German Expressionist sculpture, Bernard Hoetger, 1906.Handmade from clay. Height:11 inches high.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----All items must be picked up by March 30th by a shipper or purchaser in person.We are probably closing for two months to repaint the gallery, and will resume auctions in June for the rest of the year and beyond.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernhard Hoetger (4 May 1874 to 18 July 1949 in Interlaken) was a German sculptor, painter and handicrafts artist of the Expressionist movement.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hoetger was the son of a Dortmund blacksmith, he studied sculpture in Detmold from 1888 to 1892, before directing a workshop in Rheda-Wiedenbck. After a spell at the Dusseldorf Arts Academy, he took a trip to Paris, where he was deeply influenced by Auguste Rodin, but also got to know Paula Modersohn-Becker. Later he was able to familiarise himself with Antoni Gaudí. In 1911, Hoetger was called up to the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, where he was to remain for some time.BatcherstraIn 1914, inspired by Modersohn-Becker, he moved to Worpswede. It was here where he met the Bremen entrepreneur Ludwig Roselius, with whom he would go on to make his masterpiece, Bremen's Batcherstrae, in an Expressionist style. IHAG-TURMHe also designed the HAG-TURM, a building sponsored by Roselius's firm Kaffee HAG at the 1928 Pressa International Press Exhibition.[2] The HAG-Turm was a 42-metre (138 ft) tower.[3][4] This was built in 70 days.[3] The building had ten storeys which contained all the working machinery necessary to create a working factory. 37 flags were on display on the front of tower representing the global reach of the company. Statistical and historical information was provided about coffee production, highlighting the part played by Café HAG. Scientific and medical experts were also present to provide further information to the public. Café HAG had become famous for their process of decaffination and so there was also information about the bad effects of caffeine on human and animal health.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hitler denounced the art and architecture in the Boettcherstrasse. Roselius contemplated suicide, but his secretary Barbara Goette intervened with Hitler in Berlin and Café HAG, Roselius' corporation, invested heavily in Focke-Wulf consequently outmanoeuvering Hitler.[6] Like his patron Ludwig RoseliusAs far as Hoetzer's art, Hitler declared it to be degenerate art.In 1943 Hoetger fled to Switzerland, where he died in 1949.

Good condition overall,one hand broken and re-attached.