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Karl Ludwig Otto Geyer (8 January 1843,
Karl Ludwig Otto Geyer (8 January 1843, Charlottenburg
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- March 1914, Charlottenburg) was a German sculptor. His brother was the architect, .
Life and work
His father, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Geyer, was anArchdeacon
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in the Evangelical Church
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. From 1859 to 1864, he studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts
The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and late ...
, and worked in the studios of the sculptor, Hermann Schievelbein
Friedrich Anton Hermann Schievelbein (18 November 1817 – 6 May 1867) was a German sculptor.
Life
He was the son of a master carpenter and lost his parents early, growing up in the home of an older sister. His artistic education began with th ...
. Following Schievelbein's death in 1867, Geyer took over his studio. He continued his studies in 1869, at the Thorvaldsen Museum
The Thorvaldsen Museum is a single-artist museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to the art of Danish Neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), who lived and worked in Rome for most of his life (1796–1838). The museum is locat ...
in Copenhagen.
After 1891, he taught ornamental and figure modelling at the Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg (now the Technical University of Berlin
The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...
), succeeding Bernhard Roemer (1852-1891), who had died suddenly. The following year, he also began teaching at the Arts and Crafts School, where he served as Director from 1904 to 1913. He was named a Professor in 1893. His students included the sculptor, Lilli Wislicenus, and the porcelain artist, Hugo Meisel (1887–1966).
He died shortly after retiring, at the age of seventy-one, and was interred at the Friedhof Wilmersdorf
The Friedhof Wilmersdorf is a state-owned cemetery in the Berlin district of Wilmersdorf
Wilmersdorf (), an inner-city locality of Berlin, lies south-west of the central city. Formerly a borough by itself, Wilmersdorf became part of the new bo ...
. The grave has not been preserved. A memorial tablet and statue, donated by his daughters, was later placed in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf
Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf (Zehlendorf forest cemetery) is a cemetery located in Berlin's Nikolassee district. The cemetery occupies an area of 376,975 m2. An additional Italian war cemetery was created there in 1953. A number of notable people of Ber ...
.Hans-Jürgen Mende: ''Lexikon Berliner Begräbnisstätten''. Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1, S. 508, 631.
Some of his works may be seen outside Germany, at the Gare de Strasbourg
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, in the main hall. They include two large statues of female allegorical figures, representing Industry and Agriculture, and reliefs on the original façade.
References
Further reading
* Josefine Hildebrand: ''Das Leben und Werk des Berliner Bildhauers Otto Geyer (1843–1914), dargestellt unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner historischen Figurenfriese'', Berlin 1975 (Dissertation) * Peter Bloch, Sibylle Einholz, Jutta von Simson (Eds.): ''Ethos und Pathos, die Berliner Bildhauerschule 1786–1914'', Gebrüder Mann, 1990 * Moritz Wullen: ''Die Deutschen sind im Treppenhaus, der Fries Otto Geyers in der Alten Nationalgalerie'', DuMont Lieratur und Kunst Verlag, 2002External links
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