He studied at the
Prussian Academy of Arts under
Fritz Schaper and
Karl Begas. In 1885, he began presenting his own exhibitions throughout Germany, as well as at the
1893 Chicago World's Fair. His favorite subjects involved heroic poses of emperors and other royalty. In 1899–1900, he sculpted the figures for Group 5 of the
Siegesallee project; a double statue of
Johann I and his brother
Otto III,
Margraves of Brandenburg, studying the City Charter of
Cölln as the centerpiece, with busts of Simeon von Cölln (witness to the Charter) and Marsilius de Berlin (the first documented judge in that city) as side figures. Among his other significant works are an equestrian statue of King
Albert of Saxony in front of the "Ständehaus" in
Dresden, a bronze monument of
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz in
Trebnitz (now Trzebnica, Poland), a group of six figures depicting the
"Protesting Princes" of 1529 in the
Gedächtniskirche (Speyer) and a monument to Kaiser
Friedrich III in
Wörth, which earned him a professorship. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in World War II. ==Works==