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King Gambrinus Legendary Patron of Brewing, (sculpture). Artist:  Kuehns, Carl, 1854-1884, sculptor. Haug, Gustave, sculptor. (copy after) Matthew Brothers Furniture Company, carver. Title:  King Gambrinus Legendary Patron of Brewing, (sculpture). Dates:  Original 1857. Wood replica carved 1872. Aluminum replica cast 1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast aluminum, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 8 ft. Description:  Standing figure of King Gambrius holding a flagon of beer in his proper right hand. Subject:  Literature -- Character -- King Gambrinus Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Pabst Brewing Company, 915 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 Remarks:  King Gambrinus is the legendary first brewer of beer, a mythical figure, the likeness based on a historical 13th century duke, Jan Primus, who was president of the Brussels Guild of Brewers. This aluminum version has two predecessors. An original wood carving of King Gambrinus (possibly by Gustave Haug) was placed atop the roof peak of the newly completed Pabst Brewing Company in 1857. In 1872, as result of company expansion, the brewery commissioned Carl Kuehns, a wood carver with Matthew Brothers Furniture Company, to carve a copy of the original. It was placed atop an archway leading to the loading yard on Chestnut Street (now West Juneau Street). By 1967, deterioration of Kuehn's carving resulted in an aluminum replacement cast being made, to be placed atop the entrance to the brewery's Sternewirt. The aluminum sculpture was later moved to storage when the Pabst Brewing Company moved its headquarters to San Antonio, Texas. The original wood carving was purchased by Sid Stone, developer of Stonecraft, where it stood in the courtyard until destroyed by lighting in the late 1970s. References:  Palmer, Virginia A., 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993. Harris, Moira F., 1999. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 74020012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74020012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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