Ernst Gustav Herter was a famous German sculptor. He worked in Berlin. He specialised in creating statues of mythological figures. Among his most famous works is Sterbender Achilles translated as Dying Achilles, created in Berlin in 1884. The statue was then acquired by Empress of Austria Elizabeth of Bavaria and became the centrepiece at her palace Achilleion

Achilleion (Corfu)

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 in Corfu

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On the 8. of July 1899 Ernst Herter was himself present in New York as his Heinrich Heine memorial sculpture, known as the Loreley Fountain, was unveiled in Bronx, New York. The Loreley Fountain was originally intended for Heine's city of birth, Düsseldorf as a celebration of the centenary of the birth of Heinrich Heine, however this did not materialize due to the antisemitic and nationalistic sentiment that was prevailing at the time in the German Reich.

Herter studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and later as apprentice of Ferdinand August Fischer, Gustav Blaeser and Albert Wolff as well. Since 1869 he created his own workshop. In 1875 he made a study trip to Italy

Italy

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. Professor Herter was a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts

Akademie der Künste

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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich-Heine-Denkmal_(Bronx)