Adolf Brütt

Adolf Brütt (10 May 1855 in Husum – 6 November 1939 in Bad Berka)[1] was a German sculptor.

Brütt originally trained in Kiel as a stonemason and worked on several projects, including Schloss Linderhof.

A stipend from the Sparkasse Kiel (a saving and loan institution) enabled him to study at the Prussian Academy of Art, where he graduated in 1878.

His sculpture Sword Dancer won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900) and secured his international reputation.

Together with his friend, the banker Felix Koenigs, he helped to promote the Secession through exhibits at the National Gallery, which included works by Auguste Rodin and the French impressionists.

Adolf Brütt in Weimar , with his statue of Theodor Mommsen (1909)
Statue of Friedrich Wilhelm II on the Siegesallee (c. 1901). It was heavily damaged in World War II