Karl Albiker
German sculptor
Died when: 82 years 163 days (989 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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Karl Albiker (16 September 1878 – 26 February 1961) was a German sculptor, lithographer and teacher of fine arts.Albiker studied with Auguste Rodin in Paris.
From 1919 to 1945 he was a professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.His monumental statues, like those of Georg Kolbe, reflected National Socialist heroic realism.
Albiker created the relay racers for Berlin's Reich Sports Field and various war monuments, including those in Karlsruhe, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Greiz.
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