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Max Unger (26 January 1854, in
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Unger, Max 1854 births 1918 deaths Artists from Berlin Prussian Academy of Arts alumni 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors
Max Unger (26 January 1854, in Berlin
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– 31 May 1918, in Bad Kissingen
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) was a German sculptor.
Life
He studied sculpture at thePrussian Academy of Art
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under Fritz Schaper and worked in the studios of Albert Wolff from 1874 to 1875. After two more years of study in Italy, he established his own studios in Berlin-Kreuzberg
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.
Selected major works
* 1888: Statue ofGeneralfeldmarschall
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, in Frankfurt (Oder)
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.
* 1898: Siegesallee
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(Victory Avenue) project, Group 2: with Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg
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as the central figure; flanked by Sibold (died c.1190), first Abbott of Lehnin Abbey, and Pribislav-Henry, last ruler of the Hevelli
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tribe. The statues were vandalized shortly after being dedicated and were severely damaged in World War II. They are now on display at the Spandau Citadel.
* 1900: Kaiser Wilhelm I
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, Equestrian statue on the Wilhelmsplatz in Frankfurt (Oder).
* 1900 Kaiser Wilhelm I statue in Ulm; originally in the Marktplatz, since 1939 in the Olgaplatz.
* 1903: Leipzig
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, Villersbrunnen; Named after Helene de Villers, the late wife of a certain Herr Dürr (of the publishing firm Dürr and Geibels) who commissioned the work. It was melted down in 1942 and reconstructed in 2003.
* 1913, statue of Fridtjof the Brave in Vangsnes (Vik) on the Sognefjord
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, Norway. It was commissioned by Kaiser Wilhelm II
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, transported to Norway in fifteen pieces and assembled by 100 Imperial German Navy
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sailors. There was talk of dismantling the statue, during both world wars, but it was allowed to remain. Today, it is by far his best known work and has become a local landmark./ref>
References
Further reading
* Richard George (Hrsg.): ''Hie gut Brandenburg alleweg! Geschichts- und Kulturbilder aus der Vergangenheit der Mark und aus Alt-Berlin bis zum Tode des Großen Kurfürsten'', Verlag von W. Pauli's Nachf., Berlin 1900. * Uta Lehnert: ''Der Kaiser und die Siegesallee. Réclame Royale'', Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1998, .External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unger, Max 1854 births 1918 deaths Artists from Berlin Prussian Academy of Arts alumni 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists 19th-century German sculptors German male sculptors