Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann

Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann (10 October 1788, Potsdam – 28 June 1859, Berlin) was a German sculptor.

[1] From 1809 to 1813 he lived in Paris, where he worked in the studios of François Joseph Bosio and Jacques-Louis David.

From 1813 to 1815, he participated in the installation and finishing of the Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars (Nationaldenkmal für die Befreiungskriege), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Following the death of Emanuel Bardou in 1818, Wichmann took over his classes at the Berlin School of Arts and Crafts.

Over the years, he produced many designs and models for his father-in-law Tobias Feilner, a Master Potter and terracotta maker.