Wolfgang Kranichbein

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Wolfgang Kronsbein , called Kranichbein (* 1884 ; † in the 20th century), was a German painter and sculptor . He studied at the Berlin Academy under Anton von Werner . For the porcelain factory in Meißen he created a bust of the elder Frederick the Great .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig: Catalog of the sculptures. Letter Foundation, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-930633-10-8 , p. 359.
  2. ^ Leonore Koschnick: With and without a three-cornered hat. Military strategist or intellectual head - typology of the traditional portraits of Friedrich II. Der Tagesspiegel . March 21, 2012, accessed November 14, 2016.