About August von Kreling
Lived 1818 – 1876 (aged 57–58). August von Kreling was a German sculptor, illustrator, painter and university teacher.
August von Kreling (23 May 1818 – 23 April 1876) was a German sculptor and painter born in Osnabrück. He studied with Peter von Cornelius, and in 1853 became director of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg. He became a member of the Munich Academy in 1876, and died in Nuremberg in that same year.
Commissions His best-known commission in the United States was the Tyler Davidson Fountain, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871
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German artist (1818-1876)
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August von Kreling was born in 1818 in Osnabrück.
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August von Kreling died in 1876 in Nuremberg.
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August von Kreling was a sculptor, illustrator, painter and university teacher.
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August von Kreling was German.
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