Josef Henselmann (16 August 1898 in

Sigmaringen Sigmaringen ( Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district. Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaringen ...

– 19 January 1987) was a German

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and

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. Henselmann was born in

Province of Hohenzollern A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

. After studying at the Gymnasium he completed an

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to be a wood

. After the

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he was a student at the Munich Academy. He taught at the ''Münchner Staatsschule für angewandte Kunst'' (Munich School for applied arts) and from 1946 was a professor at the Munich Academy, where he served an extensive period of time as Academy President. Henselmann died in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

. He was married to the painter Marianne Henselmann, née Euler (born 1903 in

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the Aschaffenburg (district), district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative sea ...

; died 2002 in Munich), with whom he had two children.

Selection of works

* High

Altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...

in the St. Stephan's Cathedral in Passau * Chorbogencruzifix in the

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Rindermarktbrunnen The Rindermarktbrunnen or literally "''Cattle market fountain''" in English is a modern sculpture in the historical Altstadt of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It was created in 1964 by Munich sculptor and professor of the Munich Academy Josef Hensel ...

in Munich * Vierjahreszeitenbrunnen in Sigmaringen * Christophorus in der Prinzregentenstraße in Munich * Trumpeter of Säckingen as well as numerous other works in the

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n and

Upper Swabia Upper Swabia (german: Oberschwaben or ) is a region in Germany in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.''Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.'' 19. Auflage. Band 16, 1991, p. 72. The name refers to the area between the Swa ...

n region. * Hygieia in the foyer of Jodquellen AG in Bad Tölz

Selection of awards

* Großer Preussischer Staatspreis (''Grand Prussian State Prize'') * Bayerischer Verdienstorden (''

Bavarian Order of Merit The Bavarian Order of Merit (german: Bayerischer Verdienstorden) is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria ...

'') * Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst ('' Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art'') * Förderpreis im Bereich Bildende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München (''Translates as "Munich Fellowship of the Fine Arts''") (1957) {{DEFAULTSORT:Henselmann, Josef 1898 births 1987 deaths People from Sigmaringen People from the Province of Hohenzollern Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists German male sculptors