Johann Wilhelm Braun (sculptor)

Muse Urania at Rosenstein Castle

Muse Polyhymnia, Lapidarium Stuttgart

Johann Wilhelm Braun (born November 29, 1796 in Stuttgart , † April 26, 1863 in Untertürkheim ) was a sculptor in Stuttgart.

Braun learned the gilding trade from his father and from 1820 devoted himself to sculpture under Bertel Thorvaldsen in Rome. In 1828 he returned to Stuttgart from Italy and initially worked as a gilder again due to a lack of commissions, but was finally able to earn a living as a sculptor.

Works

• Muses Terpsichore and Urania for Rosenstein Castle in Cannstatt (1839)
• Muses ( Erato , Melpomene , Thalia , Terpsichore and Polyhymnia ) for the court theater building in Stuttgart, (cast: Wilhelm Pelargus 1850/51)
• Christ figure for St. Michael in Fürth
• Monument to Eberhard von Etzel on the Neue Weinsteige in Stuttgart, (1842, Arch. Ch. V. Leins)

literature

• Wintterlin:  Braun, Johann Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 274.
• Rotraud Hartling, Manfred Warth: Castle and Park Rosenstein. The reliefs and sculptures at Rosenstein Castle and in Rosenstein Park in Stuttgart . State Museum for Natural History u. a., Stuttgart 1993, ( Stuttgart contributions to natural history C, 34, ISSN  0341-0161 ).