Josef Henselmann was a German

Germany

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 sculptor

Sculpture

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 and professor

Professor

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Henselmann was born in Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....

, Province of Hohenzollern

Province of Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was created in 1850 by joining the principalities of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen after both formerly independently ruling Catholic princely lines of the House of Hohenzollern had handed over their...

. After studying at the Gymnasium he completed an apprenticeship

Apprenticeship

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 to be a wood sculptor. After the First World War he was a student at the Munich Academy

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich was founded 1808 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria in Munich as the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts" and is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany...

. He taught at the Münchner Staatsschule für angewandte Kunst (Munich School for applied arts) and from 1946 was a professor at the Munich Academy, where he served an extensive period of time as Academy President. Henselmann died in Munich

Munich

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He was married to the painter Marianne Henselmann, née Euler (* 1903 in Aschaffenburg

Aschaffenburg

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; † 2002 in Munich), with whom he had two children.

Selection of Works

• High Altar
  Altar
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   in the St. Stephan's Cathedral
  St. Stephan's Cathedral, Passau
  St. Stephan's Cathedral, or "Dom St. Stephan" in German, is a baroque church from 1688 in Passau, Germany. It is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Passau and the main church of his diocese....
  
   in Passau
  Passau
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• Chorbogencruzifix in the Munich Frauenkirche
  Munich Frauenkirche
  The Frauenkirche is a church in the Bavarian city of Munich that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and seat of its Archbishop. It is a landmark and is considered a symbol of the Bavarian capital city.The church towers are widely visible because of local height...
  
  
• Rindermarktbrunnen
  Rindermarktbrunnen
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   in Munich
• Vierjahreszeitenbrunnen in Sigmaringen
• Christophorus in der Prinzregentenstraße in Munich
• Trumpeter of Säckingen

as well as numerous other works in the Bavaria

Bavaria

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n and Upper Swabia

Upper Swabia

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• Hygieia in the foyer of Jodquellen AG in Bad Tölz
  Bad Tölz
  Bad Tölz is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and administrative center of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.- History :Since the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the Ice Age, archaeology has shown continuous occupation of the site of Bad Tölz...
  
  

Selection of Awards

• Großer Preussischer Staatspreis (Grand Prussian State Prize)
• Bayerischer Verdienstorden (Bavarian Order of Merit
  Bavarian Order of Merit
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• Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
  Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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• Förderpreis im Bereich Bildende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München (Translates as "Munich Fellowship of the Fine Arts") (1957)