Ref: 3175
Pair of Foals
Renée Sintenis (1888-1965)
Ref: 3175
Pair of Foals
Renée Sintenis (1888-1965)
Renée Sintenis (Glatz (PL) 1888 - West-Berlin 1965)
1934
Bronze
9.5 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm (3 ³/₄ x 6 ¹/₂ x 2 ¹/₈ inches)
Berlin, Germany
Monogram RS and foundry mark H. Noack, Berlin
1934
Bronze
9.5 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm (3 ³/₄ x 6 ¹/₂ x 2 ¹/₈ inches)
Berlin, Germany
Monogram RS and foundry mark H. Noack, Berlin
Provenance: Private Collection Northrhine-Westfalia/Germany
Literature: Britta E. Buhlmann, Renée Sintenis, Werkmonographie der Skulpturen [Monograph of the Sculptures], Darmstadt 1978, no. 148, p. 225 with b/w illustration (different example)
Ursel Berger, Günter Ladwig (eds.), Renée Sintenis, Das Plastische Werk [The Sculptural Work], Berlin 2013, no. 143,
p. 123 with color illustration (different example)
Ursel Berger, Günter Ladwig (eds.), Renée Sintenis, Das Plastische Werk [The Sculptural Work], Berlin 2013, no. 143,
p. 123 with color illustration (different example)
Renée Sintenis (1888-1965)
Renée Sintenis (1888–1965) was a German sculptor, medallist and graphic artist whose small bronzes gave modern animal sculpture exceptional grace and intimacy. Born Renate Alice Sintenis in Glatz, she studied decorative sculpture in Berlin and became closely associated with the city’s Weimar-era artistic life. Her horses, deer, dogs, foals and bears are reduced to alert silhouettes, delicate movement and tactile surfaces, capturing vitality without excess detail. She also made portraits and sports figures, including The Nurmi Runner, which won an Olympic art prize. In 1931, she became the first female sculptor appointed to the Berlin Academy, but the Nazis forced her out in 1934 because of her Jewish ancestry. After the war, she regained recognition in Berlin. Her Berlin Bear became the model for the Berlinale’s Golden Bear, preserving her modern, playful language in one of cinema’s most famous awards.
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