Arthur Ernst Berger
Arthur Ernst Berger (born October 1, 1882 in Dresden ; † August 21, 1926 there ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Arthur Ernst Berger attended the Dresden School of Applied Arts and studied at the Dresden Art Academy from 1905 to 1914 , which he graduated with honors: he received the academy's large silver medal (1911) and the small gold medal (1913). Berger was a master student of Robert Diez , Richard Müller was one of his other teachers .
Berger worked in his studio on Fürstenstrasse 26, today's Fetscherstrasse, in Dresden. He was an enthusiastic sailor and co-founder of the Dresdner Segel-Club e. V. He died after a long illness on August 21, 1926 in Dresden and was buried four days later in the Johannisfriedhof .
Works (selection)
War memorial in Niederau
- 1913: Memorial to the fallen colonial warriors on Sachsenplatz in Dresden ; eliminated and destroyed on January 20, 1947
- 1914: Hermann-Rudolph-Brunnen on the town hall square Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. , Renovated in 2009
- 1920: Figure group Putte and Bear in Westendpark Dresden, lost
- 1922: War memorial in Schwepnitz
- 1925: eight putti, Sparkasse Pirna
- 1928: Base reliefs and warrior figure for the memorial for the fallen soldiers of the First World War in Saarlouis
- War memorials in Reinhardtsgrimma and Niederau near Meißen
literature
- Berger, Arthur Ernst . In: Ernst-Günter Knüppel: Robert Diez. Sculpture between Romanticism and Art Nouveau . Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2009, p. 168.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
- ^ Sachsenplatz , Dresden districts.
- ↑ Simon Sculpture , Art Dictionary.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Arthur Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1926 |
| Place of death | Dresden |