Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller

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Ferdinand von Miller

Ferdinand Miller , from 1875 von Miller and from 1912 Freiherr von Miller (born June 8, 1842 in Munich , † December 18, 1929 there ) was a German sculptor and ore caster and long-time director of the Munich Art Academy . He was also Imperial Councilor of the Crown of Bavaria and Royal Bavarian Rittmeister .

family

Grave site of the von Miller family in the Winthirfriedhof in Munich

Miller came from a family in Aichach in Upper Bavaria and was the son of the ore caster and First Inspector of the Royal Ore Foundry in Munich Ferdinand von Miller (1813–1887) and Anna von Miller, née. Pösl (1815-1890). With the elevation of the father to the hereditary Bavarian nobility on October 12, 1875, his children were also raised to the nobility, to which, apart from Ferdinand von Miller jun. The engineer Oskar von Miller and the chemist Wilhelm von Miller also counted.

Life

Miller received his training from his father in Munich, who was first inspector at the Royal Ore Foundry there. He expanded his training in Paris , London and most recently in Dresden with Ernst Hähnel . Miller then went on study trips through Italy and North America . He made about seventy statues.

From 1900 to 1919 he was director of the Royal Bavarian Art Academy in Munich. He was Reichsrat of the Crown of Bavaria and councilor in Munich. In 1922 he took over the chairmanship of the artist society Allotria .

In 1884 he acquired Karneid Castle near Bozen and restored it.

Ferdinand von Miller was buried in the grave of the von Miller family in the cemetery of the Winthirkirche in Munich 's Neuhausen district , where his brother Oskar is also buried.

Honors

plant

  • Albertus Magnus Monument in Lauingen

  • Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Metz

  • Monument to Ludwig the Bavarian in Munich

  • Equestrian statue for Ludwig I of Bavaria, Regensburg

  • Virgin Mary statue in Bad Reichenhall

literature

Web links

Commons : Ferdinand von Miller II  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Confederate Memorial - Charleston, SC , accessed on December 5, 2014 (here misleadingly dated to 1870, in fact probably not created before Ferdinand von Miller's stay in the USA from 1871)
  2. ^ Hercules boy with club, Ferdinand von Miller (1842 Munich - 1929 Munich). Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Ferdinand Freiherr von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miller, Ferdinand (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and ore caster
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1929
Place of death Munich