Education
From 1874 to 1877, he attended the University of Stuttgart, majoring in architecture. He also studied art and entered the Prussian Academy of Arts, where his teachers were Fritz Schaper and Albert Wolff, completing his studies in 1879.
From 1874 to 1877, he attended the University of Stuttgart, majoring in architecture. He also studied art and entered the Prussian Academy of Arts, where his teachers were Fritz Schaper and Albert Wolff, completing his studies in 1879.
His statue Siegerbote von Marathon (The Messenger from Marathon) brought him the "Prix-de-Rome" from the Prussian Academy of Arts, which included a stipendium that enabled him to make a study trip to Rome from 1881 to 1882. He was also an inventor. His Verfahren zur Vervollkommnung von Lithopanien (Method for the Perfection of Lithophanes) and a Bildhauerkopiergerät (Sculpture Copier.
Apparently some sort of automated pointing machine) were patented in 1897.
Foreign Max Reinhardt, he designed one of the first Cycloramas from bits and pieces of plastic. In 1908, he joined the Berlin Secession.
They had seven children in addition to the four he had from a previous marriage. He wrote a short book describing his sculptural techniques and proposing new ones in 1925.
Although he made his headquarters in Berlin, he travelled extensively, spending time in the Monastery of Hiddensee and Bad Kösenior
In 1913, he became a member of the Prussian Academy.