Herman Matzen
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Herman Matzen (July 15, 1861 – April 22, 1938) [1] was an American sculptor and educator, born in Denmark.
Early years
[edit | edit source]Matzen studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin before immigrating to the United States.[2] After moving first to Detroit he ultimately settled in Cleveland.
Selected works
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- Justice and Law, Summit County Courthouse, Akron, Ohio, 1908
- Monumental statues of Cain and Abel at the Lake County Court House, Painesville, Ohio, 1909
- Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Monument, with William Walcutt, Fort Huntington Park, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929
- The Angel of Death Victorious or The Haserot Angel located at the Lake View Cemetery, 1924[3]
- Friedrich von Schiller, Belle Isle Park 1908.
References
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- ^ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
- ^ Vigil, Vicki Blum, photographs by Gale V Flament ‘’Cleveland Cemeteries: Stones, Symbols & Stories’’, Gray and Company, Publishers, Cleveland, 1999 p. 107
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