Bernhard Afinger

Bernhard Afinger

Bernhard Afinger (6 May 1813, Nuremberg 25 December 1882, Berlin) was a German sculptor.

Biography

He studied old German sculptures in Nuremberg. He was for a time a silversmith, and in 1840 began instruction under Christian Daniel Rauch at Berlin.

Works

Monument to Ernst Moritz Arndt, 1865, Bonn

In portrait medallions and works of a religious character he was particularly successful. There is an Arndt memorial by him at Bonn, a university memorial at Greifswald, and a statue of Newton in the National Museum, Pesth.

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