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Albert Heinrich Hussmann in Bronze Shop
599,00 EUR
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Shipping time: 2 Days | Weight: 19.00 kg
The painter and sculptor Albert Heinrich Hussmann was born on March 3, 1874 in Lüdingworth, an urban district of Cuxhaven.
Hussmann attended the Berlin Academy, the oldest art school of Berlin, founded in 1696. During the time the young Hussmann attended the Academy, he specialized himself on creating sculptures of horses as well as creating horsemen statues. The artist Hussmann is nowadays known as one of the best sculptors of animal sculptures of the 20th century.
In 1914 he was honoured by the “Golden Medal of Arts”, given to him by the emperor William II. (* January 27, 1859 in Berlin; † June 4, 1941 in Dorn, Netherlands). William II. was the last German emperor during the years 1888 and 1918 and King of Prussia.
Hussmann is known as creator of several famous sculptures he created at his studio in Berlin. Some of his sculptures made in Berlin got bought by famous families of industrialists. Two of his famous clients were the family “von Bohlen und Halbach” and the family “Krupp”. Both families belong to the most important entrepreneurial families of the 19th as well as of the 20th century.
Hussmann attended the Berlin Academy, the oldest art school of Berlin, founded in 1696. During the time the young Hussmann attended the Academy, he specialized himself on creating sculptures of horses as well as creating horsemen statues. The artist Hussmann is nowadays known as one of the best sculptors of animal sculptures of the 20th century.
In 1914 he was honoured by the “Golden Medal of Arts”, given to him by the emperor William II. (* January 27, 1859 in Berlin; † June 4, 1941 in Dorn, Netherlands). William II. was the last German emperor during the years 1888 and 1918 and King of Prussia.
Hussmann is known as creator of several famous sculptures he created at his studio in Berlin. Some of his sculptures made in Berlin got bought by famous families of industrialists. Two of his famous clients were the family “von Bohlen und Halbach” and the family “Krupp”. Both families belong to the most important entrepreneurial families of the 19th as well as of the 20th century.
The family Krupp consolidated in 1999 with the Thyssen AG and their company is today known as ThyssenKrupp AG.
One of the sculptures the family Krupp once bought is still exhibited at the outside area of the “Villa Hügel”, the formal mention of the Krupp family in Essen, Germany. The life-size sculpture exhibited there, is called “Weidendes Pferd” (Grazing Horse).
Hussmann was a professor and a co-founder of the Guild of Saint Luke. He was married to Wally Hussmann until death departed them. He and his wife lived at Fürstenberg, where Hussmann started to work for a porcelain manufacture at the age of 70. Fürstenberg is a small town in Lower Saxony. The Fürstenberg China Factory is known as the second oldest porcelain manufacture in Germany. The oldest one is the famous manufacture is Meißen, Saxony. The manufacture in Fürstenberg was founded in 1747 by Johann Georg von Langen (*1699; † 1776) at direction of the Duke Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (* August 1, 1713 in Brunswick; † March 26, 1780 ibidem).
After Hussmann died on November 15, 1946 in Fürstenberg his widow Wally donated one of the sculptures of her dead husband to the community of Fürstenberg. The sculpture was named “Vollblut” (Thoroughbred) and is still exhibited at the Hußmannplatz in Fürstenberg, where the public can view it.
One of the sculptures the family Krupp once bought is still exhibited at the outside area of the “Villa Hügel”, the formal mention of the Krupp family in Essen, Germany. The life-size sculpture exhibited there, is called “Weidendes Pferd” (Grazing Horse).
Hussmann was a professor and a co-founder of the Guild of Saint Luke. He was married to Wally Hussmann until death departed them. He and his wife lived at Fürstenberg, where Hussmann started to work for a porcelain manufacture at the age of 70. Fürstenberg is a small town in Lower Saxony. The Fürstenberg China Factory is known as the second oldest porcelain manufacture in Germany. The oldest one is the famous manufacture is Meißen, Saxony. The manufacture in Fürstenberg was founded in 1747 by Johann Georg von Langen (*1699; † 1776) at direction of the Duke Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (* August 1, 1713 in Brunswick; † March 26, 1780 ibidem).
After Hussmann died on November 15, 1946 in Fürstenberg his widow Wally donated one of the sculptures of her dead husband to the community of Fürstenberg. The sculpture was named “Vollblut” (Thoroughbred) and is still exhibited at the Hußmannplatz in Fürstenberg, where the public can view it.