Georg Ferdinand Howaldt (8 April 1802 – 19 January 1883) was a German

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Biography

Howaldt was born in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( ; from Low German , local dialect: ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

as the son of the silversmith David Ferdinand Howaldt. He learned silversmithing and went to

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

, where he became friends with the sculptor Jacob Daniel Burgschmiet, who convinced him to change to modelling and sculpture. He became a teacher in modelling there and continued teaching modelling when he returned to Braunschweig in 1836. The success out of his cooperation with the famous sculptor

Ernst Rietschel Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel (15 December 180421 January 1861) was a German sculptor. Life Rietschel was born in Pulsnitz in Saxony the third child of Friedrich Ehrgott Rietschel and his wife Caroline. From the age of 20 he became an art ...

allowed him to start his own

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sculptures for many known German sculptors of the nineteenth century. Since 1863 he was professor at the ''Collegium Carolinum zu Braunschweig'', today

TU Braunschweig TU Braunschweig (, unofficially ''University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology'') is the oldest ' (comparable to an institute of technology in the American system) in Germany. It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum and is a membe ...

. Howaldt died in Braunschweig. His son Hermann Heinrich Howaldt, also a sculptor, had joined him and continued his work and the foundry under ''Howaldt & Sohn'' until his own death. His brother

August Howaldt August Ferdinand Howaldt (23 October 1809 – 4 August 1883) was a German engineer and ship builder. The German sculptor Georg Ferdinand Howaldt was his brother. Biography Born in Braunschweig, the son of the silversmith David Ferdinand Howa ...

was in 1838 the founder of the German shipyard ''

Howaldtswerke Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (often abbreviated HDW) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. It is part of the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) group, owned by ThyssenKrupp. The Howaldtswerke shipyard was founded in Kiel i ...

'' in

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Bronze castings

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with the Brunswick goddess ''Brunonia'' at Braunschweig castle, sculpted by

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- Memorial for Braunschweig sculpted by Rietschel * Angels for the grave of

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in the

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Mausoleum sculpted by Adolf Breymann * Memorial

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, natural history, naturalist, List of explorers, explorer, and proponent of Romanticism, Romantic philosophy and Romanticism ...

sculpted by Gustav Blaeser,

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Equestrian sculpture An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin ''eques'', meaning 'knight', deriving from ''equus'', meaning 'horse'. A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a ...

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sculpted by

Ernst Julius Hähnel Ernst Julius Hähnel (9 March 1811 – 22 May 1891) was a German sculptor and Professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He is especially remembered for his public statuary. His works of art can be admired throughout Germany. Life He w ...

* Equestrian sculpture of

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Charles William Ferdinand (; 9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806) was the ruling prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, hereditary duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in English-l ...

for Braunschweig sculpted by Franz Pönninger, Vienna

Gallery

Image:Freiligrath-cannstatt.jpg, Freiligrath memorial and grave in

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Image:Braunschweig, Lessingdenkmal (Lessingplatz) (2).jpg, Lessing memorial in

Image:Braunschweig Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand.jpg, Equestrian of

in Braunschweig Image:Braunschweig Schwarzer Herzog.jpg, Equestrian of Duke

in Braunschweig

References

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon or was a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the . Joseph Meyer (publisher), Joseph Meyer (1796–1856), who had founded the publishing hous ...

1888

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Howaldt family (in German)Humboldt-Memorial in New York
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howaldt, Georg Ferdinand 1802 births 1883 deaths Artists from Braunschweig Artists from the Duchy of Brunswick 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors

Biography

Bronze castings

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