Felix Georg Pfeifer - Artist Info

About Felix Georg Pfeifer

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    Felix Georg Pfeifer (9 November 1871, Leipzig – 6 March 1945, Leipzig) was a German sculptor and medallist. He was the third son of six children born to the businessman, Friedrich Eduard Pfeifer. From 1890 to 1893, he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig with Melchior zur Straßen [de], then transferred to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, where his instructors included Peter Breuer and Ernst Herter. This was followed by a study trip to Rome, where he worked with Eugen Diederichs and his associates. After a stay in Paris, he was in Dresden from 1906 to 1911, becoming one of the cofounders of tKünstlervereinigung [de] (Artists' Association). He returned to Leipzig at the start of World War I, working as ...

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