Johann Gottfried Schadow: Embracing Forms - Paperback

by Yvette Deseyve (Editor), Sintje Guericke (Contribution by)

New perspectives on a noteworthy sculptor within German Classicism.

Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850) was once the most famous artist in Prussia. This book, edited by Yvette Deseyve and featuring a contribution by Sintje Guericke, uncovers new aspects of Schadow's art and workshop.

After training with a prominent court sculptor, Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert, Schadow eventually became the secretary of the Prussian Academy of Art and the founder of the Berlin School of Sculpture. An entrepreneurial success, Schadow enjoyed a steady, bourgeois existence as well as several extraordinary artistic achievements. His most important works include the chariot atop the Brandenberg Gate and The Princess Group, a life-size depiction of Prussian Crown Princess Luise and her sister Friederike. This statue, notable in part because it depicts women from history, has since gained renown as a monumental work of Early Classicism. Johann Gottfried Schadow: Embracing Forms shares fresh insights into the artist's career, studio, and legacy.

Author Biography

Yvette Deseyve is curator of sculpture at the Alte Nationalgalerie and the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin, Germany.