Ernst Müller-Braunschweig

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Ernst Müller-Braunschweig (born January 23, 1860 in Ölper near Braunschweig ; † September 7, 1928 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) was a German businessman and sculptor .

Müller-Braunschweig, who originally worked as a merchant, had a hearing problem. After this got worse, he worked as a sculptor from 1890. As such, he was represented for the first time in 1895 in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition .

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Works by Müller-Braunschweig were and can be seen in Bockum-Hövel , Braunschweig , Bremen , Lübeck , Magdeburg and Worms, among others.

His main work in Braunschweig the figure of jewelry at the western end of the valid Jasperallee located Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge (now the Theater Bridge ), consisting of four female figures and four lions, 1902 revealed and during World War II removed. He also created numerous war memorials, memorials and grave monuments (including at the main cemetery in Braunschweig ) as well as portrait busts (including a sculpture by Wilhelm Raabe in the Braunschweig State Museum ).

After the mining accident in 1908 at the Radbod colliery , he created a memorial in the form of a multi-part installation dedicated to “the memory of the miners who died on November 12, 1908” .

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SURNAME Müller-Braunschweig, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Ölper near Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1928
Place of death Berlin-Charlottenburg