Wilhelm von Rümann

William of Rümann ( born November 11, 1850 in Hannover, † February 6, 1906 in Ajaccio, Corsica ), was a German sculptor.

Life

Rümann studied from 1872 to 1874 at the Munich Art Academy, then to 1880 when Michael Wagmüller. From 1887, he taught as a professor at the Art Academy in Munich. In 1891 he was raised to the peerage.

In addition to numerous tombs in the Old South Cemetery in Munich, he created sculptures that are in the cityscape still visible today: Monuments for Georg Simon Ohm (1895 in the courtyard of the Technical University ), Max von Pettenkofer (1909 ) and Carl von Effner ( 1886) on the Maximilian Platz (today Lenbachplatz ), the figurine fountain at the peace Memorial Prinzregentenstraße ( originally scheduled for Herrenchiemsee Castle ) and the lions in front of the field Marshals' Hall ( 1906).

Among his pupils were Bernhard Bleeker, Jacob Hofmann, Moissey Kogan, Martin Scheible, Georg Schreyögg and Alois Mayer.

His grave is located at the Munich North Cemetery.

Work

Public monuments

• Chemnitz: Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I ( equestrian statue ), with Bismarck and Moltke - statue still image accompanying figures, in the market square (1899, 1945 scrapped )

• Monument to Robert Mayer (over life-size seated figure ), on the market place (1892, retained)
• Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I, originally in front of the old harmony, today in the Old Cemetery at the Weinbergerstraße (1895, by ideas of Ludwig Pfau )

• Monument to Georg Simon Ohm (1895 )
• Grave figure of Ludovica Wilhelmine von Bayern
• Several sculptures of Prince Regent Luitpold, among other things, in the southwest of the village Neuhausen
• Bust of Therese of Bavaria ( in the Academy of Sciences)
• Sebastian Wilhelm Valentin Bauer bust of the Deutsches Museum

• Kaiser Wilhelm I. Memorial ( equestrian statue ), Egidienplatz, before Pellerhaus (1905, retained)
• Monument to Prince Regent Luitpold, on the station forecourt (1901, demolished in 1934, 1939 melted )

• Monument to Friedrich Rückert (1890)

• Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I ( equestrian statue ) ( 1898)

Heilbronn: Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (1893 )

Heilbronn: Detail of the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (1893 )

Munich: Leo / s before the Feldherrenhalle (1905 )

Munich: Leo / s before the Feldherrenhalle (1905 )

Munich: Lion on the terrace of the Löwenbräu Keller

Nuremberg: Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (1905 )

Schweinfurt: Friedrich Rückert monument ( 1890)

Wœrth (Alsace ): Bavarian War Memorial (1889 )