Walking Bergisch Lion
Philipp Harth (Mainz 1885 - Bayrischzell 1968)
Lot-No. 547
Proceeds : 1.000 €
Designed around 1962/63. Bronze, darkbrown patinated, on a black granite base. Lion: lH. 21 cm x l. 33 cm x d. 6 cm, base: H. 3 cm. Monogr. H. Scaled-down model after the larger-than-life bronze, erected on the Königsallee in Düsseldorf in 1963 - German sculptor, studied in Mainz and Karlsruhe. Since 1925 Harth devoted entirely to animal sculpture, which he created in wood, stone and bronze. Numerous awards and prizes, i.a. 1935 the Villa Romana Prize from the German Association of Artists and in 1937 the Grand Prix with Gold Medal of the International Art Exhibition in Paris. A lot of his works are in public places, like in Mainz, Mannheim, Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Essen Grugapark.
Philipp Harth: Walking Bergisch Lion
Philipp Harth (Mainz 1885 - Bayrischzell 1968)
Walking Bergisch Lion
Lot-No. 547
Proceeds : 1.000 €
Designed around 1962/63. Bronze, darkbrown patinated, on a black granite base. Lion: lH. 21 cm x l. 33 cm x d. 6 cm, base: H. 3 cm. Monogr. H. Scaled-down model after the larger-than-life bronze, erected on the Königsallee in Düsseldorf in 1963 - German sculptor, studied in Mainz and Karlsruhe. Since 1925 Harth devoted entirely to animal sculpture, which he created in wood, stone and bronze. Numerous awards and prizes, i.a. 1935 the Villa Romana Prize from the German Association of Artists and in 1937 the Grand Prix with Gold Medal of the International Art Exhibition in Paris. A lot of his works are in public places, like in Mainz, Mannheim, Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Essen Grugapark.
