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Peter Christian Breuer (19 May 1856, Cologne – 1 May 1930, Berlin) was a German sculptor.
He was a professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts (later, the Academy of Arts, Berlin) and was considered to be one of the pioneers of modern sculpture in Germany. Among his students were
File:"Adam und Eva" im Florapark in Duesseldorf-Unterbilk, von Nordosten.jpg, Adam and Eve
File:Berlin-Steglitz Otto-Lilienthal-Denkmal (Peter Breuer).JPG, Otto Lilienthal Monument
File:Jezus - friend of children Peter Breuer 1902.JPG, "Let the Little Children Come to Me..."
File:2010-11-12 Berlin-Oberschoenweide Frau und amor - AMA fec (1).JPG, Venus and Amor
Peter Christian Breuer (19 May 1856, Cologne – 1 May 1930, Berlin) was a German sculptor.
He was a professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts (later, the Academy of Arts, Berlin) and was considered to be one of the pioneers of modern sculpture in Germany. Among his students were Hans Dammann
Hans Dammann (16 June 1867, Proskau - 15 June 1942, Berlin) was a German sculptor; known primarily for his war memorials.
Life and work
His father, , was a Professor of veterinary medicine. In 1877, his family relocated to Hanover. From 1885 ...
, Fritz Röll, Leopold Fleischhacker, Felix Pfeifer
Felix Georg Pfeifer (9 November 1871, Leipzig – 6 March 1945, Leipzig) was a German sculptor and medallist.
Biography
Pfeifer was the third son of six children born to the businessman, Friedrich Eduard Pfeifer. From 1890 to 1893, he studied ...
and Rudolf Belling.
Selected works
* 1894: Berlin, Marble group "Adam and Eve". Seriously damaged in World War II; restored by and in 1954. * 1901: Berlin, Figure Group 23 in the Siegesallee (Victory Avenue) project. The central figure was John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg. He was flanked by Fabian Graf von Dohna (1550-1621, diplomat/statesman) and Thomas von dem Knesebeck (1559-1625, Geheimrat andLandeshauptmann
Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute'') is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol an ...
). These figures were damaged during World War II and are now on display at the Spandau Citadel
The Spandau Citadel (german: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and ...
.
* 1902: Bunzlau, Religious group "Let the Little Children Come to Me", commissioned by Kaiser Wilhelm II for the square in front of the orphanage; now in the Schlossplatz (Castle Plaza).
* 1903: Cologne, – Equestrian statue of Kaiser Friedrich III Frederick III may refer to:
* Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine (died 1033)
* Frederick III, Duke of Swabia (1122–1190)
* Friedrich III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1220–1297)
* Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (1240–1302)
* Frederick III of S ...
; melted down sometime between 1942 and 1945.
* 1907: Memel – Borussia Monument; designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fall of Königsberg, when the Imperial Couple was able to hold out at the City Hall in Memel until the Peace of Tilsit
The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland. The first was signed on 7 July, between Napoleon and Russian Emperor Alexander, when t ...
was signed. The statue was toppled during the Klaipėda Revolt and restored by the Nazis in 1939. Towards the end of World War II, it was dismantled again, melted down, and replaced by a Soviet-related figure.Sibylle Einholz: ''Peter Breuer (1856–1930), ein Plastiker zwischen Tradition und Moderne.'' Dissertation. Freie Universität, Berlin 1984.
* 1909, Kleve – near the stables at the Schwanenburg; Equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg.
* 1912-14: Berlin-Steglitz – Otto Lilienthal Monument with figure of Icarus
In Greek mythology, Icarus (; grc, Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos suspe ...
.
* 1925: Berlin, Griechischen Park, Venus und Amor.
References
Further reading
* Hans Maes, Alfons Houben: ''Düsseldorf in Stein und Bronze.'' Triltsch, Düsseldorf 1976, pg.82 * Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung, #3199 (20 October 1904), #3272 (15 March 1906), #3273 (22 March 1906) * P. Kühn: Breuer, Peter. In: Thieme-Becker, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Vol. IV, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, pgs.598–599.External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breuer, Peter 1856 births 1930 deaths Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists German male sculptors 19th-century sculptors