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Fritz Klimsch BIOGRAPHY
1870 Frankfurt - 1960 Freiburg. Known for: Idealized female figure sculpture; classical influence; monuments and portrait busts; German Secession sculpture..
Fritz Klimsch was born in 1870 in Frankfurt and was a German sculptor whose career extended from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. He studied at the Academy of Berlin under... Read full biography
Fritz Klimsch was born in 1870 in Frankfurt and was a German sculptor whose career extended from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. He studied at the Academy of Berlin under Fritz Schaper and became a co-founder of the Berlin Secession in 1898. Klimsch received a... Read full biography
Fritz Klimsch was born in 1870 in Frankfurt and was a German sculptor whose career extended from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. He studied at the Academy of Berlin under Fritz Schaper and became a co-founder of the Berlin Secession in 1898. Klimsch received a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Charlottenburg in 1921 and settled in Saig near Freiburg in 1945. His artistic style was strongly influenced by his stays in Italy and Greece, where he... Read full biography
Fritz Klimsch was born in 1870 in Frankfurt and was a German sculptor whose career extended from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. He studied at the Academy of Berlin under Fritz Schaper and became a co-founder of the Berlin Secession in 1898. Klimsch received a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Charlottenburg in 1921 and settled in Saig near Freiburg in 1945. His artistic style was strongly influenced by his stays in Italy and Greece, where he deepened his engagement with classical form and proportion. Klimsch’s extensive oeuvre includes monuments, portrait sculptures, and single figures, with a particular emphasis on the ideal female body. This focus is reflected in works such as Kauernde... Read full biography
Fritz Klimsch was born in 1870 in Frankfurt and was a German sculptor whose career extended from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. He studied at the Academy of Berlin under Fritz Schaper and became a co-founder of the Berlin Secession in 1898. Klimsch received a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Charlottenburg in 1921 and settled in Saig near Freiburg in 1945. His artistic style was strongly influenced by his stays in Italy and Greece, where he deepened his engagement with classical form and proportion. Klimsch’s extensive oeuvre includes monuments, portrait sculptures, and single figures, with a particular emphasis on the ideal female body. This focus is reflected in works such as Kauernde (1913), Badende (1918), and Versonnene (1923). Klimsch died in Freiburg in 1960.... Read full biography
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Fritz Klimsch was born in 1870 in Frankfurt and was a German sculptor whose career extended from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century. He studied at the Academy of Berlin under Fritz Schaper and became a co-founder of the Berlin Secession in 1898. Klimsch received a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Charlottenburg in 1921 and settled in Saig near Freiburg in 1945.
His artistic style was strongly influenced by his stays in Italy and Greece, where he deepened his engagement with classical form and proportion. Klimsch’s extensive oeuvre includes monuments, portrait sculptures, and single figures, with a particular emphasis on the ideal female body. This focus is reflected in works such as Kauernde (1913), Badende (1918), and Versonnene (1923).
Klimsch died in Freiburg in 1960.Biography from Kastern
Fritz Klimsch was born in 1870 in Frankfurt. Coming from an artist family, Klimsch studied under F. Schaper at the Berlin Academy from 1886 to 1894. He received the State Prize in 1894. Fritz completed further studies in Italy, there a member of the Artists Association in Rome. He also lived in Paris for some time. In 1898 Klimsch was co-founder of the Berlin Secession. Since 1912 he was a member of the Berlin Academy. Klimsch became a professor in Berlin in 1921. Fritz Klimsch passed away in 1960 in Saig, Germany.