Julius Lippelt (5 December 1829, in Hamburg – 17 August 1864, in Hamburg) was a German sculptor.
His father, a merchant, died while Julius was still young. After displaying his talents by modelling animals in clay, he received his basic artistic training from the sculptor, Ernst Gottfried ViviéPrussian Academy of Arts and work in the studios of Ludwig Wilhelm Wichmann. He spent 1859 in Italy, working on a commission for a statue of Venus and Adonis.
. In 1847, he was able to attend theIn 1860, he took part in a competition to design the Schiller Monumenttuberculosis, aged only thirty-four. The monument was completed by his friend and associate, Carl Börner . Just prior to his death, he had been awarded second place in a competition to create an equestrian monument, honoring Frederick William II of Prussia, in Cologne.
, and his draft design was accepted. He was, however, able to complete only two of the four base figures ("Drama" and "Story"), when he died ofFrom 1832, he was a member of the Hamburger KünstlervereinOhlsdorfer Friedhof.
. He was interred at the