Hermann Rosa

Hermann Rosa (* November 2, 1911, Pirna; † October 5, 1981, Munich) was a German sculptor and architect.

Biography

Born as the son of a stonemason Hermann Rosa in Pirna, he grew up with six siblings on the castle Oberpolitz. He visited a Stone Mason's College in Saubsdorf (today Supíkovice). During the years of 1934 - 1938 he was a disciple of Professor Drahonovsky at the Art College in Prague. 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, portrait after death mask (bronze) 1954 Eva, abstract (bronze) 1954 Schmerzensmann (bronze) 1954 Adalbert Stifter, bust, memorial in Fürth (Bavaria) (bronze) 1955 Käfer (Beetle), after Franz Kafka (bronze) 1955/56 Flüchtlinge, relief two-parts (bronze) 1970 - 1981 Ludwig Spegel, portrait (bronze) 1972 - 1981 Self-portrait (bronze) 1977 - 1981 Blitz, fountain Augsburg- Hochzoll (bronze)

His studios

1954 - 1959 Studio Wallnerstreet 9, Munich-Freimann 1954 - 1959 Studio Wallnerstreet 12, Munich-Freimann 1960 - 1968 Studio Osterwaldstreet, Munich-Schwabing