August Meyerhuber

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August Meyerhuber (born April 23, 1879 in Karlsruhe ; † February 18, 1963 there ) was a German sculptor and stonemason .

Live and act

August Meyerhuber came from the well-known family of stone sculptors Meyerhuber and was trained in his father's workshop. Between the years 1895 and 1899 he attended the Karlsruhe School of Applied Arts (today the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe ). Until 1912 he was a student of the French sculptor Auguste Dujardin in Metz . August Meyerhuber mainly works in his hometown Karlsruhe , where many of the works he designed are still to this day. His most famous work is the Indian fountain in Karlsruhe's Südstadt district.

Works

  • Wolfach War Memorial, 1912
  • Ferdinand Keller Fountain Bruchsal, 1912
  • Competition design for the aviator monument in Karlsruhe, 1920
  • Fountain in the Wolffanlage, 1923 / '24 (removed in 1965)
  • Indian fountain in the southern part of the city (together with Friedrich Beichel ), 1924 – '27
  • Grünwinkel War Memorial, 1930 – '32
  • Tomb of the Meyerhuber family in the main cemetery in Karlsruhe
  • Fountain in the main cemetery, 1953
  • Asklepios Black Forest Hall Karlsruhe, 1953
  • Memorial for German and foreign aviation victims 1939/45 in the main cemetery

literature

  • Wilhelm Raupp: He created the Indian fountain. For the 80th birthday of the sculptor August Meyerhuber. In: BNN of April 23, 1959.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Database of cultural monuments - monument to fallen in Grünwinkel
personal data
SURNAME Meyerhuber, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and stonemason
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 1963
Place of death Karlsruhe