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Place of Birth: Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About August Volz
- August Volz (Latvian: Augusts Folcs; 27 February 1851 – 20 June 1926) was a German sculptor.
- Born in Magdeburg, Volz worked mainly in Riga, the present-day capital of Latvia.
- The workshop of Volz received prestigious commissions in Riga from its opening in 1876 and created several of the most well-known sculptures of the city, for example the Roland statue and sculptures decorating the House of the Blackheads.
- The firm of Volz was also responsible for the complete or partial decoration of a number of important public buildings in the city.
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