Hugo Rheinhold

Wolfgang Hugo Rheinhold ( born March 26, 1853 in Upper Lahnstein, † October 2, 1900 in Berlin) was a German sculptor. His most famous work is the Monkey with Skull.

Life

Hugo Rheinhold first attended school in Koblenz. At the age of 21, he went as a dealer in the USA, where he lived from 1874 to 1879 in San Francisco; in 1879 he moved to Hamburg. The following year he married his childhood sweetheart Emma Levy from Cologne, but in 1882, after one and a half years of marriage, died. Emma's death changed the Rhine holds life. He sold his business and moved to Berlin to study at the Friedrich- Wilhelms University (now Humboldt University of Berlin) philosophy. In 1886 he was a pupil of the sculptor Ernst Herter and Max Kruse, before he officially enrolled as a student at the Berlin Academy of Arts ( 1888-1892 ).

Works

Rheinhold produced a series of acclaimed works in a short period of life. These include the " reader monks ", a bust of the socialist August Bebel, and " On the way " ( 1896). Rheinhold kept his Jewish heritage, worked in the German - Jewish community covenant and created the sculpture " The Fighter " as a protest against anti-Semitism. Rheinhold 's last work " fountain grotto with two water deities " was issued shortly before his death in 1900. Today, his most famous work is the Monkey with Skull.

Along the way 1894

Sold Out 1899

Fountain group 1900

Reading monks 1900