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Hermann Brachert
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Hermann Brachert was a German sculptor. He also worked in chasing, gold engraving, and jewelry-making. In 1919 he received an invitation to the Königsberg School of Arts and Crafts. After moving to Königsberg, Brachert became a professor at that school, teaching sculpture, the fundamentals of interior design, and jewelry-making. He worked at the Art School until 1926, after which he devoted himself entirely to sculpture. His monumental sculptures and reliefs adorned many buildings in Königsberg and other towns of East Prussia.
For ten years Brachert served as artistic consultant to the Königsberg State Amber Manufactory. In 1933, because of his disagreement with Nazi ideology, Brachert was stripped of the right to pursue professional and teaching activities. The Nazis destroyed many of his works, declaring them "degenerate art". Brachert moved to his country house in Georgenswalde (now Otradnoye) on the Baltic Sea and became an independent artist.
From 1936 to 1944 he held the post of artistic advisor to the Prussian Amber Manufactory. In 1944 Brachert evacuated from East Prussia to Stuttgart. From 1945 he worked at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. From 1947 to 1951 he was its rector, and from 1951 to 1953 he served as vice-rector. He retired in 1955. In Stuttgart Brachert continued to work in sculpture. In 1970 he created his last work, "Remembrance of East Prussia". Hermann Brachert died on June 2, 1972.
Date of birth
11 December 1890
Date of death
02 June 1972
Occupation
Sculptor