Fritz (Friedrich) Schaper (31 July 1841,

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– 29 November 1919,

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) was a German sculptor.

Life

He was orphaned at an early age, and was sent to Halle to receive instruction at the

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. After being apprenticed as a

stonemason Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. Stonemasonry is the craft of shaping and arranging stones, often together with mortar and even the ancient lime mortar ...

, he went to Berlin in 1859 for further training at the

Prussian Academy of Arts The Prussian Academy of Arts () was a state arts academy first established in 1694 by prince-elector Frederick III of Electorate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg in Berlin, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Kingdom of ...

. Afterwards, he became an employee at the workshop of Albert Wolff until establishing his own studios in 1867. He was a professor at the Prussian Academy from 1875 to 1890 and also served as manager of the "Aktsaal" (nude modelling studio).

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Joseph Uphues Joseph Johann Ludwig Uphues (23 May 1850, Sassenberg – 2 January 1911, Berlin) was a German sculptor. Life After an apprenticeship as a carpenter, he embarked on a two-year tour of Belgium and the Netherlands. From 1870 to 1871, he learned ...

and

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were among his many well-known students. He became a full member of the Academy in 1880 and a member of the governing Senate in 1881. He was also an honorary member of the academies in

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and

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. In 1914, he was one of the signatories to the ''

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'', a document supporting Germany's invasion of Belgium.

Other notable works

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Monument,

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Fritz Schaper - Altgermanische Wisentjagd.jpg, ''

Altgermanische Wisentjagd ''Altgermanische Wisentjagd'', or ''Altgermanische Büffeljagd'', is an outdoor sculpture by Fritz Schaper, installed along Fasanerieallee in the Tiergarten, Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany ...

'' (bison hunting), Berlin Alfred Krupp-Bronzedenkmal Marktkirche, Essen.jpg,

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Monument,

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

Lutherdenkmal Erfurt2.JPG, Luther Monument,

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Schaper Goethe 1880.jpg, Goethe Monument in the Berliner Tiergarten (1880), his best
known work

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Sources on Schaper's life and work from the BAM-Portal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaper, Fritz 1841 births 1919 deaths People from Salzlandkreis Artists from the Province of Saxony German male sculptors 20th-century German sculptors 19th-century German sculptors Prussian Academy of Arts alumni Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)

Life

Other notable works

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