August von Kreling
August von Kreling was a German sculptor and painter born in Osnabrück. He studied with Peter von Cornelius, and in 1853 became director of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg. He became a member of the Munich Academy in 1876, and died in Nuremberg in that same year.
Commissions
- His best-known commission in the United States was the Tyler Davidson Fountain, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871