__NOTOC__ Friedrich Brugger (1815–1870), was a German

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. Brugger was born 13 January 1815 at

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. He studied at the Munich

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, after which he stayed in Italy from 1841 to 1843. He returned to Munich where he received commissions from

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, including busts in the

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and large

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statues. Together with

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and Johann von Halbig, he created the

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on the

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(Victory Gate) arch in Munich. He designed and modelled the sculptured form for the monument to Maximilian II, cast in 1860 by

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, for the central square of the Altes Schloss (Old Palace) on Maximilianstraße in

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."Friedrich Brugger"
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Brugger died 8 April 1870, and is buried in the

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(Old South Cemetery) in Munich (Area 16, Row 10, Plot 26; at ).

Selected works

* 1848: Monument to

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at the Promenadeplatz in Munich * 1852 Tomb of

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at the Altstädter Friedhof in

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(with Leo von Klenze; dismantled 1936, reconstructed 2009) * 1857: Monument to

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on Philippine-Welser-Strasse in

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* 1857: Guard portrait by

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in the

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* 1858: Monument to Duke Louis the Rich, in

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* 1860: Monument to

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(dismantled and melted down, 17 April 1940)Schöll, Eberhard;
Heidelbergens Promenade ziert ein stolzer Bronzeheld Marschall Wrede, den voll Gnade dort sein König aufgestellt
', Heidelberger Geschichtsverein, 9 July 1964 (in German) * 1861: Monument to

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on the Maximilianstraße, Munich * 1861: Monument to the

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Maximilian II at the Promenadeplatz, Munich * 1867: Monument to

Leo von Klenze Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784, Buchladen (Bockelah / Bocla) near Schladen – 26 January 1864, Munich) was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I, Leo ...

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Bibliography

*Pecht, Friedrich; ''

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...

'' (ADB), "Brugger, Friedrich", Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 409.

References

External links

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"Brugger Friedrich"
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Wikisource (in Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Brugger, Friedrich Artists from Munich 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors 1815 births 1870 deaths