Rudolf Alexander Agricola
Rudolf Alexander Agricola (born April 3, 1912 in Moscow , † June 21, 1990 in Königstein im Taunus ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Agricola grew up in Kassel. In the 1930s he studied with Gerhard Marcks in Halle and at the Städel with Richard Scheibe . In 1937 he followed Richard Scheibe to Berlin as a master student . He worked there until the end of World War II and received several awards. In 1946 he settled as a freelance artist in Kronberg im Taunus . His work was influenced by Kolbe and Maillol . He primarily carried out private commissioned work in the Frankfurt area and on the Lower Rhine.
literature
- Herbert Wolfgang Keizer: Rudolf Alexander Agricola: A young German sculptor. Life and Work , Gustav Weise Verlag, Berlin 1943.
- Knut Günther (Ed.): RA Agricola. With a foreword by Hans-Georg Gadamer and the artist's résumé , Eduard Roether Verlag, Darmstadt 1971.
- Alexander Bastek (arr.): Of heads and bodies. Frankfurt sculpture from the Städel , Frankfurt a. M .: Städel 2006, ISBN 9783935283113 , pp. 247-248.
Web links
- VAN HAM artist database
- A work in public space in Berlin: Sculpture in Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agricola, Rudolf Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1990 |
| Place of death | Königstein im Taunus |