Important sculptor dies at the age of 92

Campus news - The sculptor Fritz Koenig, an emeritus professor of sculptural design at the Technical University of Munich, died on February 22 at his home in Ganslberg, near Landshut, Germany, at the age of 92. Koenig was regarded as one of the most important sculptors of the post-war era. Fritz Koenig was born in Würzburg, Germany, in 1924 and spent most of his childhood in the Bavarian town of Landshut. From 1946 until 1952, he studied under Anton Hiller at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. At the age of 40, he was appointed to a professorship at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he headed the Chair for Sculptural Design until his retirement in 1992. Koenig became world famous in the early 1970s through his sculpture "The Sphere," which was placed outside the World Trade Center in New York. The work withstood the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and can be seen today at Battery Park.