2817 - Fritz Rosenberg (b. 1883 in Posen; resided in Berlin until 1933)

Fritz Rosenberg (b. 1883 in Posen; resided in Berlin until 1933) Striding Female Nude Bronze, dark patina. Signed and dated 1907. Red marble base. An early Art Nouveau statuette by the artist, who trained at the academies in Munich and Berlin (1903–1906); its appeal lies not only in the depiction of the nude itself but also in the dynamic, spiral-like, sinuous twisting movement of the body. From 1908 to 1910, Rosenberg exhibited at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition; in 1909, he showed a “Bajadere” there. In 1919, Rosenberg participated in the “Jury-Free Exhibition of Formerly Field-Gray Artists” at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. The Jewish sculptor is listed in the 1931 Jewish Directory for Greater Berlin and can be found in the general Berlin directories until 1933, initially in Berlin-Charlottenburg and later in Berlin-Dahlem. It is unclear whether he is the same person as the Fritz Rosenberg of the same name, who created tombstones in Berlin-Weissensee from the late 1930s until 1941. Bronze figure, height 50 cm. Total height 52.3 cm. Dark-patinated bronze. Signed and dated 1907. Red marble base.