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. He became a member of the Munich Academy in 1876, and died in Nuremberg in that same year.[1][2]
Commissions edit
- His best-known commission in the United States was the Tyler Davidson Fountain, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871
References edit
- ^ Pilz, Kurt (1980) Kreling, August von. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol. 12. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p 745. Retrieved 21 January 2018
- ^ Lindemann, Ilsetraut (1976) August von Kreling (1818–1876). Sein Leben und seine Werke. Osnabrück: Kulturgeschichtliches Museum
External links edit
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