Adolf Brütt

Statue of Friedrich Wilhelm II on the Siegesallee (c. 1901). It was heavily damaged in World War II Adolf Brütt (10 May 1855 in Husum – 6 November 1939 in Bad Berka) was a German sculptor. He was the founder of the Weimarer Bildhauerschule (Weimar Sculpture School) and its accompanying bronze foundry.

Biography Brütt originally trained in Kiel as a stonemason and worked on several projects, including Schloss Linderhof. A stipend from the Sparkasse Kiel (a saving and loan institution) enabled him to study at the Prussian Academy of Art, where he graduated in 1878.

Selected works 1887: Der Fischer (The Fisherman), bronze, 176 cm, Berlin-Mitte, in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie. It was displayed at two world's fairs: Chicago (1893) and St.Louis (1904). 1896: Schwerttänzerin (Sword Dancer), bronze, 206 cm, Kiel, Rathausrotunde 1896: Reiterstandbild Kaiser Wilhelm I (equestrian statue), bronze, ca 300 cm, Kiel, Schlossgarten 1898: Standbild Bismarck, bronze, ca 300 cm, Hamburg-Altona, greensward on the Königstraße 1900: Group of figures, Siegesallee 29 (Victory Avenue); statue of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia; busts of Großkanzler Johann Heinrich von Carmer and Immanuel Kant, marble. Now at the Spandau Citadel 1902: Asmussen-Woldsen-Brunnen (fountain), also called the Tine-Brunnen, granite, ca 200 cm high, Husum, Marktplatz 1903: Group of figures, Siegesallee 33; statue of Friedrich III, German Emperor; busts of Generalfeldmarschall Blumenthal and Hermann von Helmholtz, marble. Now at the Spandau Citadel 1907: Nacht (Night), ca 200 cm, a controversial, openly erotic marble statue. Kunstschule Weimar 1909: Sitzbild Theodor Mommsen (seated statue), marble, ca 250 cm, Berlin-Mitte, Court of Honor of Humboldt University 1912: Schwertmann (Swordsman), bronze, ca 300 cm, Kiel, Rathausmarkt