Rupert von Miller

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Rupert von Miller (born February 19, 1879 in Munich , † December 30, 1951 in Bad Wiessee ) was a German architect , sculptor and professor of the fine arts.

Rupert von Miller was a son of the ore caster, goldsmith and sculptor Fritz von Miller and a grandson of the ore caster Ferdinand von Miller . From 1905 he studied in Munich at the sculpture school with Wilhelm von Rümann and later in Berlin . The church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt on the Wasserpointhügel in Bad Wiessee comes from him . He also created figures for the Reichenbach Bridge and a bronze picture of his father that is in the St. Benno Church in Munich.

In 1930 the Miller ore foundry was commissioned to manufacture a monument to the national hero Simón Bolívar for the government of the Republic of Colombia. Rupert von Miller created the design for the 3.50 meter tall figure that was erected in Bogotá .

The Rupert-von-Miller-Platz in Bad Wiessee was named after Rupert von Miller. The architect and sculptor is buried in the mountain cemetery in Bad Wiessee.

Picture gallery

  • Man collecting wood, near the Reichenbach Bridge in Munich

  • Rupert von Miller's grave in the mountain cemetery in Bad Wiessee

  • Parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in Bad Wiessee

  • Monument of Simón Bolívar in Bogota

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historical register of architects. Ulrich Bücholdt, accessed on November 7, 2015 .
  2. ^ Matriculation database: Rupert v. Miller. Academy of Fine Arts Munich, accessed on November 7, 2015 .
  3. ^ The parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Bad Wiessee. Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, accessed on November 7, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Rudolf Körnstedt: The parish church in Wiessee by Rupert Miller . In: Kunst und Handwerk: magazine for applied arts and crafts since 1851 . tape 27 . Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association, Heidelberg 1927, p. 28–32 ( Heidelberg historical holdings [accessed November 7, 2015]).
  5. ↑ Parish letter of the cath. Parish of St. Benno. January 2006, p. 19 , accessed on November 7, 2015 (PDF, 5.8 MB).
  6. ↑ Stadtchronik 1930 - An order from overseas. Portal München Betriebs-GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on November 7, 2015 .
  7. ^ Bad Wiessee - Rupert-von-Miller-Platz. Google Maps, accessed November 7, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Rupert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1951
Place of death Bad Wiessee