Bernhard Afinger

Bernhard Afinger ( born May 6, 1813 in Nuremberg, † December 25, 1882 in Berlin) was a German sculptor of the 19th century.

Life

After training as a plumber and subsequent wanderings as a journeyman, he learned the occasion of the festival in 1840 Dürer Christian Daniel Rauch know who persuaded him to come as a student in Berlin. There he opened his own workshop in 1846. 1873 was followed by a trip to Italy. 1874 Member of the Senate of the Berlin Academy of Arts and professor.

Works

  • Berlin: Rudolf Virchow Bust (1882 ) for the pathology of the Charité
  • Bonn: Ernst- Moritz- Arndt- state image (1864 ), unveiled on July 29, 1865 at the Old Customs, bronze castings manufactured by the foundry Georg Ferdinand Howaldt, Braunschweig
  • Bonn: marble bust of the psychiatrist Christian Friedrich Nasse (1856 ) in the Old Cemetery
  • Bonn: Bronze bust of Domkapitulars Johann Baptist Baltzer (1876 ) in the Old Cemetery
  • Bonn: Christ Fountain ( 1878) with the four Evangelists, now on the stud space
  • Bonn: Medallion of the manufacturer Nis Clason (1863 ) in the Old Cemetery
  • Bonn: medallion for Henriette M. Clason (1862 ), the wife of Nis Clason, in the Old Cemetery
  • To employees on Rubenow Memorial, design of the four seated figures, representing the four faculties: Greifswald
  • Szczecin: Ernst Moritz Arndt still image in Quistorppark, cast cement copy of the Bonn monument
  • Eisenach: Fritz Reuter- bust (1875 ) for the grave monument
  • Laasow ( today a district of Vetschau ): Resurrection Angel on the family grave of the Count's family of Pourtàles, in marble ( 1857)
  • Wuppertal: Marble bust of William Werlé in the Barmer Anlagen (1881 )
  • Sagan \ Żagań, Popiersie księżnej Doroty de Talleyrand - Perigord, Księcia Piotra of Biron, Figury Sw. Doroty i Sw. Katarzyny - kościół pw Krzyża Sw. w Żaganiu
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