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Andreas Schlüter ( May 20 1660 - 1714) was a German baroque sculptor and architect. Schlüter was born in Hamburg but spent his early years in Gdansk, Poland. He worked in Poland before 1694 for Jan III Sobieski but was called to Berlin, where he was active primarily as court sculptor to the King Frederick I. He also worked as an architect and built many state buildings. The castle he designed in Berlin was partially destroyed by bombing in World War II and its remains were demolished by the subsequent Communist regime. His sculpted decoration for Arsenal in Berlin is masterpiece of baroque expression and pathos. In 1713 his fame brought him to work for Tsar Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he not long after died of an illness.
Some survived works
- statue of Great Elector Frederick William I on horse, CharlottenburgCharlottenburg is an area in Berlin, formerly a borough now part of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. It is known for the Schloss Charlottenburg, the largest palace in Berlin., Berlin, 1689-1703 [1]
- epitaphAn epitaph is text honoring the dead, most commonly inscribed on a tombstone or plaque. Traditionally an epitaph is in verse, but there are exceptions. Some poets have been known to compose their own epitaphs prior to their death. Famous Epitaphs O xein', of Adam Zygmunt Konarski, FromborkFrombork is a town in northern Poland, situated on Vistula Bay in the Warmia i Mazury voivodship with a population of 2700 (in 2000). Frombork was meticulously re-created after its destruction during World War II and is now a well-known tourist attraction (Frauenburg) cathedral, Poland, after 1683
- sculptures on facade of Krasinski Palace, WarsawWarsaw ( Polish: see also other names in full The Capital City of Warsaw Polish: Miasto Stoleczne Warszawa is the capital of Poland and its largest city. It is located on the Vistula river roughly 350 km from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian M, Poland, 1682-3
Schlüter, Andreas
Schlüter, Andreas
Schlüter, Andreas
