Herman Matzen

Cain and Abel, Lake County Courthouse, Painesville, Ohio

Herman Matzen (July 15, 1861 - April 22, 1938) ^[1] American sculptor and educator, born in Denmark.

Early years

Matzen studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin before immigrating to the United States. ^[2] After moving first to Detroit he ultimately settled in Cleveland.

Angel of Death Victorious

Monumental statues of Cain and Abel at the Lake County Court House, Painesville, Ohio
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Monument, with William Walcutt, Wade Park, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929
The Angel of Death Victorious or The Haserot Angel located at the Lake View Cemetery, 1924 ^[3]

^ "Matzen, Herman N. - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History". ech.case.edu. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
^ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
^ Vigil, Vicki Blum, photographs by Gale V Flament ‘’Cleveland Cemeteries: Stones, Symbols & Stories’’, Gray and Company, Publishers, Cleveland, 1999 p. 107