Wilhelm von Rümann


Wilhelm von Rümann was a prominent German sculptor, based in Munich.
in Nuremberg, begun by Syrius Eberle

Life

Rümann was born in Hanover. He studied from 1872 to 1874 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and from 1880 with Michael Wagmüller. From 1887 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. In 1891 he was raised to the nobility.
Silver Medal 1905 by Ruemann, reverse. This large medal was given by the city of Nürnberg to the Royalties attending the ceremony of the unveiling of the monument in honour of Kaiser Wilhelm I on 14 December 1905 in Nuremberg.
As well as numerous funerary monuments in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich, he created sculptures which are still to be seen in the city: monuments for Georg Simon Ohm, Max von Pettenkofer and Carl von Effner at the Maximiliansplatz, the Puttenbrunnen at the Peace Monument in the Prinzregentenstraße and the marble lions in front of the Feldherrnhalle.
Among his pupils were Bernhard Bleeker, Emil Julius Epple, Jakob Hofmann, Moissey Kogan, Martin Scheible and Alois Mayer.
He died in Ajaccio, Corsica, and is buried in the Nordfriedhof, Munich.

Works (public monuments)