Bernhard Afinger

Bernhard Afinger
Born(1813-05-06)6 May 1813
Died5 December 1882(1882-12-05) (aged 69)

Bernhard Afinger (6 May 1813 – 25 December 1882) was a German sculptor.

Biography

Afinger was born in Nuremberg, where he studied old German sculptures. He was for a time a silversmith, and in 1840 began instruction under Christian Daniel Rauch at Berlin. Among his pupils was Rudolf Uffrecht. He died in Berlin, aged 69.

Works

Monument to Ernst Moritz Arndt, 1865, Bonn

In portrait medallions and works of a religious character he was particularly successful. There is an Arndt memorial by him at Bonn, a university memorial at Greifswald, and a statue of Newton in the National Museum, Pesth.