Ludwig Wichmann, born in 1788, was a notable German sculptor and educator. He studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow and contributed to significant monuments like the Blücher monument in Rostock and the Luther monument in Wittenberg. Between 1809 and 1813, Wichmann studied in Paris before returning to Berlin to continue work in Schadow's studio.
He was instrumental in the statue decoration of the National Monument to the Wars of Liberation between 1818 and 1826, collaborating with renowned artists like Christian Daniel Rauch and Christian Friedrich Tieck. In 1818, Wichmann succeeded Emanuel Bardous as a teacher at the Berlin Kunstgewerbeschule and was later appointed as a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in 1819.
After a sojourn to Italy with his brother from 1819 to 1821, the Wichmanns set up a studio specializing in portrait busts. Ludwig Wichmann became a professor at the Academy of Arts in 1832.
One of his notable works includes the figure of Archangel Michael at the Friedrichswerder Church. Wichmann revisited Rome in later years before his death in 1859. He was the father of genre painter Otto Wichmann and the composer and writer Hermann Wichmann.