Janensch, Gerhard Adolf (1860 Zamborst - 1933 Berlin)

Lot 3041 limit € 180

Bronze, dark brown patina, iron caster, fully sculpted depiction of the worker with the casting trowel in his hands, flat base plate signed and dated 1918, marked Lauchhammer Bildguss, numbered 73, total height approx. 41 cm, sculptor and medalist, studied at the Royal Academy of Arts Berlin with Fritz Schaper, Albert Wolff and Paul Thumann, from 1880 studio work in Vienna, 1883 return to Germany, from 1886 own studio, 1887-1924 academic teaching position in Berlin