Rudolf Pfefferer, born in 1910 in Dürnbach near Gmund am Tegernsee, initially took sculpture courses at the Municipal Trade School in Munich before studying in Bernhard Bleeker's sculpture class at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts in 1931. When Pfefferer's apartment was bombed in 1944, he moved to Murnau. His studio on Schloßbergstrasse soon became a popular meeting place and a popular place where readings, concerts and festivals took place. Together with Gabriele Münter and the autodidact Lena Gierl, he exhibited in the Murnau reading hall in 1961, among other places. Pfefferer found his themes predominantly in the Christian and mythological areas. In addition to numerous public commissions, such as fountain sculptures and monuments, he also devoted himself to small sculptures and private portraits. He portrayed Gabriele Münter in bronze and stone. He made a simple stone out of shell limestone for the shared grave of Gabriele Münter and her partner Johannes Eichner. A large part of his artistic legacy is in the Murnau Castle Museum.