890: Berlin, Marble bust of Gustav Meyer on a red granite base in Treptower Park. * 1892: Spandau, Statue of Kaiser

Friedrich III Frederick III may refer to: * Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine (died 1033) * Frederick III, Duke of Swabia (1122–1190) * Friedrich III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1220–1297) * Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (1240–1302) * Frederick III of S ...

, at the north end of the Charlotte Bridge. It was dismantled in 1926 and reassembled at

Hakenfelde Hakenfelde () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Spandau. History The name ''Hakenfelde'' is derived a dairy-farm built in 1730 on the outskirts of Spandau. Part of the town of Spandau it merged into Ber ...

in 1932. Its whereabouts are currently unknown. * 1893:

Weißwasser Weißwasser ( hsb, Běła Woda) is a town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. Weißwasser is the third largest town in the Görlitz district after Görlitz and Zittau. The town's landmark is its water tower. The town is part of the rec ...

, Upper Lusatia, Memorial for the Franco-Prussian War with a double figure of Kaisers Wilhelm I and Friedrich III, on the Kaiserplatz * 1900: Berlin,

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(Victory Avenue) project, Group 18, with John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg as the central figure, flanked by Eitelwolf von Stein (died 1515), co-founder of the University of Viadrina, and

Busso VII von Alvensleben Busso VII von Alvensleben ( fl. 1441–1495) was the Burgherr (Lord) of Kalbe, Chief Marshall and Stadtholder of Mark Brandenburg, and Landeshauptmann of Altmark. Biography He came from the "Low German" House of Alvensleben, and was the second ...

Landeshauptmann Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute'') is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol an ...

of Altmark. * 1900:

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...

, Ernst Moritz Arndt Memorial, at the Gymnasium. * 1909: Small statues of

Fritz Reuter Fritz Reuter (7 November 1810 – 12 July 1874; born as ''Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter'') was a novelist from Northern Germany who was a prominent contributor to Low German literature. Early life Fritz Reuter was born at Stavenhagen ...

which served as models for the Reuter Monument in

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. * 1916: Berlin, bronze bust of

Franz Ludwig Späth Franz Ludwig Späth (25 February 1839 – 2 February 1913), was a German botanist and fifth manager of the Späth nursery from 1863, when his father Ludwig Späth (1793–1883) retired,Späth, L. (1930). ''Späth-Buch'' 1720 - 1930, Self-Verlag, Be ...

at the Späth family burial grounds in the Luisenstädtischer Friedhof.

Sources

* Iris Berndt; Kornelia Woitalka: ''Der künstlerische Nachlaß des Bildhauers Albert Manthe im Heimatmuseum Angermünde''. Angermünde, 1996, no ISBN * Catalog: ''Albert Manthe als Mensch und Künstler'', from the " Ehm Welk and Heimatmuseum Angermünde", edited by Judith Winkler, Iris Berndt and Jörg Kuhn, Angermünde 2007

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