Antique 1893 bronze statue of Kaiser Wilhelm II. in young age as a bowling ( kegler ) player. The statue is not signed, but I have identified it from the biography of Wilhelm Havercamp (1864-1929). The important German sculptor from Berlin created a statue in 1893 of Kaiser Wilhelm as a bowling player. Last photo is a postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II. as a bowling player. This postcard is not in your purchase, only an illustration.

Condition: This 130 years old statue has some hits all around, once was silver plated as traces of silver can be discover at the shoe. Tiny broke off from the black marble base and from the bronze base as well. Please examine all the photos as a visual part of the description!

Dimensions: 23 x 8,5 cms including the base.

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Biography of the artist:

Wilhelm Haverkamp (1864-1929)

W. Haverkamp 1915

Haverkamp, Wilhelm (Wilhelm Heinrich),
German sculptor, *4.3.1864 Senden/Westf. †13.1.1929 Berlin-Friedenau.

He spent his childhood mainly with his grandparents in Capelle/Westphalia, his grandfather Wilhelm Ferlmann was a former teacher and organist. Through him, H. was artistically very strongly influenced. He acquired his craftsmanship from 1877 with August Schmiemann and Heinrich Fleige in Münster. He also attended the evening classes of the drawing school of the local art cooperative. In 1883 H. won a scholarship for the KA in Berlin with the sculpture Rotkäppchengruppe. His teachers there were Carl Gottfried Pfannschmidt, Albert Wolff and Fritz Schaper. In 1889 H. won the Grand Prize of Rome for his studies (1889-92). The merchant Wilhelm Hüffer from Münster lived in Rome, who supported him and commissioned the sculpture Bocksprung. The marble group Boys on Corinthian Chapter**, Bocksprung** and Praying Mother of S. Agostino** were also created during this period.

Before H. returned to Berlin, he married Margarethe Ferlmann-Bringelmann, the adopted daughter of his uncle from Cincinetti /USA, in Senden in 1892. As a master student of Fritz Schaper, H. made the acquaintance of the influential architects Franz Schwechten and Johannes Otzen.

The two trench angels for the princely crypt in Dessau (1898*), the terracotta sculptures prophets and evangelists in the Luther churches in Berlin-Friedenau (1892), Apolda (1893) and Görlitz (1901), in the Apostelkirche, Ludwigshafen (1893), the Ringkirche, Wiesbaden (1893); of the Georgenkirche, Berlin (1897*), and the furnishing of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church with two reliefs (1894) and the Prince of the Apostles (1896*) went back to these relationships.
As a young artist, H. created the marble group Father and Son, Andreasplatz, B.-Friedrichshain (1896), as well as two bronze monuments Bismarck (1896*) and Moltke (1900*) in Plauen. For Elblag he created Ferdinand Schichau (1903*) and Wilhelm I (1905*) and F.A. Krupp in Kiel (1904*). Due to lack of money, the St. Bonifatiuskirche B.-Steglitz received only the first and last two stations of a Way of the Cross (1909), which, however, was never completed. The XIV station later served H. as a motif for many grave and war memorials. A high altar from Galvano for the Rosary Basilica (1900) can still be admired in B-Steglitz.
Through the bronze monument Great Elector in Minden (1901), Kaiser Wilhelm II became aware of him and ordered a second casting for Kiel (1901*). Two imperial visits to his studios in the KGM and at Görres Str.16, Friedenau, have been handed down. Further imperial commissions followed: Fuchsjagd, Berlin-Tiergarten (1904), Wilhelm II of Orange (1907), Wilhelm II, Mürwyk (1909*), all bronze. Die Marmorherme Friedrich der Große, Küstrin (1902*); several medals made of precious metal and parts of the interiors of SMS Deutschland (1900*) and SMS Kaiser Wilhelm (1902*).

H. also created secular sculptures such as Kegler (1893**), bronze, marble player (1894**), as well as the façade sculptures Religion and Administration (1904) at Charlottenburg City Hall, Science in Hamburg-Altona (1901*) and Vom Brunnen in Breslau (1906*) in sandstone. This was followed in 1909 by tombs in Galvano for Rosenheim, Düsseldorf, Bliesheim, Bernkastel and Berlin*. For St. Ann's home in Techny/Ill., H. created nine larger-than-life wooden figures of saints in 1924**.

"Wrestling Group" 1906 Berlin, Volkspark Rehberge, Gr. goldene Medaille AdK Munich & Berlin

Haverkamp always remained true to his Westphalian homeland. He often spent his holidays with his family in Senden and drew strength for his artistic work here. In Westphalia he created war memorials for Coesfeld (1899), Lüdinghausen (1907*), Senden (1909) (all in bronze) and in shell limestone for Münster-Albachten (1922) as well as memorial altars for Senden (1919, Pietà) in wood, and the churches of St. Antonius, Galvano, (1916), St. Lamberti (1922) and Holy Cross (1919*) (both Baumberger Sandstone) in Münster, as well as St. Michael for St. George, Hiddingsel (1915).
Also the interior decoration of St. Otger, Stadtlohn (1907*), Sandstein and Galvano (partly erh.); the altar in the Martinistift, Appelhülsen (1910*), sandstone; Josef und Jesus (1915), and Herz-Jesu (1918), Marmor, Hiddingsel, as well as the west portal of St. Laurentius made of sandstone in Warendorf (1914) are by H.

His main work is the wrestling group (1906) in bronze in the Volkspark Rehberge, Berlin, which gave him the highest artistic recognition. H. was 1901-24 Doz. and Prof. (1903) for figurative and ornamental modelling at KGM in Berlin. from 1914 Mitgl. der Kgl. AdK ebenda. Among his students were Heinrich Splieth, Gustav Anton Wallat, Wilhelm Kruse and Renée Sintenis.

Awards: 1892 Honorable mention of AK Berlin; 1899 Herzoglich Anhaltinischer Hausorden für Wiss. and art in gold; 1901 small gold medal for art, Berlin; 1901 Prussian Order of the Red Eagle IV class; after 1903 Royal Order of the Red Eagle II Class with ribbon and Royal Prussian Order of the Crown III Class; 1909 Gold Medal of the AdK, Munich; 1909 Admission to the "Union Internat. des BA et des Lettres", Paris; 1913 Grand Gold Medal of the AdK, Berlin; 1916 admission to the AdK in Berlin, exhibitions: 1893-1911 Berlin: Große Berliner KA / 1909 Munich, Glas-Palast / 1928 Düsseldorf / 2009 double exhibition Senden and Lüdinghausen.

Literature: 1923; H. Herold, Heimatkalender 1927; P. Bloch et al., Ethos und Pathos (catalogue Hamburger Bahnhof), Berlin 1990; Art and technique of medals and coins. Das Beispiel Berlin, Berlin 1997; Dehio-Berlin, 2000; R. Bausch, Geschichts-Blätter, Kreis Coesfeld 32. Jg. 2007, S.113-146. Rüdiger Bausch, Haverkamp – Lebenslauf und sein künstlerische Schaffen. Edited by Rüdiger Bausch, Senden 2013