Hugo Hagen (1818 – 14 April 1871,

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) was a German sculptor.

Life

He was a student of Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann. From 1842 to 1857, he was an assistant in the studios of

Christian Daniel Rauch Christian Daniel Rauch (2 January 1777 – 3 December 1857) was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century. Life Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of ...

, where he contributed to creating the statues of

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on the

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and

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. In 1865, he became the Director of the "Rauch-Museum". After the early death of

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, he helped complete the monument to

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. He also assisted

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 ...

to complete

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's "Münzfrieses" (Coin

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s) on the Old Berlin Mint. Ironically, many of his own works were left incomplete when he died.

Selected major works

* 1860/1861: Group, "Grace with Pegasus", on the roof of the

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* 1862: Monument for

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on the

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* 1866/1869: Johann Gottfried Schadow Monument on the porch of the Altes Museum * 1866/1869:

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, Ireland. Two winged horses for the "

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Lake" and allegorical figures of "Fame" and "Victory", after designs by Rauch. * 1866: "Wrangelbrunnen" (fountain), in honor of Field Marshal Friedrich von Wrangel. The fountain wasn't completed and installed until 1877. Originally on the Kemperplatz, it is now at the corner of Urbanstraße and Grimmstraße in

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Sources

* Peter Bloch: ''Bildwerke 1780-1910'', Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1990 * ''Ethos und Pathos. Die Berliner Bildhauerschule 1786-1914'', Exhibition Catalog, by Peter Bloch, Sibylle Einholz und Jutta von Simson. Berlin, Mann, 1990 * J. Kuhn: Hagen, Hugo. In: ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker'' (AKL). Vol.67, de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, , pgs.422–424

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagen, Hugo 1818 births 1871 deaths German sculptors German male sculptors 19th-century sculptors