Joseph Boehm
British sculptor
Died when: 56 years 159 days (677 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet, RA (6 July 1834 – 12 December 1890) was an Austrian-born British medallist and sculptor, best known for the "Jubilee head" of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner.
During his career Boehm maintained a large studio in London and produced a significant volume of public works and private commissions.
A speciality of Boehm's was the portrait bust; there are many examples of these in the National Portrait Gallery.He was often commissioned by the Royal Family and members of the aristocracy to make sculptures for their parks and gardens.
His works were many, and he exhibited 123 of them at the Royal Academy from 1862 to his death in 1890.
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