Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (8 April 1802 – 19 January 1883) was a German

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Biography

Howaldt was born in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

as the son of the silversmith David Ferdinand Howaldt. He learned silversmithing and went to

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

, where he became friends with the sculptor Jacob Daniel Burgschmiet, who convinced him to change to modelling and sculpture. He became a teacher in modelling there and continued teaching modelling when he returned to Braunschweig in 1836. The success out of his cooperation with the famous sculptor Ernst Rietschel allowed him to start his own

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sculptures for many known German sculptors of the nineteenth century. Since 1863 he was professor at the ''Collegium Carolinum zu Braunschweig'', today

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. Howaldt died in Braunschweig. His son

Hermann Heinrich Howaldt Hermann Heinrich Howaldt (5 January 1841, Braunschweig - 2 December 1891, Braunschweig) was a German sculptor, metal caster and repoussé artist. Life He was the fifth child of sculptor, metal caster and Professor Georg Ferdinand Howaldt an ...

, also a sculptor, had joined him and continued his work and the foundry under ''Howaldt & Sohn'' until his own death. His brother August Howaldt was in 1838 the founder of the German shipyard ''

Howaldtswerke Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (often abbreviated HDW) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. It is part of the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) group, owned by ThyssenKrupp. The Howaldtswerke shipyard was founded in Kiel in 18 ...

'' in

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Bronze castings

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with the Brunswick goddess ''Brunonia'' at Braunschweig castle, sculpted by Ernst Rietschel * Lessing - Memorial for Braunschweig sculpted by Rietschel * Angels for the grave of Prince Albert in the

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Mausoleum sculpted by Adolf Breymann * Memorial

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ...

sculpted by Gustav Blaeser,

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Equestrian sculpture An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin ''eques'', meaning 'knight', deriving from ''equus'', meaning 'horse'. A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a d ...

of Friedrich Wilhelm (Brunswick and Lüneburg) sculpted by

Ernst Julius Hähnel Ernst Julius Hähnel (9 March 1811, Dresden – 22 May 1891, Dresden) was a German sculptor and Professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He is especially remembered for his public statuary. His works of art can be admired throughout Germ ...

* Equestrian sculpture of

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Charles William Ferdinand (german: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand; 9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806) was the Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswi ...

for Braunschweig sculpted by Franz Pönninger, Vienna

Gallery

Image:Freiligrath-cannstatt.jpg, Freiligrath memorial and grave in

Bad Cannstatt Bad Cannstatt, also called Cannstatt (until July 23, 1933) or Kannstadt (until 1900), is one of the outer stadtbezirke, or city boroughs, of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Bad Cannstatt is the oldest and most populous of Stuttgart's bo ...

Image:Braunschweig, Lessingdenkmal (Lessingplatz) (2).jpg, Lessing memorial in

Image:Braunschweig Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand.jpg, Equestrian of

in Braunschweig Image:Braunschweig Schwarzer Herzog.jpg, Equestrian of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm (Brunswick and Lüneburg) in Braunschweig

References

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon ' or ' was a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the '. Joseph Meyer (1796–1856), who had founded the publishing house in 1826, intended t ...

1888

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Howaldt family (in German)Humboldt-Memorial in New York
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howaldt, Georg Ferdinand 1802 births 1883 deaths Artists from Braunschweig People from the Duchy of Brunswick 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors

Biography

Bronze castings

Gallery

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