Fritz Schaper (BerlLeben 1909-04 Marta Wolff)

Fritz (Friedrich) Schaper (31 July 1841,

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– 29 November 1919,

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) was a German sculptor.

Life

He was orphaned at an early age, and was sent to Halle to receive instruction at the

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. After being apprenticed as a

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, he went to Berlin in 1859 for further training at the

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. Afterwards, he became an employee at the workshop of Albert Wolff until establishing his own studios in 1867. He was a professor at the Prussian Academy from 1875 to 1890 and also served as manager of the "Aktsaal" (nude modelling studio).

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, Joseph Uphues and

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were among his many well-known students. He became a full member of the Academy in 1880 and a member of the governing Senate in 1881. He was also an honorary member of the academies in

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and

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. In 1914, he was one of the signatories to the ''

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'', a document supporting Germany's invasion of Belgium.

Other notable works

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Monument,

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Altgermanische Wisentjagd ''Altgermanische Wisentjagd'', or ''Altgermanische Büffeljagd'', is an outdoor sculpture by Fritz Schaper, installed along Fasanerieallee in the Tiergarten, Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and ...

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Monument,

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Monument,

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Schaper Goethe 1880.jpg, Goethe Monument in the Berliner Tiergarten (1880), his best
known work

References

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Sources on Schaper's life and work from the BAM-Portal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaper, Fritz 1841 births 1919 deaths People from Salzlandkreis People from the Province of Saxony German sculptors German male sculptors 20th-century sculptors 19th-century sculptors Prussian Academy of Arts alumni Prussian Academy of Arts faculty Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)

Life

Other notable works

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