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Reinhold Begas (15 July 1831 – 3 August 1911) was a German
Image:Berlin Neptunbrunnen.jpg, Neptunbrunnen in Berlin, near Alexanderplatz
Image:Reinhold Begas Adolph von Menzel.jpg, Bust of Adolph von Menzel, around 1875/76
Image:Berlin Nationaldenkmal Kaiser Wilhelm 1900.jpg, Kaiser-Wilhelm- Nationaldenkmal (destroyed by the
Reinhold Begas (15 July 1831 – 3 August 1911) was a German sculptor
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Biography
Begas was born inBerlin
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, son of the painter Carl Joseph Begas. He received his early education (1846–1851) studying under Christian Daniel Rauch and Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann. During a period of study in Italy
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, from 1856 to 1858, he was influenced by Arnold Böcklin and Franz von Lenbach
Franz Seraph Lenbach, after 1882, Ritter von Lenbach (13 December 1836 – 6 May 1904), was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry. Because of his standing in society ...
in the direction of a naturalistic style in sculpture. This tendency was marked in the group ''Borussia'', executed for the facade of the exchange in Berlin
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, which first brought him into general notice.
In 1861 Begas was appointed professor at the art school at Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...
, but retained the appointment only a few months. That he was chosen, after competition, to execute the statue of Friedrich Schiller for the Gendarmenmarkt
The Gendarmenmarkt ( en, Gut Market) is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble including the Berlin concert hall and the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Fri ...
in Berlin, was a high tribute to the fame he had already acquired, and the result, one of the finest statues in the German metropolis, entirely justified his selection. Since the year 1870, Begas dominated the plastic art in the Kingdom of Prussia
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, but especially in Berlin. Among his chief works during this period are the colossal statue of Borussia for the Hall of Glory; the Neptune fountain in bronze on the Schlossplatz; the statue of Alexander von Humboldt, and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Nationaldenkmal, all in Berlin; the sarcophagus of Emperor Frederick III in the mausoleum of the Church of Peace at Potsdam
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; and, lastly, the national monument to Emperor William I
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, the statue of Otto von Bismarck before the Reichstag building, and several of the statues in the Siegesallee
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Gallery
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File:Carl Van Vechten-Krieg-KW Nationaldenkmal.jpg, Carl Van Vechten in front of ''Mars''
File:Bismarck-Nationaldenkmal.JPG, Bismarck-Nationaldenkmal
File:Reinhold Begas-Bismarck-Sarkophag im Dom zu Berlin.jpg, Cenotaph of Bismarck (model)
File:Prometheus_3.jpg, ''Prometheus
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Image:Dom Berlin Kaiser Friedrich III 026.jpg, Cenotaph
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of Frederick III, German Emperor. Located in the Berliner Dom
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Image:Begas Susanna.jpg, Susanna. 1869-72
See also
* '' Centaur and Nymph'' * '' Mercury and Psyche''References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Begas, Reinhold 1831 births 1911 deaths Artists from Berlin People from the Province of Brandenburg 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists 19th-century German sculptors 19th-century German male artists German male sculptors Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) German people of Belgian descent