Top 20 Sculptor celebrities in Germany
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Sculptor celebrities [Updated June 3, 2023].
Kiki Smith was born
on January 18, 1954
in Nuremberg, Germany.
Her work also often includes the themes of birth and regeneration.
Katharina Szelinski-Singer was born
on May 24, 1918
in Germany.
She was considered an outsider to the art scene during her career.
Julian Voss-Andreae was born
on August 15, 1970
in Germany.
He exhibited several of his works at the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.
Johann Gottfried Schadow was born
on May 20, 1764
in Germany.
He is sometimes considered a classicist and sometimes considered an idealist.
Jean Arp was born
on September 16, 1886
in Strasbourg, Germany.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York featured his artwork.
Hugo Rheinhold was born
on March 26, 1853
in Germany.
German sculptor most famous for his piece titled Ape with Skull. He also made a tribute to Alfred Nobel called Dynamite in the Service of Mankind.
He is known for producing a large number of works in a short span.
Georg Kolbe was born
on April 15, 1877
in Germany.
German figure sculptor known for his vigorous, modern, simplified classical style. He sculpted a monument for Heinrich Heine.
Many of his pieces were destroyed by confiscation, bombing and melting for war purposes.
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was born
on February 6, 1736
in Germany.
He said the purpose of his "character heads" was to represent 64 "canonical grimaces" of the human face.
Ernst Herter was born
on May 14, 1846
in Germany.
His most famous work is Sterbender Achilles, which is translated as Dying Achilles.
Ernst Barlach was born
on January 2, 1870
in Germany.
He is best known for his sculptures protesting war.
Emanuel Hahn was born
on May 30, 1881
in Reutlingen, Germany.
He designed the famous Voyageur Dollar design, which depicts a fur-trapper.
Elisabet Ney was born
on January 26, 1833
in Munster, Germany.
Frequently working artist with famous works that can be found in Texas, Washington D.C., Italy, England, and all over Germany. Some of those famous works includes sculptures of Lady Macbeth, Stephen F. Austin, and Sam Houston.
She made works of famous leaders such as King
George V of Hannover, which appropriately remains in Hannover, and
Otto von Bismarck, located in Berlin.
Clara Westhoff was born
on September 21, 1878
in Germany.
She learned sculpture with Fritz Mackensen when she was young.
Christian Daniel Rauch was born
on January 2, 1777
in Germany.
He created 70 busts in marble, 20 of which were of colossal size.
Birgit Stauch was born
on December 11, 1961
in Germany.
German sculptor who worked in bronzes, sculptures, sketches and portraits. She created a bust of Kathe Kollwitz.
She created a holocaust memorial in honor of the deportation of 450 Jews from Freiburg to the concentration camp at Gurs, in France.
Arno Breker was born
on July 19, 1900
in Germany.
Some of his work was denounced as degenerate art.
Andreas Schluter was born
on May 20, 1664
in Germany.
His fame allowed him to work for Tsar Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg.
Adolph Alexander Weinman was born
on December 11, 1870
in Germany.
He was one of 250 sculptors who exhibited in the 3rd Sculpture International held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Marlene Neubauer-Woerner was born
on August 25, 1918
in Landshut, Germany.
She won the Schwabinger Kunstpreis (Art Prize).
Wilhelm Lehmbruck was born
on January 4, 1881
in Germany.
His works are influenced by Naturalism and Expressionism.
