# August Kiss

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{{Short description|German sculptor (1802–1865)}}
{{Expand German|topic=bio|August Kiß|date=May 2010}}
{{Inline|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox artist
| name             = August Kiss
| image            = August Kiss photo.jpg
| caption          = August Kiss in the 1860s
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1802|10|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Paprotzan](/source/Paprocany), [Province of Silesia](/source/Province_of_Silesia)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1865|3|24|1802|10|11|df=y}}
| death_place      = Berlin, [Province of Brandenburg](/source/Province_of_Brandenburg)
| known_for        = Sculpture
}}
'''August Karl Eduard Kiss''', or '''Kiß''' (October 11, 1802<ref>{{cite book |last1=Selle |first1=Fabian |last2=Kiss |first2=August |title=Die Skulpturengruppe "Amazone" vor dem Alten Museum in Berlin von August Kiss: 1837 - 1842 |date=2008 |publisher=VDM, Müller |isbn=978-3-8364-6131-3 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BXZKAQAAIAAJ&q=August+Kiss+%2211.+Oktober+1802%22 |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=de}}</ref> – March 24, 1865<ref>{{cite book |title=Verzeichnis der gemälde und bildwerke in der National-galerie zu Berlin |date=1921 |publisher=E.S. Mittler und sohn |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UI3AQAAMAAJ&dq=August+Kiss+%2224.+M%C3%A4rz+1865%22&pg=PA158 |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=de}}</ref>), was a German sculptor, known for his monumental [bronzes](/source/Bronze_sculpture). His work was mostly executed in the [Neoclassical architecture](/source/Neoclassical_architecture) style and consisted largely of portraits and mythological and allegorical subjects.

==Life and works==
Kiss was born in Paprotzan (now [Paprocany](/source/Paprocany), part of [Tychy](/source/Tychy) in Poland) in [Prussian Silesia](/source/Prussian_Silesia).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=Max |title=Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Kunstwerke in der königlichen National-Galerie zu Berlin |date=1878 |publisher=Mittler |page=405 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyoIJ_744IMC&dq=August+Ki%C3%9F+%22Paprotzan%22&pg=PA405 |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=de}}</ref> He studied at the [Prussian Academy of Arts](/source/Prussian_Academy_of_Arts) under [Christian Daniel Rauch](/source/Christian_Daniel_Rauch),<ref name="st">{{cite web |title=Kiß, August |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz41193.html |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=de}}</ref> [Christian Friedrich Tieck](/source/Christian_Friedrich_Tieck),<ref name="st" /> and [Karl Friedrich Schinkel](/source/Karl_Friedrich_Schinkel).<ref>{{cite book |title=Karl Friedrich Schinkel: Schriftleitung von Paul Ortwin Rave |date=1939 |publisher=Deutscher Kunstverlag |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEiVzX7-MSoC&q=%20Ki%C3%9F |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=de}}</ref>  As a student, his most famous work was the relief on the gable field of the [St. Nicholas Church](/source/St._Nicholas_Church%2C_Potsdam) in [Potsdam](/source/Potsdam).

Kiss became well known in Germany by 1839 when he made a sculpture depicting an [Amazon](/source/Amazons) fighting a [panther](/source/Panthera_leo_leo) in marble for [Ludwig I of Bavaria](/source/Ludwig_I_of_Bavaria). It was later cast into bronze as [Amazone zu Pferde](/source/Amazone_zu_Pferde_(Kiss)), and placed outside the [Altes Museum](/source/Altes_Museum).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meyer |first1=Hermann Julius |title=Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: Eine Encyklopädie des allgemeinen Wissens |date=1889 |publisher=Bibliographisches Institut |page=793 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DMkUAAAAYAAJ&dq=August+Ki%C3%9F+%221865%22+marmor+altes+Amazone+zu+Pferde&pg=PA793 |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Grissom |first1=Carol A. |title=Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950 |date=2009 |publisher=Associated University Presse |isbn=978-0-87413-031-7 |page=227 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY_o8YXKg8QC&q=altes |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Kiss was responsible for two monuments in [Wrocław](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw): On the west part of the Ring, stood a bronze equestrian statue of [Frederick the Great](/source/Frederick_the_Great) (1847), and another equestrian statue of Prussian King [Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia](/source/Frederick_William_III_of_Prussia) (1862). His only other work in marble was the [monument](/source/monument) dedicated to Countess [Laura Henckel von Donnersmarck](/source/Henckel_von_Donnersmarck), itself based on a previous work by mentor Christian Rauch dedicated to Queen [Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz](/source/Louise_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz).

In 1863, he was admitted as an associate member of the [Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium](/source/Royal_Academies_for_Science_and_the_Arts_of_Belgium).

Kiss died unexpectedly on 24 March 1865, aged 62, in Berlin.

== Legacy ==
In 1889, the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the [Association for Public Art](/source/Association_for_Public_Art)) obtained a plaster of one of Amazone zu Pferde. In 1929, the work was cast in bronze and now stands in front of the [Philadelphia Museum of Art](/source/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther |url=https://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/the-mounted-amazon-attacked-by-a-panther/ |website=Association for Public Art |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

An obelisk near [Paprocany](/source/Paprocany), his ancestral home, was commemorated in 2003.

==Selected sculptures==
<gallery mode=packed heights=220>
File:St Michael Berlin Engel Statue Kiss.JPG|The angel Michael at [Saint Michael's church, Berlin](/source/Saint_Michael's_church%2C_Berlin).
File:Berlin Neues Museum Westtympanon August Kiss.JPG|[Neues Museum](/source/Neues_Museum) (Berlin) western pediment
File:Saint George and the Dragon by August Kiss in Berlin.jpg|Saint George and the Dragon, Berlin
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|August Kiss}}
* {{Cite ADB|16|35|37|Kiß, August|Lionel von Donop|ADB:Kiß, August}}

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Category:Sculptors from the Kingdom of Prussia
Category:19th-century German sculptors
Category:German male sculptors
Category:Architectural sculptors
Category:People from Tychy
Category:Artists from the Province of Silesia
Category:Prussian Academy of Arts alumni
Category:19th-century German male artists

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