Johann Sigismund (Brandenburg) Siegesallee

Peter Christian Breuer (19 May 1856,

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– 1 May 1930,

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) was a German sculptor. He was a professor 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 ...

(later, the

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) and was considered to be one of the pioneers of modern sculpture in Germany. Among his students were Hans Dammann, Fritz Röll, Leopold Fleischhacker, Felix Pfeifer and Rudolf Belling.

Selected works

* 1894: Berlin, Marble group "Adam and Eve". Seriously damaged in

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; restored by and in 1954. * 1901: Berlin, Figure Group 23 in the Siegesallee (Victory Avenue) project. The central figure was

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. He was flanked by Fabian Graf von Dohna (1550-1621, diplomat/statesman) and Thomas von dem Knesebeck (1559-1625,

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and Landeshauptmann). These figures were damaged during World War II and are now on display at the Spandau Citadel. * 1902: Bunzlau, Religious group "Let the Little Children Come to Me", commissioned by Kaiser

Wilhelm II , house = Hohenzollern , father = Frederick III, German Emperor , mother = Victoria, Princess Royal , religion = Lutheranism (Prussian United) , signature = Wilhelm II, German Emperor Signature-.svg Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor ...

for the square in front of the orphanage; now in the Schlossplatz (Castle Plaza). * 1903: Cologne, – Equestrian statue of Kaiser Friedrich III; melted down sometime between 1942 and 1945. * 1907: Memel – Borussia Monument; designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fall of

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, when the Imperial Couple was able to hold out at the City Hall in Memel until the Peace of Tilsit was signed. The statue was toppled during the

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and restored by the Nazis in 1939. Towards the end of World War II, it was dismantled again, melted down, and replaced by a Soviet-related figure.Sibylle Einholz: ''Peter Breuer (1856–1930), ein Plastiker zwischen Tradition und Moderne.'' Dissertation. Freie Universität, Berlin 1984. * 1909,

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– near the stables at the Schwanenburg; Equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg. * 1912-14:

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–

Otto Lilienthal Karl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man". He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders, therefore making ...

Monument with figure of Icarus. * 1925: Berlin, Griechischen Park, Venus und Amor. File:"Adam und Eva" im Florapark in Duesseldorf-Unterbilk, von Nordosten.jpg, Adam and Eve File:Berlin-Steglitz Otto-Lilienthal-Denkmal (Peter Breuer).JPG, Otto Lilienthal Monument File:Jezus - friend of children Peter Breuer 1902.JPG, "Let the Little Children Come to Me..." File:2010-11-12 Berlin-Oberschoenweide Frau und amor - AMA fec (1).JPG, Venus and Amor

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breuer, Peter 1856 births 1930 deaths Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists German male sculptors 19th-century sculptors

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