Ernst Julius Hähnel (9 March 1811,

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

– 22 May 1891, Dresden) was a German sculptor and Professor at the

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the produc ...

. He is especially remembered for his public statuary. His works of art can be admired throughout Germany.

Life

He was born in

on 9 March 1811. He originally studied architecture at the Dresden Academy then, in 1826, went to the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavari ...

, where he remained until 1831 and later switched to sculpture after taking classes with

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and Ludwig Schwanthaler. He took a study trip to Rome and Florence and returned to Munich, living there from 1835 to 1838, when he was appointed to the Dresden Academy. Upon arriving there,

Gottfried Semper Gottfried Semper (; 29 November 1803 – 15 May 1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising i ...

entrusted him with the preparation of some sculptures for the new

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(Opera House). In 1845, he created the

Beethoven Monument The Beethoven Monument is a large bronze statue of Ludwig van Beethoven that stands on the Münsterplatz in Bonn, Beethoven's birthplace. It was unveiled on 12 August 1845, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the composer's birth. Backgr ...

in Bonn, the work which made him famous. He became a full Professor at the Dresden Academy in 1848.

Johannes Schilling Johannes Schilling (23 June 1828 in Mittweida – 21 March 1910 in Klotzsche near Dresden) was a German sculptor. Life and work Johannes Schilling was the youngest of five children. A year after his birth, his family moved to Dresden, where he ...

and Christian Behrens were among his best-known students. In 1859, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...

and, in 1883, became an

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of Dresden. He died on 22 May 1891 and is buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery in south Dresden. The original grave was removed due to the German practice of requiring ongoing payments by relatives not being paid, but was replaced by a new grave in April 2016.

Selected works

* 1867: Statue of King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony in Dresden * 1874: Equestrian statue of Count Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in Braunschweig * 1874: Plaque of

Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (; ; 31 May 177328 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early life Tieck was born in B ...

at the former location of his home near the Altmarkt in Dresden''Kunst im öffentlichen Raum''. Informationsbroschüre der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Dezember 1996. File:Beethoven 1 db.jpg,

Beethoven Monument, Bonn The Beethoven Monument is a large bronze statue of Ludwig van Beethoven that stands on the Münsterplatz in Bonn, Beethoven's birthplace. It was unveiled on 12 August 1845, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the composer's birth. Backgr ...

(1845) File:Prag10j.jpg,

Emperor Charles IV Charles IV ( cs, Karel IV.; german: Karl IV.; la, Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378''Karl IV''. In: (1960): ''Geschichte in Gestalten'' (''History in figures''), vol. 2: ''F–K''. 38, Frankfurt 1963, p. 294), also known as Charle ...

in Prague (1848) File:Wien-Schwarzenbergplatz Reiterdenkmal.JPG, Equestrian statue of

Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg Karl Philipp, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (or Charles Philip, Prince of Schwarzenberg; 18/19 April 1771 – 15 October 1820) was an Austrian Generalissimo. He fought in the Battle of Wagram (1809) but the Austrians lost decisively against Napole ...

in Vienna (1867) File:EinfDresden Theodor Körner Denkmal.jpg, Theodor Körner Monument in Dresden (1871) File:Leibniz-Denkmal.jpeg,

Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz . ( – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat. He is one of the most prominent figures in both the history of philosophy and the history of ma ...

Monument in Leipzig (1883)

Other notable works

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ...

, Albertinum, Dresden

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hahnel, Ernst Julius German sculptors German male sculptors 1811 births 1891 deaths Dresden Academy of Fine Arts faculty 19th-century sculptors Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)

Life

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