Robert Cauer the Elder

Robert Cauer the Elder (13 February 1831 – 2 April 1893) was a German sculptor known for his funerary art.

From 1851 to 1856, he studied painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Wilhelm von Schadow and Karl Ferdinand Sohn.

Together with his brother, Karl, he set up a studio there, but would continue to be involved with the one in Bad Kreuznach.

From 1887, he was officially commissioned by the Prussian government to supervise their scholarship students at the Villa Strohl-Fern.

[1] His most familiar works may be his grave monuments, including several at the Alter Friedhof, Bonn, notably those of Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander and Nikolaus Simrock.