Fritz Schaper
{{Short description|German sculptor (1841–1919)}}
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Fritz (Friedrich) Schaper (31 July 1841, Alsleben – 29 November 1919, Berlin) was a German sculptor.
Life
He was orphaned at an early age, and was sent to Halle to receive instruction at the Francke Foundations.{{NDB|22|562|563|Schaper, Hugo Wilhelm Friedrich|Jutta von Simson|11860645X}} After being apprenticed as a stonemason, he went to Berlin in 1859 for further training at the Prussian Academy of Arts. Afterwards, he became an employee at the workshop of Albert Wolff until establishing his own studios in 1867. He was a professor at the Prussian Academy from 1875 to 1890 and also served as manager of the "Aktsaal" (nude modelling studio). Max Baumbach, Adolf Brütt, Reinhold Felderhoff, Fritz Klimsch, Ludwig Manzel, Max Unger, Joseph Uphues and Wilhelm Wandschneider were among his many well-known students.
He became a full member of the Academy in 1880 and a member of the governing Senate in 1881. He was also an honorary member of the academies in Munich and Dresden. In 1914, he was one of the signatories to the Manifesto of the Ninety-Three, a document supporting Germany's invasion of Belgium.
Other notable works
Hamburg Lessing-Denkmal Gänsemarkt.jpg|Gotthold Lessing Monument, Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
File:Fehrbellin Kurfuerst memorial.jpg|Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Fehrbellin
Fritz Schaper - Altgermanische Wisentjagd.jpg|Altgermanische Wisentjagd (bison hunting), Berlin
Alfred Krupp-Bronzedenkmal Marktkirche, Essen.jpg|Alfred Krupp Monument, Essen
Lutherdenkmal Erfurt2.JPG|Luther Monument, Erfurt
Schaper Goethe 1880.jpg|Goethe Monument in the Berliner Tiergarten (1880), his best
known work
References
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Further reading
- Jutta von Simson: Fritz Schaper. 1841–1919. Prestel, München 1976, {{ISBN|3-7913-0090-3}}.
- Uwe Hinkfoth: Fritz Schaper, die Wiederentdeckung des Denkmals. Catalog for an exhibition at the Goch Museum Goch, 30 July to 3 September 2000. {{ISBN|3-926245-47-6}}.
External links
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- {{DNB-Portal|11860645X}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045451/http://www.bam-portal.de/search.html?q=Schaper+Fritz Sources on Schaper's life and work from the BAM-Portal]
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