Henry Baerer (1837–1908) was an American sculptor born in Kirchheim, Hesse, Germany. Works include: * two versions of the ''Puck'' magazine mascot on the

Puck Building The Puck Building is a mixed-use building at 295–309 Lafayette Street in the SoHo, Manhattan, SoHo and Nolita neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. The building was designed by Albert Wagner (architect), Albert Wagner i ...

, New York (1886) * Bronze bust of Beethoven for a monument in

Central Park Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...

(1884) ** Nearly identical bust in Prospect ParkLudwig Van Beethoven Statue in Prospect Park Concert Grove
NYC Parks Dept ** Identical monument in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (dedicated 1915) * Bust of

John Howard Payne John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852) was an American actor, poet, playwright, and writer who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of " Home! Sweet Home ...

in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (Moved to Home, Sweet Home Museum located at 14 James Ln, East Hampton, NY 11937) * Statue of Edward Brush Fowler in

Fort Greene Park Fort Greene Park is a city-owned and -operated park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The park was originally named after the fort formerly located there, Fort Putnam, itself was named for Rufus Putnam, George Washington's chief of engineers in t ...

, Brooklyn * Bust of

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

Fairmount Park Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, w ...

, Philadelphia *

Statue of Gouverneur K. Warren A statue of Gouverneur K. Warren by artist Henry Baerer is installed in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, in the U.S. state of New York. The bronze sculpture of Warren in military garb rests on a Conway green granite pedestal quarried from Little Ro ...

in Grand Army Plaza,

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* Bronze statue of

Conrad Poppenhusen Conrad Poppenhusen (April 1, 1818 – December 12, 1883) was a German American businessman. He was also a philanthropist, a founder of College Point, Queens, and the founder of the first free kindergarten in the United States (on July 1, 1870). ' ...

in College Point,

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Gallery of works

Puck Bldg Puck Figure Houston 13 Jul 2003.jpg, Puck General Edward Fowler in Fowler Square crop.jpg, General Edward Brush Fowler Schubert Hort Center Philly.JPG, Bust of Schubert File:Brooklyn Prospect Park Beethoven 01.JPG, Bust of Beethoven

References

1837 births 1908 deaths Artists from Munich Sculptors from New York City Artists from the Kingdom of Bavaria Immigrants to the United States Sculptors from New York (state) {{US-sculptor-stub