Karl P. Kowalczewski, Fischer beim Netzeinholen

Karl P. Kowalczewski, Fischer beim Netzeinholen
Karl P. Kowalczewski, Fisherman hauling in his net
Early 20th century, signed on the plinth, bronze dark patinated, nude depiction of a fisherman hauling in his net, pulling heavily on the rope, on naturalistically designed plinth, patina probably damaged and later gone over, h 38 cm. Artist's info: German sculptor (1876 Schwarzenau to 1927 Berlin), brother of Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski, studied at the academy in Berlin, was master pupil of Ludwig Manzel, 1909 Rome prize of the academy, member of the Reichsverband bildender Künstler Deutschlands, the Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft and the Berliner Bildhauer-Vereinigung. Source: Thieme-Becker/Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, Verlag E. A. Seemann Henschel.