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Richard Wagner

(Leipzig 1813 - Venezia/Venice 1883)
German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist primarily known for his operas
(Wikipedia)

Gustav Eberlein
1903

Description

Marble statue of of Richard Wagner sitting on a chair, the left hand rests on the arm of the chair, while the right fist clenched above a bunch of sheet music. The base is surrounded by characters from Wagner's works:

(front) Wolfram von Eschenbach from the opera Tannhäuser with the lyre in his left hand. The laurel wreath and oak branch at his right foot, refer to eternal glory.
(left) Tannhäuser from the eponymous opera in pilgrim garb is lying down.
(right) Brunhild mourns over Siegfried, who is lying dead before her; from Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen.
(back) Alberich spanning with his arms the Nibelungen treasure, and one of the daughters of the Rhine who engages in teasing Alberich's beard.

Inscription(s)

RICHARD
WAGNER

Signature

g. eberlein fec. 1903.

Annotation

Unveiled 1 September 1903. The monument came rather undamaged through World War II, but because of vandalism and erosion restauration was necessary in the 1980s. Because it was too large to replace by a replica, the monument was in 1987 protected by a canopy, a steel structure in the form of a plexiglass covered barrel vault, design by architect Marianne Wagner.

Sculptor

Gustav Heinrich Eberlein (Spiekershausen 1847 - Berlin 1926), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Berlin von A bis Z, Berlin Lexikon.
Wikipedia, Richard-Wagner-Denkmal (Berlin).
Denkmale in Berlin, Großer Tiergarten.

Locatie (N 52°30'36" - E 13°21'42") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe048; Photograph: 10 August 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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