August Weizenberg

August Ludwig Weizenberg (6 April 1837 – 22 November 1921) was an Estonian sculptor.

Weizenberg was born in the inn of Ritsike, near Kanepi, southeast Estonia.

Weizenberg's father was a shoemaker and he learnt how to carve wood in Erastvere from 1858 to 1862.

Thanks to a sponsorship from Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, he travelled to Saint Petersburg, where he was trained by Alexander von Bock.

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August Weizenberg, 1916
August Weizenberg, 1917