Robert Dorer

Eugen Dorer Robert was a Swiss sculptor. The son of the writer Eduard Dorer-Egloff studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig Schwanthalerstraße 1848 and went to Dresden to train under the guidance of Ernst Rietschel and Ernst Hahnels. In 1861 he travelled in Italy. In 1872, he left Dresden and opened his own studio in his native country, Switzerland. He was from 1888 to 1890 member of the Swiss Federal Art Commission.