Bernhard Afinger

Bernhard Afinger
Born	(1813-05-06)6 May 1813
Died	5 December 1882(1882-12-05) (aged 69)

Bernhard Afinger (6 May 1813 – 25 December 1882) was a German sculptor.

Biography

Afinger was born in Nuremberg, where he studied old German sculptures. He was for a time a silversmith, and in 1840 began instruction under Christian Daniel Rauch at Berlin. Among his pupils was Rudolf Uffrecht. He died in Berlin, aged 69.

Works

Monument to Ernst Moritz Arndt, 1865, Bonn

In portrait medallions and works of a religious character he was particularly successful. There is an Arndt memorial by him at Bonn, a university memorial at Greifswald, and a statue of Newton in the National Museum, Pesth.

Further reading

• Hannelore Hägele. "Afinger, Bernhard." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed January 18, 2012; subscription required).

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Afinger, Bernhard" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links

• Media related to Bernhard Afinger at Wikimedia Commons
• Entry in the Deutsche Fotothek