Ref: 3184
Foal Looking Back
Renée Sintenis (1888-1965)
Ref: 3184
Foal Looking Back
Renée Sintenis (1888-1965)
20th Century
1919
8.7 x 10 x 5 cm (3 ³/₈ x 4 x 2 inches)
monogrammed RS
1919
8.7 x 10 x 5 cm (3 ³/₈ x 4 x 2 inches)
monogrammed RS
Provenance: Galerie Orangerie Reinz, Cologne (in the early 2000s)
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired there)
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired there)
Literature: Britta E. Buhlmann, Renée Sintenis, Werkmonographie der Skulpturen, Darmstadt 1978, no. 131, p. 211 with b/w ill.
(different copy) (titled there as ‘Fohlen looking back’)
Ursel Berger, Günter Ladwig (eds.), Renée Sintenis, Das Plastische Werk, Berlin 2013, no. 45, p. 93 with colour illustration
(different copy) (titled there as ‘Fohlen looking back’)
Ursel Berger, Günter Ladwig (eds.), Renée Sintenis, Das Plastische Werk, Berlin 2013, no. 45, p. 93 with colour illustration
Description: Renée Sintenis
(Glatz/Silesia 1888–1965 Berlin)
bronze,
foundry mark Noack Berlin
(Glatz/Silesia 1888–1965 Berlin)
bronze,
foundry mark Noack Berlin
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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