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Ernst Herter and his wife Elisabeth, about 1885

Ernst Gustav Herter (14 May 1846, Berlin – 19 December 1917, Berlin) was a German sculptor. He specialized in creating statues of mythological figures.

Life and work

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Herter studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and later also as apprentice of Ferdinand August Fischer [de], Gustav Blaeser and Albert Wolff. In 1869 he created his own studio. In 1875, he made a study trip to Italy. Professor Herter was a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.

On 8 July 1899, Herter was present in New York when his Heinrich Heine memorial sculpture, known as the Lorelei Fountain, was unveiled in The Bronx, New York City. The Lorelei Fountain was originally intended for Heine's city of birth, Düsseldorf, to mark the centenary of his birth. This project was squelched due to the antisemitic and nationalistic sentiment that pervaded the German Reich at that time.[1]

Among his most famous works is Sterbender Achill (Dying Achilles), created in Berlin in 1884. The statue was acquired by the Empress of Austria and became the centerpiece at her palace Achilleion in Corfu, Greece. His second original sculpture of Dying Achilles is in Poland in Elbląg at Łączności street opposite the City Hall. It was a gift from the German Ministry of Culture and Arts.

Herter was the subject of the book by Georg Malkowsky "Ernst Herter, Beitrag zurGeschichte der Berliner Bildhauerschule" published in 1906. On page 57 appears the photograph of the statue "Der Ruhende Alexander" (The Resting Alexander). A marble version of this statue is the subject of an open restitution claim. See Link to pending claim in References.

Selected sculptures

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References

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  1. ^ Richard S. Levy (2005). Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia Of Prejudice And Persecution. ABC-CLIO. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-85109-439-4. Retrieved 9 December 2012. The most notorious of the endeavors, the Lorelei Fountain, intended for Heine's home city of Düsseldorf, was designed by a prominent monument specialist, Ernst Herter, whose fee was to have been paid by a fervent admirer of Heine....

Ernst Herter von Georg Malkowsky, Berlin 1906

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Lorelei

Lorelei Fountain by Ernst Herter, a Heinrich Heine memorial in the Bronx, New York City

Herter

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Achilleion (Corfu)

of Austria, had owned some nearby land as well. The German sculptor Ernst Herter was commissioned to create works inspired from Greek mythology. His sculpture

Lorelei Fountain

near the Bronx County Courthouse. It was designed by German sculptor Ernst Herter and created in 1896 out of Italian white marble in Laas, South Tyrol

List of sculptors

Gábor Heritesz (born 1948), Hungary Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), England Ernst Herter (1846–1917), Germany Eva Hesse (1936–1970), Germany/US Cicely Hey (1896–1980)

John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg

Acquirer', Burgrave of Nuremberg John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Statue by Ernst Herter, 1899, former Siegesallee in Berlin Born c. 1309 Died 31 July 1357(1357-07-31)

Hermesvilla

building "Villa Hermés". The Empress herself commissioned the sculptor Ernst Herter from Berlin to create the sculpture, titled Hermés der Wächter ("Hermés

Statue of Hermann von Helmholtz

The statue of Hermann von Helmholtz by Ernst Herter is located at Humboldt University of Berlin in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. D. K. (6 October 2015). DK Eyewitness