German Postmodern Carved Marble Face of Eduard Mörike. The smooth, extremely German face rests within jagged but polished lines, a small relief plaque carved at the bottom edge that translates to "In Reverence to Our Mörike, Chemnitz People's Hall," indicating that this was likely a commemorative sculpture to honor the poet. 

Size: 17 x 12 x 9 in. 

Eduard Friedrich Mörike was born on September 8th, 1804 in Ludwigsburg, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, and became a prominent German Lutheran pastor and Romantic author celebrated for his lyrical poetry and imaginative prose. Though he initially struggled with his clerical duties, declaring a desire to escape the “servitude of the vicar,” he eventually balanced his faith with a prolific literary career, but led an unhappy personal life made tumultuous by many passionate affairs. His poems are famous for their simple, everyday German style and have been set to music by composers like Hugo Wolf, with many becoming beloved folk songs. He is perhaps best known for his masterpiece novella, Mozart on the Way to Prague, and his earlier popular novel, Maler Nolten, and throughout his life he maintained close friendships with other writers of the Swabian school, inventing the mythical fairyland “Orplid” with his peers. Despite financial struggles, his work was highly praised by figures like Ludwig Wittgenstein, and after his death on June 4th, 1875 in Stuttgart his poetic beauty was considered on par with titans of German literature such as Goethe. 

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