Friedrich Anton Hermann Schievelbein (18 November 1817 – 6 May 1867) was a German sculptor.

Life

He was the son of a master carpenter and lost his parents early, growing up in the home of an older sister.
/ref> His artistic education began with the landscape painter Carl Friedrich Trautmann (1804-1875). Afterwards, he attended the Prussian Academy of Art from 1835 to 1838, where he studied with the sculptor Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann. After graduating, he spent three years in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, helping to decorate

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and the

Winter Palace The Winter Palace ( rus, Зимний дворец, Zimnij dvorets, p=ˈzʲimnʲɪj dvɐˈrʲɛts) is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the Russian Emperor from 1732 to 1917. The palace and its precincts now ...

. Two years later, he received the "Großen Staatspreis" for a figure of Merope about to kill her son

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. The prize included a stipend that enabled him to travel in Italy. He broke off the trip in 1844 and returned early, having received a commission for a figure on the Schloßbrücke (Castle Bridge) in

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. In 1860, he was appointed a professor at the academy, and became a member of its governing senate in 1866. In addition to his large-scale works, he also created sculptural decorations at the

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factory of Ernst March. A persistent chest ailment forced him to take frequent curative trips to the south. He died of

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, aged only fifty.

Selected major works

* 1845-1847: Zinc statues of four of the

Apostles An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...

on the

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* 1850/1851: Terra cotta reliefs ''Auszug der Krieger'' (Retreat of the Warrior) and ''Heimkehr des siegreichen Heeres'' (Return of the Victorious Army) on the base of the Triumphal Arch,

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* 1853: Statue '' Athene unterrichtet den Jungen im Gebrauch der Waffen'' (

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of v ...

Instructing a Young Warrior), on the Schloßbrücke. * 1863/1864: Models for allegorical figures representing six of the months, on the West and East wings of the Orangery Palace in Potsdam. The full statues were executed from 1865 to 1866 by and Eduard Stützel. * 1867−1869: Monument for

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of German ...

, formerly on the Dönhoffplatz on the

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, now in front of the Abgeordnetenhaus (House of Representatives) in Berlin. File:Schlossbrücke Krieger 2.3 Hermann Schievelbein 1853.jpg, "Athena/Jungen", on the Schloßbrücke File:Denkmal Freiherr vom Stein Berlin 2.jpg, Monument to
Freiherr vom Stein File:Reliefbilder am Triumphtor.jpg, Reliefs on the Triumphal Arch File:Saint Peter Helsinki Cathedral.jpg,

Saint Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupat ...

at the Helsinki Cathedral

References

External links

Helsing Taidemuseo: The Twelve Apostles on Helsinki Cathedral
(in English)
Museumsportal Berlin: ''Schievelbeins Fries "Die Zerstörung Pompejis". Eine Katastrophe mit glücklichem Ausgang''

"Hermann Schievelbein"
in ''The History of Sculpture'' by

Wilhelm Lübke Wilhelm Lübke (17 January 1826 – 5 April 1893) was a German art historian, born in Dortmund. He studied at Bonn and Berlin; was a professor of architecture at the Berlin Bauakademie (1857–61) and a professor of art history at the Polytech ...

via

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