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Hermann Blumenthal (31 December 1905,
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– 17 August 1942, near Kljasticy,
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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
. He was a participating artist in the documenta 1.


Awards

* 1929: Preis der Stadt Köln anlässlich einer Ausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbundes * 1930: Großer Staatspreis of the
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, verbunden mit einem Studienaufenthalt in der Villa Massimo, Rom * 1935: Stipendium des Reichserziehungsministeriums, Studienaufenthalt in Kassel * 1936: Rom-Stipendium des Reichserziehungsministeriums, Studienaufenthalt in der
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* 1937: Villa-Romana-Stipendium, Studienaufenthalt in Florenz * 1939: Cornelius-Preis for Monumentalplastik der Stadt Düsseldorf * 1955: Posthum Teilnehmer der documenta 1,
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Works

* 1929/39: Schreitender auf rechteckiger Platte, Bronze, H: 152 cm. Niedersächsischer Landtag, Hannover * 1930: Kniender (Spinne), Bronze, H: 103 cm. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie * 1931/32: Kriechender (Adam), Bronze, H: 81 cm. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin ( Dauerleihgabe Nachlass Blumenthal) * 1934: Acht Reliefentwürfe for the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Bronze/Gips, 58 x 40 cm. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin (Dauerleihgabe Nachlass Blumenthal) * 1935: Porträt Ludwig Kasper, Steinguss, H: 33 cm. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin (Dauerleihgabe Nachlass Blumenthal) * 1935/36: Großer Schreitender, Bronze, H: 180 cm. Hamburger Kunsthalle * 1936: Sitzender aufschauend (Sterngucker), Bronze, H: 28 cm. Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München * 1936/37: Großer Stehender (Römischer Mann), Steinguss, H: 202 cm. Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin (Dauerleihgabe Nachlass Blumenthal) * 1937: Großer Kniender (Florentiner Mann), Bronze, H: 150 cm. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg * 1938: Zwei Reliefs für Brunnenstele: Jüngling mit Ölzweig; Zwei Frauen, Stein, 225 x 125. Ruhland (Lausitz), BASF Schwarzheide


References

* Der Bildhauer Hermann Blumenthal. Mit einem Vorwort von Christian Adolf Isermeyer, Berlin 1947 * Werner Haftmann: Der Bildhauer Hermann Blumenthal, in: ''Zeitschrift für Kunst'' 1949, H. 4, S. 274-277. * Hermann Blumenthal 1905 - 1942, Ausst.Kat. Gerhard Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen 1981 * Hermann Blumenthal, Ausst.Kat. Galerie Pels-Leusden Berlin, Graphisches Kabinett Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner Bremen, Galerie Vömel Düsseldorf, Berlin 1992 * Christian Adolf Isermeyer: ''Hermann Blumenthal. Das plastische Werk'', Stuttgart 1993 * Ateliergemeinschaft Klosterstraße 1933–1945. Künstler in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, Ausst.Kat. Akademie der Künste, Berlin 1994 *
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(ed.): ''Taking Positions. Figurative Sculpture and the Third Reich''. Ausst.Kat. Henry Moore Institute Leeds, Georg-Kolbe-Museum Berlin, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus Bremen, Leeds 2001 * Josephine Gabler (Hg.): Sterngucker. Hermann Blumenthal und seine Zeit, Ausst.Kat. Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin 2006 * Hermann Blumenthal 1905-1942. Zeichnung Skulptur, Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen 2006


External links

* http://www.meaus.com/blumenthal-hermann.htm * https://artfacts.net/artist/hermann-blumenthal/22739 1905 births 1942 deaths Artists from Essen Artists from the Rhine Province German Army personnel killed in World War II 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists German male sculptors {{Germany-sculptor-stub