August von Kreling

August von Kreling (May 23, 1819 – April 23, 1876) German sculptor born in Osnabrück. He studied with Cornelius and in 1853, became director of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg. He became a member of the Munich Academy in 1876, and died in Nuremberg in that same year.

Commissions

His best-known commission in the United States was the Tyler Davidson Fountain, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1871