Julius Lippelt

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"Drama", from the Schiller Monument

Julius Lippelt (5 December 1829, Hamburg - 17 August 1864, Hamburg) was a German sculptor.

Biography[]

His father, a merchant, died while Julius was still young. After displaying his talents by modelling animals in clay, he received his basic artistic training from the sculptor,  [de]. In 1847, he was able to attend the Prussian Academy of Arts and work in the studios of Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann. He spent 1859 in Italy, working on a commission for a statue of Venus and Adonis.

In 1860, he took part in a competition to design the  [de], and his draft design was accepted. He was, however, able to complete only two of the four base figures ("Drama" and "Story"), when he died of tuberculosis, aged only thirty-four. The monument was completed by his friend and associate,  [de]. Just prior to his death, he had been awarded second place in a competition to create an equestrian monument, honoring Frederick William II of Prussia, in Cologne.

From 1832, he was a member of the  [de]. He was interred at the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof.

Sources[]

• Hans Speckter (1883), "Lippelt, Julius", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 18, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 734
• Carl Heitmann: Zeittafel der Geschichte der Hamburger Turnerschaft von 1816: 1816 – 1882. Herbst, Hamburg, 1883, S. 14. (online)

External links[]

Media related to Julius Lippelt at Wikimedia Commons