Herman Matzen (July 15, 1861 – April 22, 1938) was an American sculptor and educator, born in Denmark.
Early years
Matzen studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin before immigrating to the United States.Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988 After moving first to Detroit he ultimately settled in Cleveland.
Selected works
Justice and Law, Summit County Courthouse, Akron, Ohio, 1908 Monumental statues of Cain and Abel at the Lake County Court House, Painesville, Ohio, 1909 Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Monument, with William Walcutt, Fort Huntington Park, Cleveland, Ohio, 1929 The Angel of Death Victorious or The Haserot Angel located at the Lake View Cemetery, 1924Vigil, Vicki Blum, photographs by Gale V Flament ‘’Cleveland Cemeteries: Stones, Symbols & Stories’’, Gray and Company, Publishers, Cleveland, 1999 p. 107 Friedrich von Schiller, Belle Isle Park 1908.
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