August von Kreling (May 23, 1818 – April 23, 1876) was a German sculptor born in

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

. He studied with

Peter von Cornelius Peter von Cornelius (23 September 1783, Düsseldorf – 6 March 1867, Berlin) was a German painter; one of the main representatives of the Nazarene movement. Life Early years Cornelius was born in Düsseldorf. From the age of twelve he attend ...

, and in 1853 became director of the

Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg The Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg) was founded in 1662 by Jacob von Sandrart and is the oldest art academy in German-speaking Central Europe. The art academy is situated in Nuremberg. Classes ...

. He became a member of the Munich Academy in 1876, and died in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

in that same year.Lindemann, Ilsetraut (1976) ''August von Kreling (1818–1876). Sein Leben und seine Werke.'' Osnabrück: Kulturgeschichtliches Museum

Commissions

* His best-known commission in the

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was the

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, 1871

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* 1818 births 1876 deaths German male sculptors Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg 19th-century German sculptors Writers from Osnabrück 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-sculptor-stub