Max Baumbach (28 November 1859, Wurzen – 4 October 1915,

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) was a German sculptor. Max Baumbach - Hasenhatz der Rokokozeit - Berlin-Tiergarten - IMG 8368

Life

He studied at the

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under

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and

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. In 1885, he began presenting his own exhibitions throughout Germany, as well as at the

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.Art Gallery Illustrated: Baumbach's "Dancing Figures" at the World's Fair
/ref> His favorite subjects involved heroic poses of emperors and other royalty. In 1899–1900, he sculpted the figures for Group 5 of the

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project; a double statue of Johann I and his brother

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, studying the City Charter of

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as the centerpiece, with busts of Simeon von Cölln (witness to the Charter) and Marsilius de Berlin (the first documented judge in that city) as side figures. Among his other significant works are an equestrian statue of King

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in front of the "Ständehaus" in

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, a bronze monument of Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz in

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(now Trzebnica, Poland), a group of six figures depicting the "Protesting Princes" of 1529 in the Gedächtniskirche (Speyer) and a monument to Kaiser

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in Wörth, which earned him a professorship. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in World War II.

Works

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Hasenhatz zur Rokokozeit ''Hasenhatz zur Rokokozeit'', or ''Hasenhatz der Rokokozeit'', is an outdoor sculpture by Max Baumbach, installed at Fasanerieallee in the Tiergarten, Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and populati ...

'', Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

References

* The German version of this article incorporates text from '' Meyers Konversations-Lexikon'' (6th edition, 1909) Vol.2, pgs.475–476. Digitalized @ the

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(in Fraktur).

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