Ernst Herter

Herter studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and later also as apprentice of Ferdinand August Fischer [de], Gustav Blaeser and Albert Wolff.

This project was squelched due to the antisemitic and nationalistic sentiment that pervaded the German Reich at that time.

[1] Among his most famous works is Sterbender Achill (Dying Achilles), created in Berlin in 1884.

The statue was acquired by the Empress of Austria and became the centerpiece at her palace Achilleion in Corfu, Greece.

His second original sculpture of Dying Achilles is in Poland in Elbląg at Łączności street opposite the City Hall.