Hermann Rosa

Hermann Rosa (* November 2, 1911, Pirna; † October 5, 1981, Munich) was a German sculptor and architect.

Biography

Born as the son of a stone mason Hermann Rosa in Pirna, he grew up with six siblings on the castle Oberpolitz. He visited a Stone Mason's College in Saubsdorf (today Supíkovice). During the years of 1934 - 1938 he was a disciple of Professor Drahonovsky at the Art College in Prague. After this he became a student of Professor Karl Albiker at the Academy for Art in Dresden in the years of 1939 - 1946 (although there were several interruptions in between).

Works

* 1937 "Pferdegruppe" composition
* 1947 "Wassertägerin" (bronze)
* 1948/49 "Eva", portrait (bronze)
* 1949 "Eva", act (bronze)
* 1950 "Flucht" (Flight), relief (bronze)
* 1951 "Sinnende" (bronze)
* 1952 "Liebespaar" (Lovers) (bronze)
* 1952 "Stürzender Engel" (bronze)
* 1952 "Auferstehung" (Resurrection), Relief (bronze)
* 1953 "Sitzende" (bronze)
* 1953 "Stehende mit Ast" (bronze)
* 1953/54 "Adalbert Stifter", portrait after death mask (bronze)
* 1954 "Eva", abstract (bronze)
* 1954 "Schmerzensmann" (bronze)
* 1954 "Adalbert Stifter", bust, memorial in Fürth (Bavaria) (bronze)
* 1955 "Käfer" (Beetle), after Franz Kafka (bronze)
* 1955/56 "Flüchtlinge", relief two-parts (bronze)
* 1970 - 1981 "Ludwig Spegel", portrait (bronze)
* 1972 - 1981 "Self-portrait" (bronze)
* 1977 - 1981 "Blitz", fountain Augsburg- Hochzoll (bronze)

His studios

* 1954 - 1959 "Studio Wallnerstreet 9", Munich-Freimann
* 1954 - 1959 "Studio Wallnerstreet 12", Munich-Freimann
* 1960 - 1968 "Studio Osterwaldstreet", Munich-Schwabing

External links

* [http://atelierrosa.de/ Atelier ROSA Osterwaldstrasse 89 - Englischer garden in Munich]