Rupert von Miller (19 February 1879 – 30 December 1951)) was a German architect and sculptor. Rupert von Miller was born in Munich and was the son of the

bronze caster Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as well as bronze elements t ...

, goldsmith, and sculptor

Fritz von Miller Johann Joseph Fritz von Miller, known as Fritz von Miller (11 November 1840 – 29 December 1921) was a German bronze caster, goldsmith and sculptor. Life Fritz von Miller, born in Munich, was one of the 14 children of Ferdinand von Miller, ...

. He was also the grandson of the bronze caster

Ferdinand von Miller Ferdinand von Miller (18 October 1813 – 11 February 1887) was a German artisan who is noted for his furtherance of bronze founding. Biography Von Miller was born in Fürstenfeldbruck. After a sojourn at the academy in Munich and a preliminar ...

. Miller studied in Munich and Berlin. He designed the church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (''St. Maria Himmelfahrt'') in

Bad Wiessee Bad Wiessee (Central Bavarian: ''Bad Wiessä'') is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Upper Bavaria in Germany. Since 1922, it has been a spa town and located on the western shore of the Tegernsee Lake. It had a population of around ...

. He also made figures for the Reichenbach Bridge and a bronze bust of his father in the family's chapel in St. Benno's Church, Munich. In 1930 the von Miller bronze foundry received a commission for a monument to

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and B ...

. Rupert designed the 3.5-metres-high statue, which was set up in the centre of

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. The Rupert-von-Miller-Platz in Bad Wiessee was named after him. He is buried in the mountain burial ground in Bad Wiessee.History of Bad Wiessee

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1879 births 1952 deaths 20th-century German architects German sculptors German male sculptors Architects from Munich 20th-century sculptors {{Germany-sculptor-stub