August Julius Streichenberg


August Julius Streichenberg was a German sculptor and art professor.
His father, Carl Streichenberg, was a master tailor. He studied sculpting in Paris with David d'Angers. After spending time in St. Petersburg, Rome and Greece, he settled in Berlin, where he worked for Christian Daniel Rauch. Later, he was a professor of sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts. His best known students were and Albert Manthe.

Selected major works

1842: statue of his daughter Olga, in Carrara marble1848–1849: Borussia, monument to the Battle of Hagelberg ; for which he was awarded the "Great Gold Medal"1852: Antinous at the Neues Palais in Potsdam1858: tomb of Ferdinand Streichenberg-Scharmer, at the Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof in Berlin1860: Hagar and Ishmael, purchased by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV for in Potsdam.