Ernst Gustav Herter

189 - Ernst Gustav Herter

Der seltene Fang (A rare catch). 1890. Bronze, brown-golden patina on a green-black flacked marble base (12.4 cm). Signed and dated "E. Herter 1890". On the back stamped with foundry mark "AKTIEN-GES. VORM. GLADENBECK & SOHN FRIEDRICHSHAGEN". Rückseite unten mit Gießerstempel gemarkt "AKTIEN-GES. VORM. GLADENBECK & SOHN 46.7 cm high (incl. base) In einer bewegten, in sich verschlungenen Komposition präsentiert der Fischer seine, ihm "German sculptor Ernst Herter was born in 1846 in Berlin, Germany. In 1866 Herter was awarded the Academy prize as a student in a composition class, allowing him to travel to Copenhagen to study works in the Thorvaldsen Museum. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and later served as apprentice for Ferdinand August Fischer, and Gustav Blaeser. Herter also apprenticed for Albert Wolff, whom he assisted with work for the equestrian monument to Emperor Frederick William III for the Lustgarten in Berlin. Herter, a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts, specialized in creating statues of mythological figures", like this bronze documents. den Betrachter überspringt. Mit ihrer schönen Patina, den mannigfachen Source: www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/publicart/bio/herter.html

Berlin 1846- 1917 Berlin

Catalogueprice: 10.000 - 15.000 €

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