Ernst Gustav Herter (14 May 1846,

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– 19 December 1917, Berlin) was a German sculptor. He specialized in creating statues of mythological figures.

Life and work

Herter studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and later also as apprentice of , Gustav Blaeser and Albert Wolff. In 1869 he created his own studio. In 1875, he made a study trip to

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. Professor Herter was a member of the

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. On 8 July 1899, Herter was present in New York when his Heinrich Heine memorial sculpture, known as the Lorelei Fountain, was unveiled in

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. The Lorelei Fountain was originally intended for Heine's city of birth,

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, to mark the centenary of his birth. This project was squelched due to the antisemitic and nationalistic sentiment that pervaded the German Reich at that time. Among his most famous works is ''Sterbender Achill'' (''Dying Achilles''), created in Berlin in 1884. The statue was acquired by the

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and became the centerpiece at her palace Achilleion in Corfu,

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. His second original sculpture of ''Dying Achilles'' is in Poland in Elbląg at Łączności street opposite the City Hall. It was a gift from the German Ministry of Culture and Arts.

Selected sculptures

File:Closeup of Achilles thniskon in Corfu Achilleion.JPG, ''Dying

Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus ( grc-gre, Ἀχιλλεύς) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and the central character of Homer's '' Iliad''. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Pele ...

'', Achilleion Palace,
Corfu, Greece Image:Heine Bronx 1.jpg, The '' Lorelei Fountain'',

Berlin-spandau nike-denkmal3.jpg, ''War Memorial'', 1875, Berlin-Spandau Ernst Herter, Der seltene Fang, Viktoriapark Berlin.jpg, ''The Rare Catch'', 1896
Viktoriapark Berlin Skulptur Eckernförder Platz (Weddi) Orpheus&Ernst Herter&1902.jpg, ''Orpheus'', 1902
Berlin-Wedding Torun Teatr im Wilama Horzycy Terpsychora.jpg, ''The Muse Terpsichore'', 1909, Toruń, Thorn

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1846 births 1917 deaths 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists German male sculptors 19th-century sculptors {{Germany-sculptor-stub