- Adolf von Hildebrand
Adolf von Hildebrand (October 6, 1847
Marburg - January 18, 1921Munich ) was a sculptor, the son of Marburg economics professorBruno Hildebrand .He was the author of "Das Problem der Form in der Bildenden Kunst" ("The Problem of Form in Painting and Sculpture"). From 1873 he lived in Florence in San Francesco, a secularized sixteenth-century monastery. In 1877 he married Irene Schäuffelen. He spent significant time in
Munich after 1889 executing a monumental fountain there, the Wittelsbacher Brunnen. He is known for five monumental urban fountains.He was ennobled by the King of Bavaria in 1904, He was the father of the painter Eva, Elizabeth, sculptor
Irene Georgii-Hildebrand , Sylvie, Bertele, and Catholic theologianDietrich von Hildebrand .References
* [http://wwar.com/masters/h/hildebrand-adolf_von.html World Wide Art Resources]
* "Dietrich von Hildebrand: the Soul of a Lion", by Alice von Hildebrand (Ignatius, 2000)
* [http://www.adolf-von-hildebrand.de/seiten/index1.htm Adolph von Hildebrand page]
* "Encyclopedia Britannica" Vol. 11, pp 491-492 (1971) ISBN 0-85229-151-5External links
* [http://adolfvonhildebrand.googlepages.com/problemdf.pdf Problem of Form 1901/1918]
* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=1349&handle=li| "Double Portrait of the Artist's Daughters" in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum]
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