Max Unger (sculptor)

Life

Selected major works

• 1888: Statue of Generalfeldmarschall Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus von Preußen, in Frankfurt.
• 1898: Siegesallee project, Group 2: with Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg as the central figure; flanked by Sibold, first Abbott of Lehnin Abbey, and Pribislav-Henry, last ruler of the Hevelli tribe. The statues were vandalized shortly after being dedicated and were severely damaged in World War II. They are now on display at the Spandau Citadel.
• 1900: Kaiser Wilhelm I, Equestrian statue on the Wilhelmsplatz in Frankfurt.
• 1900 Kaiser Wilhelm I statue in Ulm; originally in the Marktplatz, since 1939 in the Olgaplatz.
• 1903: Leipzig, Villersbrunnen; Named after Helene de Villers, the late wife of a certain Herr Dürr who commissioned the work. It was melted down in 1942 and reconstructed in 2003.
• 1913, statue of Fridtjof the Brave in Vangsnes on the Sognefjord, Norway. It was commissioned by Kaiser Wilhelm II, transported to Norway in fifteen pieces and assembled by 100 Imperial German Navy sailors. There was talk of dismantling the statue, during both world wars, but it was allowed to remain. Today, it is by far his best known work and has become a local landmark.