German sculptor listed in Meissen records as one of the “modelers of historicism” in late 19th-century period of the factory’s historicist revival and reinterpretation of earlier styles. Meissen acquired 7 of his models (all shown below). Hölbe had studied at the Baugewerbeschule in Holzminden and the Kunstakademie Leipzig. From 1871 until 1883, a student and collaborator with the sculptor Johannes Schilling (1828-1910) in Dresden working on a variety of large-scale sculptural programs in Dresden, and gaining valuable experience in architectural and monumental sculpture. Set out on his own in 1883.

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