Hermann Heinrich Howaldt (5 January 1841,

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 Nor ...

- 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 Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (8 April 1802 – 19 January 1883) was a German sculptor. Biography Howaldt was born in Braunschweig as the son of the silversmith David Ferdinand Howaldt. He learned silversmithing and went to Nuremberg, where he b ...

and began his artistic studies in his father's workshop. When they were completed, the shop became "Georg Howaldt and Son". He married Helene Brust in 1872 and they had six children. After 1880, he managed all of the company's commissions and, following his father's death, operated the foundry as well. His own death came eight years later in a tragic manner. While installing his statue ''Fame'' on the glass dome of the Dresden Academy, he fell from the scaffolding. His long-term employees joined with sculptor , took a lease on the shop, and completed all the works in progress. By 1903, the shop was having economic difficulties. Hermann's son Ferdinand (who had learned metal casting at the

Braunschweig University of Technology 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 No ...

) became the manager in an effort to save it but, three years later, had to declare bankruptcy.

Selected projects

* '' Gauß-Statue'', (1880), after a design by

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, Braunschweig * ''

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Memorial'', (1883), after a design by

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* ''Atlas Group'', on the roof of the

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, (1888) * Statue of ''

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'', on the Siegesdenkmal (Victory Monument) in

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, after a design by

Rudolf Siemering Rudolph Siemering (10 August 1835, Königsberg - 23 January 1905, Berlin) was a German sculptor, known for his works in both Germany and the United States. Biography He attended the art academy in Königsberg and then became the pupil of Gustav ...

(1888). It was removed in 1946. Apparently, a faction of the

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felt that it had Nazi overtones.

Sources

* Hermann Kindt: "Georg Howaldt und seine Werkstatt", in: ''Braunschweiger Kalender'' 1957, pps.36-40 * Gerd Spies: ''Braunschweiger Goldschmide'', Klinkhardt & Biermann (1996)

External links

Howaldt Family website

Mendelssohn Memorial
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howaldt, Hermann Heinrich 1841 births 1891 deaths German sculptors German male sculptors Artists from Braunschweig People from the Duchy of Brunswick 19th-century sculptors Deaths from falls