August Zeller (1863 - 1918)
1863-03-07Bordentown, USA1918-01-11Pittsburgh, USAUSA
August Zeller
August Zeller was an American sculptor and teacher.
An exceptional carver, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) under Thomas Eakins. He moved to Paris in 1890 to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and studied further in the studio of Auguste Rodin.
His most prominent commissions were for two Civil War monuments: the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument (1888), on the Gettysburg Battlefield; and the Schuylkill County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1891), in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Zeller spent his final years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as curator of sculpture at the Carnegie Institute of Fine Arts and as an instructor at the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Date and place of birt: | 7 march 1863, Bordentown, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 11 january 1918, Pittsburgh, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Educator, Sculptor |
Genre: | Animalistic, History painting |
Art style: | Academism |