Ferdinand von Miller

Ferdinand Miller, 1851 Miller ( born October 18, 1813 in Fürstenfeldbruck, † February 11, 1887 in Munich) was a Bavarian ore caster and created as an inspector of the Royal Erzgießerei in Munich, Bavaria statue. He was co-founder of the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association, from 1869 Member of the Bavarian Parliament, and from 1874 member of the German Reichstag.

Family

Miller was born into a family from the Upper Bavarian Aichach. His parents were Joseph Anton Miller and Julie Stiglmaier, the sister of Johann Baptist Stiglmaier, the first inspector of the Royal Erzgießerei in Munich.

In 1840 he married Anna Pösl ( 1815-1890 ), the daughter of the Landshut Government Chancellor, who bore him 14 children. Of his children, the director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Baron Ferdinand von Miller (1842-1929), electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, Oskar von Miller, and Professor of Chemistry William Miller (1848-1899) are to highlight.

Life

Miller worked in the Royal Erzgießerei initially under his uncle as a laborer. Quick Stiglmaier recognized the talent of his nephew and allowed the talented boy visits the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Academy of Arts in Paris, where he made ​​the acquaintance of Alexander von Humboldt. This told him about a new project of King Ludwig I, in which a larger than life figure, the "Bavaria" should be cast. Miller returned to Munich, took over the Royal Erzgießerei in succession his uncle first inspector and worked from now on on the project " Bavaria". Whole eight years he needed for the 15 -meter-high head of the figure and processed 87,360 kg of ore, the gigantic work was finally unveiled in 1850. 1863 Ferdinand von Miller blind in one eye due to retinal detachment. In 1878 he acquired the Erzgießerei by the Bavarian State. Miller was a great lover of romantic castles. He bought the castle Karneid and pointed it befitting restores.

Honors

In recognition of his services Miller was after completion of the "Bavaria " award on 1 January 1851 the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown and levied under the Order Statutes as a knight of Miller in the Bavarian personal nobility. On 12 October 1875 he was also awarded the Bavarian hereditary peerage and was enrolled on 30 December 1875 in the Adelsmatrikel of the Kingdom of Bavaria to the noble class. His bust -up took place in the hall of fame in Munich. In Fürstenfeld Bruck (Upper Bavaria), a junior high school was named after him. In 1876 he received the Golden Medal of the City of Munich citizens. In 1909 he was made an honorary member of the Dresden Art Academy.

List of produced by Ferdinand Miller Public Monuments

  • Brückenau Brückenau: Monument of King Ludwig I.
  • Bamberg: Maximilian Brunnen 1880
  • Berlin: equestrian statue of Emperor Frederick III, the museum island, in front of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum.
  • Berchtesgaden: Prince Regent Luitpold Memorial ( 1893)
  • Wroclaw: Equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I, in addition to the Corpus Christi Church
  • Dinosaur: Monument of youth writer Christoph von Schmid
  • Dortmund: War Memorial 1870/71, on Hiltropwall
  • Dresden: Warrior and Victory Monument in 1871, on the Old Market Square
  • Ehingen: Kaiser Wilhelm I bust in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Tower, on the Wolfert
  • Elblag: Circle War Memorial 1870/71
  • Frankfurt am Main Goethe statue in the Goethe Platz
  • Friedrichshafen: Bust to Kaiser Wilhelm I monument, in the city park
  • Landau: Equestrian statue of Prince Regent Luitpold, on the parade ground
  • Landshut: Monument to Duke Ludwig the rich after a design by Friedrich Brugger
  • St. Louis / USA: Alexander von Humboldt statue, in the Botanical Gardens
  • Mannheim: August Wilhelm Iffland still image on the Schiller Platz
  • Metz: equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I (1889-1892), on the Esplanade
  • Reydt - Geneiken: Kaiser Wilhelm I bust monument to the imperial court
  • Munich: War Memorial 1870/71 in the Feldherrenhalle Odeon Square
  • Neunkirchen ( Saar): Kaiser Wilhelm I still image on the marketplace
  • Neustadt on the Wine Route: Germania Monument, Karolinenstraße
  • Nuremberg: Prince Regent Luitpold equestrian statue, in front of the station building
  • Rüdesheim: Germania statue on the Niederwald monument
  • Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: equestrian statue of King William I of Württemberg
  • Stuttgart: Allegorical figures of art, science, commerce and military stand at the Jubilee Column on Palace Square
  • Bad Tölz: Kaspar III. Winzerer, monument in the market street
  • Trier: Kaiser Wilhelm I still image on the Domfreihof
  • Trier: Baldwin Fountain: bronze statue of the Elector of Trier and Archbishop Baldwin of Luxembourg
  • Weimar: Johann Gottfried von Herder still image on the Herderplatz

Other works

The Millers work soon reached world fame. In America, his works were known and it was not long until the sculptor Thomas Crawford sent his designs to Munich. Miller made ​​, for example, a 22 foot high riding model George Washington.

At Miller's other works include goals for the Capitol in Washington, DC, an equestrian statue for the government in Colombia and the Goethe- Schiller Monument in Weimar.

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