Professor Michael Wagmuller RBA
Born 14 April 1839
Died 26 December 1881
Active: 1874
Country of birth and death: Germany
Sculptor, teacher
Born in Regensberg. Wagmuller studied in Munich at the industrial school under Anselm Sickinger (1807–73) and then at the academy of fine arts with Professor Max von Widnmann (1812-95). Between 1868-c.1872 Wagmuller worked in London where he completed a number of commissions and exhibited at the Royal Academy. After returning to Munich he was appointed Professor at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, an appointment he held until his death in 1881. Wagmuller's students in Munich included Edward Onslow Ford and Edwin Roscoe Mullins.
Works
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Locations
Address 2 The Terrace Richmond London | View on map
1870 (Circa)
Address Munich | View on map
1872 - 1881
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1874
'Girl Frightened by a Lizard'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1870 - 1874
Exhibited 4 times, 16 works in all (all portrait busts, statues and medallions)
Personal and Professional Connections
Teacher to Edward Onslow Ford
Ford studied with Wagmuller in Munich
Teacher to Edwin Roscoe Mullins
Mullins studied with Wagmuller in Munich
Sources
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1874
1874
Cat. No. 698, pp. 64, 78
Citing this record
'Professor Michael Wagmuller RBA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1227192993, accessed 29 Mar 2023]
