Frederick Roth

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Frederick George Richard Roth (born April 24, 1872 in Brooklyn , New York City , † May 21, 1944 in Englewood , New Jersey ) was an American sculptor with German roots. Roth specialized in depictions of animals, his best-known bronze sculpture Balto is in Central Park in New York City.

family

Frederick Roth came to a middle-class home as the son of the cotton merchant Johannes Roth (1837-1894) and his wife Jane, nee. Bean, (1841-1901) to the world. One of his four siblings was women's rights activist Laura Witte (1869–1939). His family came from Bremen , due to his father's business connections, the family lived in Brooklyn for a few years.

Life

Roth trained in Europe, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin . Paul Meyerheim and Edmund Hellmer were among his teachers . After returning to the United States, he continued his education at the National Academy Museum and School . Roth was famous for his naturalistic representations, he often modeled his sculptures based on real models that he had observed and studied in the zoo. As part of the Works Progress Administration program , Roth was chief sculptor for the parks in New York City from 1934 to 1936 . Roth was a member of the Architectural League (New York) and the National Institute of Arts and Letters . At times he was President of the National Sculpture Society in the United States. In 1910 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

Work (selection)

Central Park

Roth made several works for Central Park in New York City, including the bronze sculpture Balto (1925), the bronze sculpture Dancing Goat (1935), the bronze sculpture Honey Bear (1935) and the granite sculpture "Mother Goose" (1938) . In the Central Park Zoo there are 15 limestone slabs with various animal representations by Roth.

  • Horse Tamer (1901), from the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.

  • Equestrian statue of George Washington (1927–28), Morristown, New Jersey.

  • Balto (1925), Central Park , New York City.

  • Dancing Bear (1937), Central Park , New York City.

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • James Mackay: The Animaliers, 1973
  • Christopher Payne: Animals in Bronze, 1986
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (Ed.): American Sculpture, 1965, pp. 110-112
  • Glenn Opitz: Dictionary of American Sculptors
  • Charlotte Rubinstein: American Women Sculptors
  • Donald M. Reynolds: Masters of American Sculpture
  • Patricia Broder: Bronzes of the American West, 1973
  • Mantle Fielding: Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American painters, sculptors & engravers, 1986

Web links

Commons : Frederick Roth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Metropolitan Museum of Art (ed.): American Sculpture, 1965, p. 110
  2. ↑ Members: Frederick GR Roth. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 23, 2019 .
  3. ^ Website of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Inventories of Painting and Sculpture
  4. ↑ Friedrich Witte's tomb in Lindenpark renewed, Rostock today, October 25, 2011
  5. ↑ Bronze sculpture “Balto” on the Central Park website
  6. ↑ Bronze sculpture “Dancing Goat” on the Central Park website
  7. ^ Bronze sculpture “Honey Bear” on the Central Park website
  8. ^ Website of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Inventories of Painting and Sculpture
  9. ↑ Central Park Zoo on the Central Park website
personal data
SURNAME Roth, Frederick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roth, Frederick George Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1944
Place of death Englewood , New Jersey