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Carl Schlüter
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[[File:Fraulein Bierling by Carl Schlüter (1883), Albertinum, Dresden.jpg|thumb|Fraulein Bierling by Carl Schlüter (1883), [[Albertinum]], Dresden]]
'''Carl Schlüter''' (1846–1884) was a 19th-century German sculptor.
==Life==
[[File:Emil Naumann Grab Dresden.JPG|thumb|The grave of Carl Schlüter in Trinitatisfriedhof in Dresden]]
He was born in [[Pinneberg]] in north Germany on 24 October 1846. From 1865 to 1868 he studied at the Academy of Art in [[Dresden]] under [[John Schilling]]. He came to public note in 1871 winning a gold medal for sculpture at the Vienna World Fair. In 1873 the Prussian Ministry of Culture awarded him a two year scholarship to study in [[Italy]] and he spent time in [[Venice]], [[Bologna]], [[Florence]] and [[Rome]]. He returned to live in Dresden in 1876.<ref>Hermann Arthur Lier: Schlüter, Karl HW In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 611 f.</ref><ref>Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: Longing for Arcadia - Schleswig-Holstein artists in Italy. Heide 2009, ISBN 978-3-8042-1284-8 , p. 287f.</ref>
His first major sale was in 1878: "Shepherd Boy" which was sold to the National Gallery, Berlin.
He died of [[Diptheria]] on 26 October 1884 in [[Dresden]] aged only 38. He is buried in the Trinitatisfriedhof in north-east Dresden.<ref>Schlüter, Karl HW In: In: Hermann Alexander Müller : Biographical artist dictionary. The most famous contemporaries in the field of fine arts of all countries with indication of their works . Bibliographic Institute, Leipzig 1882, p. 470. (digitized)</ref>
==Family==
In August 1880 he married Agathe Naumann, daughter of the composer [[Emil Naumann]].<ref> Hermann Arthur Lier: Schlüter, Karl HW In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 611 f.</ref>
==Works==
The majority of his work is figurative, and he specialised in portrait busts, especially female subjects. Notable works include:
*The grave of sculptor [[Joseph Herrmann]] in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden (1869)
*Shepherd Boy in bronze (1876)
*Shepherd Boy in marble (1878) destroyed in Berlin due to the [[Second World War]]
*Twelve portrait medallions on the Dresden Theatre (1878)
*Portrait bust of Agathe Schulter, his wife (1880) in the National Gallery in Berlin (considered to be his finest work).
==References==
[[Category:1846 births]]
[[Category:1884 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Pinneberg]]
[[Category:German sculptors]]
May 20, 2019 at 05:03AM
