Karl Ludwig Otto Geyer (8 January 1843, in

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– March 1914, in Charlottenburg) was a German sculptor. His brother was the architect, .

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His father, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Geyer, was an

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in the

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. From 1859 to 1864, he studied at the

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, and worked in the studios of the sculptor,

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. Following Schievelbein's death in 1867, Geyer took over his studio. He continued his studies in 1869, at the

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in Copenhagen. After 1891, he taught ornamental and figure modelling at the Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg (now

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), succeeding Bernhard Roemer (1852-1891), who had died suddenly. The following year, he also began teaching at the Arts and Crafts School, where he served as Director from 1904 to 1913. He was named a Professor in 1893. His students included the sculptor,

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, and the porcelain artist, Hugo Meisel (1887–1966). He died shortly after retiring, at the age of seventy-one, and was interred at the

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. The grave has not been preserved. A memorial tablet and statue, donated by his daughters, was later placed in the

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.Hans-Jürgen Mende: ''Lexikon Berliner Begräbnisstätten''. Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1, S. 508, 631. Some of his works may be seen outside Germany, at the

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, in the main hall. They include two large statues of female allegorical figures, representing Industry and Agriculture, and reliefs on the original façade.

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