Michael Wagmüller (1839–1881) was a German sculptor who completed a number of commissions in London and exhibited at the

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. Wagmuller was born in

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, Germany, and studied at the industrial school in

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, then at the

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there. After returning from London to Munich he worked as a Professor at the Academy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wagmuller, Michael 1839 births 1881 deaths Swiss emigrants 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich