Christian Genschow

Although best known for his works at the Schwerin Palace, most of his creations were in smaller formats, in the tradition of the Berliner Bildhauerschule [de].

At the age of eleven, he suffered a severe, permanent injury to his left leg when he was scalded with liquid wax.

In 1834, after having decided to pursue a career in art, a scholarship of 60 Thalers was approved by Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and he was able to study drawing with Johann Friedrich Hesse (1792-1853).

After his scholarship award was doubled, he went to study sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he worked with Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann (1836-1840) and Christian Daniel Rauch (1840-1842).

From 1852 to 1857, he worked on a major commission he received through the intercession of the Director of the Grand Ducal Collections, Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch [de].