Fritz Schaper

Fritz Schaper studied at Prussian Academy of Arts. Fritz Klimsch, Max Unger and Gerhard Janensch are recorded as having studied under Fritz Schaper. The recorded working language is German. Work by Fritz Schaper is recorded in the collections of Berlinische Galerie. Distinctions recorded are Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight First Class of the Order of the White Falcon, Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class and Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown.

He was orphaned at an early age, and was sent to Halle to receive instruction at the Francke Foundations. After being apprenticed as a stonemason, he went to Berlin in 1859 for further training at the Prussian Academy of Arts. Afterwards, he became an employee at the workshop of Albert Wolff until establishing his own studios in 1867. He was a professor at the Prussian Academy from 1875 to 1890 and also served as manager of the "Aktsaal" (nude modelling studio). Max Baumbach, Adolf Brütt, Reinhold Felderhoff, Fritz Klimsch, Ludwig Manzel, Max Unger, Joseph Uphues and Wilhelm Wandschneider were among his many well-known students. He became a full member of the Academy in 1880 and a member of the governing Senate in 1881. He was also an honorary member of the academies in Munich and Dresden. In 1914, he was one of the signatories to the Manifesto of the Ninety-Three, a document supporting Germany's invasion of Belgium.

• Illustration — Gotthold Lessing Monument, Gänsemarkt, Hamburg • Illustration — Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Fehrbellin • Illustration — Altgermanische Wisentjagd (bison hunting), Berlin • Illustration — Alfred Krupp Monument, Essen • Illustration — Luther Monument, Erfurt • Illustration — Goethe Monument in the Berliner Tiergarten (1880), his best known work

Fritz Schaper was recorded at birth as Hugo Wilhelm Friedrich Schaper. The authorities additionally record the heading Hugo Wilhelm Friedrich Schaper. His recorded language was German. He married Helene Schaper. 2 children are recorded: Eva Schaper and Wolfgang Schaper.

Fritz Schaper is recorded as having received Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight First Class of the Order of the White Falcon and Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class.