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Goethestraße

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(Frankfurt am Main 1749-Weimar 1832)
German writer and polymath; considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture
(Wikipedia)

Christian Daniel Rauch & Willy Ullrich
1949

Description

Sanstone bust of Goethe on a large granite Jugendstil monument (originally a fountain).

Inscription(s)

GOETHE

Annotation

Originally, the monument had a bronze bust of Goethe by the sculptor Johannes Pfuhl, which was molten in 1942 for army purposes. The present bust is a 1949 sandstone copy made by Willy Ulrich after the example of the bust by Rauch.

Sculptors

Christian Daniel Rauch (Arolsen, Hessen, 1777-Dresden 1857), one of the most important sculptors of the German classicism ((his bust in Bad Arolsen) (RKDArtists – Wikipedia).
Willy Ullrich, German sculptor of Görlitz.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Brunnen, Denkmäler und Skulpturen in Görlitz.

Locatie (N 51°8'35" - E 14°59'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn062; Photograph: 2 September 2012
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