August Ludwig Weizenberg (6 April 1837 – 22 November 1921) was an

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n sculptor. Weizenberg was born in the inn of Ritsike, near

Kanepi Kanepi is a small borough (') in Kanepi Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia. Hugo Treffner (1845–1912), educator, founder of the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium was born in Kanepi as a son of a family of local parish clerk. Gallery Fi ...

, southeast Estonia. Weizenberg's father was a shoemaker and he learnt how to carve wood in Erastvere from 1858 to 1862. During the 1860s, he worked as a cabinetmaker in

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and

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. Thanks to a sponsorship from

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, he travelled to

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where he was trained by Alexander von Bock. He later studied at the

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, and from 1870 to 1873 at the

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. From 1873 to 1890, he lived in

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References

* Jüri Hain: ''Eesti kunsti suurus ja viletsus. 150 aastat August Weizenbergi sünnist.'' In: ''

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'' Nr 4 (1987), S. 528–539 * Heini Paas: ''August Weizenberg 1837–1921.'' Tallinn 1999.

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1837 births 1921 deaths People from Kanepi Parish People from the Governorate of Livonia Architectural sculptors 19th-century Estonian male artists 20th-century Estonian sculptors 20th-century Estonian male artists {{sculptor-stub