Wilhelm von
Rümann

Student of M. Wagmüller. Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in 1887. Among his many important buildings and monuments are several works in Nuremberg. For his contributions, he received the City of Nuremberg's Grand Gold Citizen's Medal in 1905.

Works: Nuremberg,

- Station Square: Equestrian statue of Prince Regent Luitpold, 1901 (removed in 1934); 
-,Nuremberg Central Station, central portal: pediment group: “Triumph of Technology” and other portal ornamentation, 1902,
 -,Egidienplatz: monument to Emperor Wilhelm I, 1905 (design by Syrius Eberle, revised by Ruemann), 
-, marble bust of Prince Regent Luitpold, 
-, marble bust of honorary citizen Ludwig von Gerngros (1902), 

For a list of his medals relating to Nuremberg, see Erlanger/Fischer, 2000. Museum of Nuremberg: Nuremberg Museum of Art and Cultural History (MStN). 

Literature: Thieme-Becker with catalogue raisonné; Forrer; Schwammberger, Fürth from A to Z, p. 307;

E. Masa, Outdoor Sculptures, p. 41; Heidemann, 1998. Exhibition: 1909/1.

(quoted from the Nuremberg Artists' Lexicon, edited by Manfred H. Grieb)