Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Statue of Lise Meitner on the edge of an imposing, black pedestal. Together, the two form a single ensemble of particular significance: "Outstanding women are rarely put on a pedestal. How difficult it must have been for a woman to work in science, how even more difficult to be respected. That gave me the idea to make the pedestal as wide as possible, as a way to commemorate the many 'non-pedestalled'," said the sculptor.

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Court of Honour of the Humboldt University

In the front court or "court of honour" (Ehrenhof) of the Humboldt University are several memorial statues dedicated to some key figures in the history of arts, sciences, and the university: Hermann Helmholtz, Lise Meitner, Max Planck, and Theodor Mommsen.

• Wilhelm von Humboldt by Paul Otto, 1882.
• Alexander von Humboldt by Reinhold Begas & Paul Otto, 1883.
• Hermann Helmholtz by Ernst Herter, 1899,
• Theodor Mommsen by Adolf Brütt, 1909.
• Max Planck by Bernhard Heiliger, 1948/49,
• Lise Meitner by Anna Franziska Schwarzbach, 2014,

Sculptor

• Anna Franziska Schwarzbach (Rittersgrün im Erzgebirge 1949), German sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

• Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Lise Meitner Memorial.

Tags

• Town: Berlin
• Kreis: Stadt Berlin
• Land: Land Berlin
• Country: Germany
• Meitner, Lise
• Physicist
• Schwarzbach, Anna Franziska
• Statue (woman)

Locatie (N 52°31'4" - E 13°23'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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