Bernhard HOETGER (1874-1949) Female torso Around... Lot 50

Bernhard HOETGER (1874-1949) Female torso Around 1905. Bronze with black patina. Signed hoetger on the left shoulder. Bears the stamp of the foundryman Eug. Blot. Paris and number 7. H. 41 cm with original red marble base H. 2,5 cm WORK AT RAPPORT : Bernhard Hoetger, Female torso, bronze with dark patina, H. 31 x W.13 x D. 10 cm, Hanover, Rut and Klaus Bahlsen Foundation. LITERATURE AT RAPPORT : Galerie Eugène Blot, Exhibition of works by Camille Claudel and Bernard Hoetger, exhibition from 4 to 16 December 1905, listed under n°42 (in pewter). The German sculptor Bernhard Hoetger trained at the academy of Düsseldorf. From 1900, he moved to Paris for seven years during which he participated in the foundation of the Salon d'Automne in 1905. He also exhibited at the Indépendants. Then, on his return to Germany, he was appointed master of the Darmstadt artists' colony and wanted to integrate sculptural groups into architectural ensembles. His work is part of the German expressionist movement where artists transcribe social problems. Bernhard Hoetger models deformed bodies in order to externalize feelings about morphologies.