Hubertus von Pilgrim

Hubertus von Pilgrim (24 August 1931 – 1 January 2026) was a German artist who lived and worked in Pullach, near Munich as a sculptor, printmaker and medallist. He has work in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum and Art Institute of Chicago. Von Pilgrim was Vice-Chancellor of the Pour le Mérite from 2009 to 2013.

He taught at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig from 1963 to 1977, then from 1977 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich until 1995.

Von Pilgrim died in Pullach on 1 January 2026, at the age of 94.

Notable works

Sculptures for the former Dachau concentration camp, including markers for the route of the death march and relief sculptures for 's chapel A head of Konrad Adenauer, outside Palais Schaumburg, Bonn, which according to Sergiusz Michalski draws on Mexican statuary influenced by Toltec monuments while adding a more expressionistic quality

Awards and honours 1995: Pour le Mérite 1997: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2005: Bavarian Order of Merit 2008: medal