Hermann Rosa was a German

Germany

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 sculptor

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

 and architect.

Biography

Born as the son of a stonemason Hermann Rosa in Pirna

Pirna

Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt...

, he grew up with six siblings on the castle Oberpolitz. He visited a Stone Mason's College in Saubsdorf (today Supíkovice

Supíkovice

Supíkovice is a village and municipality in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 705 .- References :*...

). During the years of 1934 - 1938 he was a disciple of Professor Drahonovsky at the Art College in Prague

Prague

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. After this he became a student of Professor Karl Albiker at the Dresden Academy of Art 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
  Adalbert Stifter
  Adalbert Stifter was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was especially notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing, and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while almost entirely unknown to English readers.-Life:Born in Oberplan in Bohemia , he...
  
  , portrait after death mask (bronze)
• 1954 Eva, abstract (bronze)
• 1954 Schmerzensmann (bronze)
• 1954 Adalbert Stifter
  Adalbert Stifter
  Adalbert Stifter was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was especially notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing, and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while almost entirely unknown to English readers.-Life:Born in Oberplan in Bohemia , he...
  
  , bust, memorial in Fürth
  Fürth
  The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....
  
   (Bavaria
  Bavaria
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  ) (bronze)
• 1955 Käfer (Beetle), after Franz Kafka
  Franz Kafka
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   (bronze)
• 1955/56 Flüchtlinge, relief two-parts (bronze)
• 1970 - 1981 Ludwig Spegel, portrait (bronze)
• 1972 - 1981 Self-portrait (bronze)
• 1977 - 1981 Blitz, fountain Augsburg
  Augsburg
  Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
  
  - 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
  Englischer Garten (Munich)
  The Englischer Garten, German for "English Garden", is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Germany, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits...
  
  in Munich]