Walther Eberbach

Place: Besigheim

Born: 1866

Death: 1944

Biography:

Walther Eberbach (1 January 1866 in Besigheim; † 5 December 1944 in Weinsberg) was a German sculptor, painter, graphic artist, medallist and engraver. He studied as a draftsman and metal sculptor in Schwäbisch Gmünd from 1883 to 1886 and later attended the Kunstgewerbeschule Stuttgart in 1887. Eberbach worked in various cities including Köln, Straßburg, London, Berlin, and Frankfurt am Main. He taught Ziselieren and Goldschmiedearbeit at the Städtische Kunstgewerbeschule in Straßburg from 1891 to 1899 and later became a Kunstlehrer at the Realgymnasium and Gewerbeschule in Heilbronn, where he remained until his retirement in 1933. Eberbach was a member of the Künstlerbunds Heilbronn and participated in numerous exhibitions with the Kunstverein Heilbronn.