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Carl August Wilhelm Sommer (born March 5, 1839 in Coburg ; † September 15, 1921 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life

August Sommer was born as the second of three children to the soap boiler Heinrich Sommer and his wife Rosine. After graduating from school he learned bossing in the doll industry in Neustadt . Due to his talent, he studied at the Stuttgart art school . In 1860 he studied sculpture with Max von Widnmann at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich for eight months .

From 1861 August Sommer lived in Vienna , where he created fireplace medallions in the foyer of the State Opera with depictions of Maria Theresia , Leopold II and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . In 1866 he modeled a bust of the Bavarian King Maximilian II, who had died two years earlier, on behalf of the city of Füssen . In 1869 he moved to Budapest . Here he was involved in the figurative design of the new building of the main customs office, today part of the Corvinus University , and the library building of the Loránd Eötvös University . In 1873 he changed his place of residence again and moved to Rome , where he worked for the next few decades.

In 1898, August Sommer finally returned to Coburg. In the following years he had his studio in the eastern garden pavilion of the Hofgarten . August Sommer died of pneumonia in his hometown on September 15, 1921 and left parts of his fortune to a foundation that bears his name and that of his sister Mathilde. The visually impaired and war invalids supported, a municipal kindergarten since 2007. As a benefactor of the city, his name was included on the plaque of honor at the Coburg town hall .

Works

August Sommer's works were mainly influenced by ancient Greek art with characters from mythology .

  • Maximilian bust in Füssen

  • Christ the Redeemer in Ziegelsdorf

  • Centaurs fountain in Bremen

  • Relief panels in Coburg

  • Prince Friedrich Josias Monument in Coburg

literature

  • Christian Boseckert: Carl August Wilhelm Sommer (1839-1921) . In: Coburger Geschichtsblätter , 19th volume, annual volume, 2011, ISSN  0947-0336 .
  • Birgit Scholz: The Centaurs Fountain in the Bremen Neustadtswallanlagen . In: Wiltrud Ulrike Drechsel: History in public space. Monuments in Bremen between 1435 and 2001 . Bremen: Donat, 2011, pp. 44–57.

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SURNAME Summer, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sommer, Carl August Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1921
Place of death Coburg