Background
Matzen, Herman N. was born on July 15, 1861 in Denmark. Son of Nlcolai Edinger and Henrietta (Rasch) Matzen.
Matzen, Herman N. was born on July 15, 1861 in Denmark. Son of Nlcolai Edinger and Henrietta (Rasch) Matzen.
Came to the United States in boyhood. Graduate German-American Seminary, Detroit, Royal Academy Fine Arts, Berlin (medal of 2d class, 1896).
Engaged in sculpture, since 1893. Executed groups “War” and “Peace,” Indianapolis Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. Also Schiller Monument, Detroit, and other patriotic monuments.
Burke mausoleum, figures Moses and Gregory, Cleveland Court House.
Figures Law and Justice, Akron (O.) Court House. Richard Wagner monument.
Memorial to Tom L. Johnson, Public Square, Cleveland. Haserot Memorial, Cleveland.
City Hall sculptures, Cleveland.
Married Emma Hale (died 1897). Married second, Blanche Dissette, July 11, 1908.