Lot 452: Bronze Sculpture 'Rosselenker - Man guiding Horse'

Louis Tuaillon Berlin 1862 - Berlin 1919 , Bronze Sculpture 'Rosselenker - Man guiding Horse', Berlin, beg. of 20th cent. Bronze with dark patina, h. 42 cm, bronze plinth 33 x 19 cm, on plinth sign. 'L. Tuaillon'. Reins min. loose. - The monumental bronze group 'Der Rosslenker' has been executed in Rome and was set up in Bremen in 1902. Since 1986 the sculpture is located at ist present site of the Wallanlage in Bremen-Mitte. This sculpture is an authentic scaled-down cast after the monumental bronze original in Bremen., Prussian sculptor. 1879-81 study at Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin, afterwards master student by R. Begas. From 1906 worked as a professor at the Academy in Berlin. Regarded as a pioneer of modernism of sculpture in Berlin.