August Weizenberg

August Weizenberg (6 April 1837 – 22 November 1921) was an Estonian sculptor. His father was a shoemaker and he learnt how to carve wood in Erastvere from 1858 to 1862.

August Weizenberg
August Weizenberg in Rome
Born(1837-04-06)6 April 1837
Ritsike inn near Kanepi
Died22 November 1921(1921-11-22) (aged 84)
Tallinn
Known forSculpture
August Weizenberg, 1916

During the 1860s, he worked as a cabinetmaker in Frankfurt and Berlin. Thanks to a sponsorship from Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, he travelled to Saint Petersburg where he was trained by Alexander Bock. He later studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts, and from 1870 to 1873 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. From 1873 to 1890, he lived in Rome.[1]

August Weizenberg, 1917

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • Jüri Hain: Eesti kunsti suurus ja viletsus. 150 aastat August Weizenbergi sünnist. In: Looming Nr 4 (1987), S. 528–539
  • Heini Paas: August Weizenberg 1837–1921. Tallinn 1999. ISBN 978-5-89920-040-3


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