375 - Hermann Adolf Raddatz, Prometheus, large bronze plaque, 1931 & Anonymous, Athena, bronze relief, c. 1900

Hermann Adolf Raddatz, Prometheus, large bronze plaque, 1931 & Anonymous, Athena, bronze relief, c. 1900 Hermann Alfred Raddatz, 1906 Liegnitz, Lower Silesia - 1962 Düsseldorf, German sculptor, medallist and painter, master student of Karl Albiker in Dresden, shown here: Prometheus chained to the rock, large round plaque for service to the German Student Union 1921-1931, 12 cm in diameter, signed on the right-hand side // Anonymous, The goddess Athena in her warlike guise with a high-waisted chiton and breastplate, bronze circa 1900 with a golden-brown patina, unsigned, height 25 cm About the artist: Hermann Adolf Raddatz studied sculpture, mural painting and modelling at the Breslau School of Crafts and Applied Arts from 1921 to 1926; at the same time, he began studying painting at the Breslau Academy of Fine Arts and Applied Arts. In 1926, he was awarded the Rome Prize by the Prussian Academy of Arts as the best sculptor. From 1926 to 1930, he studied in the master’s studio at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and was a master student and assistant to Karl Albiker. From 1930 to 1940, he worked as a freelance artist in Dresden, where, in 1936, he became a member of the Dresden Secession and, in 1932, a board member of the Dresden Artists’ Association. In 1945, the family home and studio on Bodenbacher Straße, as well as his entire body of sculptural work, were destroyed during the bombing of Dresden. Only a few works held in museum collections have survived.