August von Kreling
Illustration — August von Kreling (ca. 1875) August von Kreling (23 May 1818 – 23 April 1876) was a German sculptor and painter born in Osnabrück. He studied with Peter von Cornelius, and in 1853 became director of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg.
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August von Kreling
Ausriss aus unbekannter Zeitung um 1875 · Public domain
- Born
- 1818 · Osnabrück.
- Died
- 1876 · Nuremberg.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- sculptor · illustrator · painter · university teacher
- Teachers
- Peter von Cornelius
- Honours
- Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art · honorary citizen of Nuremberg
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — August von Kreling (ca. 1875) August von Kreling (23 May 1818 – 23 April 1876) was a German sculptor and painter born in Osnabrück. He studied with Peter von Cornelius, and in 1853 became director of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg.
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He became a member of the Munich Academy in 1876, and died in Nuremberg in that same year.
Training under Peter von Cornelius is recorded. Karl Jäger, Ludwig von Löfftz and Anton Seitz are recorded as having studied under August von Kreling. The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg. Work by August von Kreling is recorded in the collections of Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and honorary citizen of Nuremberg.
• His best-known commission in the United States was the Tyler Davidson Fountain, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871
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1818
August von Kreling born at Osnabrück.
1876
August von Kreling died at Nuremberg.
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Osnabrück.
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- 1.Pilz, Kurt (1980) Kreling, August von. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol. 12. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p 745. Retrieved 21 January 2018
- 2.Lindemann, Ilsetraut (1976) August von Kreling (1818–1876). Sein Leben und seine Werke. Osnabrück: Kulturgeschichtliches Museum
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