August Kiss
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August Karl Eduard Kiss (* 11. Oktober 1802 in Pleß, Oberschlesien; † 24. März 1865 in Berlin) war ein bedeutender deutscher Bildhauer.
August Karl Eduard Kiss (born October 11, 1802 in Paprotzan, Prussia - today: Paprocany, part of Tychy, Poland - died March 24, 1865 in Berlin, Germany) was a German sculptor.
Note: For scientific purposes you may use the German letter ß. On the other hand, he himself has signed some of his sculptures as August Kiß, some as August Kiss.
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Friedrich Wilhelm III in Königsberg, 1851 (destroyed) |
The angel Michael at the Saint Michael church / Sankt-Michaelskirche (Berlin) in Berlin. Der Erzengel Michael von August Kiß |
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Berlin, Neues Museum (Berlin), western pediment by August Kiss (Die Kunst unterweist Industrie und Kunstgewerbe) |
Pulpit of St. Adalbert's Church in Mikołów |
Saint George (1855), currently at Berlin-Nikolaiviertel |
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