Peter Christian Breuer (19 May 1856, Cologne – 1 May 1930, Berlin) was a German sculptor.

Peter Breuer (1899)
John Sigismund, from the Siegesallee (Group 23)

He was a professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts (later, the Academy of Arts, Berlin) and was considered to be one of the pioneers of modern sculpture in Germany. Among his students were Hans Dammann, Fritz Röll, Leopold Fleischhacker, Felix Pfeifer and Rudolf Belling.

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ Sibylle Einholz: Peter Breuer (1856–1930), ein Plastiker zwischen Tradition und Moderne. Dissertation. Freie Universität, Berlin 1984.
  2. ^ a b "Catalog". Bildhauerei-in-berlin.de. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25.

Further reading

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  • Hans Maes, Alfons Houben: Düsseldorf in Stein und Bronze. Triltsch, Düsseldorf 1976, pg.82
  • Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung, #3199 (20 October 1904), #3272 (15 March 1906), #3273 (22 March 1906)
  • P. Kühn: Breuer, Peter. In: Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Vol. IV, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, pgs.598–599.
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