Background
Carl Friedrich Echtermeier, the son of a plasterer in Kassel, Germany, learnt the basics of his craft at his father"s workshop.
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Carl Echtermeier
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He went on to study at the art academies of Kassel, Munich and Dresden. In his early twenties he earned great acclaim with his statue of a dancing satyr. In 1871, he founded his own sculptors" workshop in Dresden.
In 1883, he started teaching at Braunschweig Polytechnic (today Braunschweig University of Technology).
Professor Echtermeier, who also received the official title of "Geheimer Hofrat" (Privy Counsellor), died in Braunschweig in 1910. Carl Echtermeier was related to the writer Ernst Theodor Echtermeyer (1805 - 1844) and the painter Curt Echtermeyer (1896 - 1971).
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Germany