Arthur Kruger

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Caricature Arthur Krüger, Tsar Nicholas II as a polyp of Europe, 1914
Caricature by Arthur Krüger for the Kladderadatsch, 1910

Carl August Arthur Krüger (born August 21, 1866 in Berlin ; † after 1926) was a German sculptor , medalist , draftsman and caricaturist.

He was a student of the sculptor Waldemar Uhlmann and the coin die cutter Otto Schultz in Berlin. In 1895 he took over the management of the Berlin medal coin from Ludwig Ostermann (formerly G. Loos). In 1905 he created the official inauguration medal for the Berlin Cathedral . For the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, he cut all the stamps for the General Decoration of Honor under Wilhelm Ernst .

From the 1910s at the latest, he worked for the magazines Kladderadatsch and Der Wahre Jacob, for which he created numerous political and socially critical caricatures. In 1907 he became a member of the Berlin Freemasons' lodge Zum golden Pflug .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General artist lexicon
  2. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Krueger, Arthur. Volume III. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1907, p. 226 .
  3. ^ Krüger, Arthur in: The Manufacturers & Artists of the Weimar Orders and Badges of Honor , accessed on March 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kla
  5. ↑ https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/wj
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruger, Carl August Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, medalist, draftsman and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH after 1926