Henry Baerer

Henry Baerer (1837-1908) was an American sculptor born in Munich, 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 (1894)
  • Nearly identical bust in Prospect Park[2]
• Bust of John Howard Payne in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
• 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

• 
  Puck
• 
  General Edward Brush Fowler
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  Bust of Schubert
• 
  Bust of Beethoven

References

1. SCULPTOR BAERER'S DEATH.; Several of His Works Adorn City Parks New York Times, December 9, 1908
2. Ludwig Van Beethoven Statue in Prospect Park Concert Grove NYC Parks Dept