August Weizenberg
August Ludwig Weizenberg (6 April 1837 – 22 November 1921) was an Estonian sculptor.
August Weizenberg | |
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 August Weizenberg in Rome | |
| Born | 6 April 1837 |
| Died | 22 November 1921 (aged 84) Tallinn, Estonia |
| Known for | Sculpture |
August Weizenberg, 1916
Weizenberg was born in the inn of Ritsike, near Kanepi, southeast Estonia. Weizenberg's father was a shoemaker and he learnt how to carve wood in Erastvere from 1858 to 1862. During the 1860s, he worked as a cabinetmaker in Frankfurt and Berlin. Thanks to a sponsorship from Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, he travelled to Saint Petersburg where he was trained by Alexander von Bock. He later studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts, and from 1870 to 1873 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. From 1873 to 1890, he lived in Rome.[1]
August Weizenberg, 1917
References
- "Kultuur 00/06/28". Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- Jüri Hain: Eesti kunsti suurus ja viletsus. 150 aastat August Weizenbergi sünnist. In: Looming Nr 4 (1987), S. 528–539
- Heini Paas: August Weizenberg 1837–1921. Tallinn 1999. ISBN 978-5-89920-040-3
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