Henry Baerer

Henry Baerer (1837–1908) was an American sculptor born in Kirchheim, Hesse, Germany.^[1]

Baerer with bust of Friedrich Schiller, 1905

Works include:

• two versions of the Puck magazine mascot on the Puck Building, New York (1886)
• Bronze bust of Beethoven for a monument in Central Park (1884)
  • Nearly identical bust in Prospect Park^[2]
  • Identical monument in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (dedicated 1915)
• Bust of John Howard Payne in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (Moved to Home, Sweet Home Museum located at 14 James Ln, East Hampton, NY 11937)
• Statue of Edward Brush Fowler in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
• Bust of Franz Schubert in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
• Statue of Gouverneur K. Warren in Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York
• Bronze statue of Conrad Poppenhusen in College Point, Queens, New York

Gallery of works

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  Puck
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  General Edward Brush Fowler
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  Bust of Schubert
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  Bust of Beethoven