Heinrich Maria Waderé (2 July 1865 – 27 February 1950) was a German sculptor and medal engraver. Waderé was born in

Colmar Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...

, then part of the French Empire but incorporated in the German Empire about six years later. After an apprenticeship in an

engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ar ...

workshop he studied at the

Akademie der Bildenden Künste The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (, 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 Bavaria, Germany. In the second half of the 19th centur ...

in Munich under

Syrius Eberle Syrius Eberle (9 December 1844 – 12 April 1903) was a German sculptor and art professor. Biography Eberle was born in Pfronten, Allgäu, the son of a carpenter.Akademie der Bildenden Künste München''Syrius Eberle, 02256, zweites Matri ...

. In 1900 he was appointed professor of figure sculpture at the ''Akademie für Angewandte Kunst'' in Munich. Once there he exhibited many times, including in the Münchner Glaspalast. From this period also originated his close connection to the school of carving at

Oberammergau Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and around the world for its 380-year tradition of ...

. He was principally known for his Neoclassical medals and monuments, including among others the Richard Wagner Monument at the Prinzregentenplatz in Munich (1913). The figures above the portico of the

Prinzregententheater The Prinzregententheater, or, as it was called in its first decades, the Prinz-Regenten-Theater, in English the Prince Regent Theatre, is a concert hall and opera house on Prinzregentenplatz in the Bavarian capital of Munich, Germany. Building ...

are also by him. He died in Munich.

Gallery

File:Fuller Monument (Heinrich Waderé), Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA - February 2016.jpg, Bronze cemetery sculpture for Winthrop and Elizabeth Bliss Fuller (installed 1910),

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File:Denkmal fuer Richard Wagner Prinzregentenplatz Muenchen-2.jpg, Monument to

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

by Heinrich Waderé (1913) File:Ruhland, Friedhof, Bronzeskulptur 02.jpg, Bronzeskulptur

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German medallists Artists from Munich 1865 births 1950 deaths 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors 20th-century German engravers People from the German Empire {{Germany-sculptor-stub