Walter Schott (18 September 1861, Ilsenburg - 2 September 1938, Berlin) was a German sculptor and art professor.
Walter Schott (18 September 1861, Ilsenburg - 2 September 1938, Berlin) was a German sculptor and art professor.
His father, Eduard Schott, was a well-known metallurgist who was the manager and inspector at the smelters of Count Heinrich zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. After completing his standard education, he studied in Hanover from 1880 to 1883, at the Prussian Academy of Arts under Fritz Schaper.
After 1885, he worked as a free-lance sculptor in Berlin, creating statues in the prevailing Neo-Baroque style. Over the years, he became almost totally dependent on the Kaiser's patronage and found little work to do after World War I, a fate which befell many creative artists too closely associated with the Imperial government. In 1930, he wrote an autobiography, defending his position and assailing his critics.
He died in poverty. His remains were cremated and his ashes placed in an urn at his father's grave in Ilsenburg.
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