Nikolaus Geiger (1849-97) was a German sculptor and painter, born at Lauingen, Bavaria. He was a pupil of Joseph Knabl at the Munich Academy. In 1873 he went to Berlin and soon became known through ornamental work in the Tiele-Winckler Palace. After a visit to Italy he studied painting in Munich and in 1884 returned to Berlin, where he was awarded a gold medal in 1886, was elected member of the academy in 1893, and was made professor in 1896. St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin contains examples of his work. He produced the high-relief "Adoration of the Magi" (1894). His painting, "The Communion of the Saints," on the ceiling of St. Hedwig's is his most noteworthy painting. He sculpted Frederick Barbarossa for the Kyffhäuser monument; a statue of Work for the Reichsbank building in Berlin; and "Centaur and Nymph," for the National Gallery. Geiger produced a frieze in relief for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis.
Sculptures
- "Centaur mit tanzender Nymphe" (vor 1897), Bronze, im Bestand der Nationalgalerie Berlin
- "Kopf einer alten Frau" (vor 1897), Bronze, Bronze, im Bestand der Nationalgalerie Berlin
- "Kopf eines jungen Mädchens" (vor 1897), Bronze, im Bestand der Nationalgalerie Berlin
- "Nach dem Sündenfall" (1896), Bronze, im Bestand der Nationalgalerie Berlin
- Kaiser Barbarossa (für das Kyffhäuser monument)
 Barbarossa |
 Barbarossa |
 Grave Carl Hofmann, architect: Bruno Schmitz, weeping woman by Nikolaus Geiger, () |
- Hochfries "Die Armee" für das "Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Indianapolis
- Giebelfeld der St. Hedwigskathedrale Berlin
- Zahlreiche weitere Zeugnisse seiner Arbeit wurden jedoch im 2. Weltkrieg zerstört (u.a. Skulpturen in der "Villa Saloschin" (Berlin), die lebensgrosse Statue "Arbeit" für die Reichsbank in Berlin, Figurenschmuck im Gebäude der Dresdner Bank (Berlin))
Paintings
- "Die Sünderin" (1884), 1898 durch die Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin angekauft
- Deckengemälde "Anbetung des Christkinds" in der St. Hedwigskathedrale Berlin
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