Carl Schlüter (1846–1884) was a 19th-century German sculptor.

Life

He was born in

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in north Germany on 24 October 1846. From 1865 to 1868 he studied at the Academy of Art in

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under John Schilling. He came to public note in 1871 winning a gold medal for sculpture at the Vienna World Fair. In 1873 the Prussian Ministry of Culture awarded him a two-year scholarship to study in

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and he spent time in

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and

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. He returned to live in Dresden in 1876. His first major sale was in 1878: "Shepherd Boy" which was sold to the National Gallery, Berlin. He died of

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on 26 October 1884 in

aged only 38. He is buried in the Trinitatisfriedhof in north-east Dresden.

Family

In August 1880, he married Agathe Naumann, daughter of the composer

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. Hermann Arthur Lier: Schlüter, Karl HW In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 611 f.

Works

The majority of his work is figurative, and he specialised in portrait busts, especially female subjects. Notable works include: *The grave of sculptor

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in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden (1869) *Shepherd Boy in bronze (1876) *Shepherd Boy in marble (1878) destroyed in Berlin due to the

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*Twelve portrait medallions on the Dresden Theatre (1878) *Portrait bust of Agathe Schluter, his wife (1880) in the National Gallery in Berlin (considered to be his finest work).

References

1846 births 1884 deaths People from Pinneberg German sculptors {{Germany-sculptor-stub