Waldemar Raemisch | |
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Born |
Berlin, Germany | 19 August 1888
Died | 16 April 1955 Rome, Italy | (aged 66)
Occupation | Sculptor |
Spouse | Gertrude Ruth Gallad (m. 1919–1955; death) |
Waldemar Raemisch (19 August 1888 – 16 April 1955) was a German-born American sculptor and educator. [1]
Waldemar Raemisch was born 19 August 1888 in Berlin, Germany. In 1919, he married metalsmith and enamelist, Gertrude Ruth (née Gallad). [2] After marriage his wife went by the name Ruth Raemisch.
His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. [3] Prior to World War II, he taught at the United State Schools for Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin. [4] In 1937, Raemisch was forced to leave Germany due to the rise in Nazi power, his wife was Jewish. [5]
The same year, starting in 1937, Raemisch began to teach at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). [5] He later served as the head of the Sculpture Department at RISD from 1946 to 1954. [6] Raemisch had many notable students including Peter Muller-Munk, [4] [7] Gilbert Franklin, [8] Cornelius C. Richards, [9] and Wolfgang Behl. [10] [11]
He had traveled to Rome in 1955, to complete a 19 figure sculpture that would be public art in Philadelphia. [12] On 16 April 1955, he died at Salvator Mundi Hospital in Rome after an emergency surgery on his intestines. [12]
After Raemisch's death, Raemisch's former student and a sculpture professor at RISD, Gilbert A. Franklin (1919–2004) completed the 19 figure sculpture commission. [13]
His work is included in the public museum collections including at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [14] Rhode Island School of Design Museum, [6] Harvard Art Museums, [15] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, [16] McNay Art Museum, [17] Currier Museum of Art, [18] among others.
Raemisch was a professor at the Unified State Schools for Fine and Applied Art. The school was born out of a merger between two schools in Berlin.
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Waldemar Raemisch | |
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Born |
Berlin, Germany | 19 August 1888
Died | 16 April 1955 Rome, Italy | (aged 66)
Occupation | Sculptor |
Spouse | Gertrude Ruth Gallad (m. 1919–1955; death) |
Waldemar Raemisch (19 August 1888 – 16 April 1955) was a German-born American sculptor and educator. [1]
Waldemar Raemisch was born 19 August 1888 in Berlin, Germany. In 1919, he married metalsmith and enamelist, Gertrude Ruth (née Gallad). [2] After marriage his wife went by the name Ruth Raemisch.
His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. [3] Prior to World War II, he taught at the United State Schools for Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin. [4] In 1937, Raemisch was forced to leave Germany due to the rise in Nazi power, his wife was Jewish. [5]
The same year, starting in 1937, Raemisch began to teach at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). [5] He later served as the head of the Sculpture Department at RISD from 1946 to 1954. [6] Raemisch had many notable students including Peter Muller-Munk, [4] [7] Gilbert Franklin, [8] Cornelius C. Richards, [9] and Wolfgang Behl. [10] [11]
He had traveled to Rome in 1955, to complete a 19 figure sculpture that would be public art in Philadelphia. [12] On 16 April 1955, he died at Salvator Mundi Hospital in Rome after an emergency surgery on his intestines. [12]
After Raemisch's death, Raemisch's former student and a sculpture professor at RISD, Gilbert A. Franklin (1919–2004) completed the 19 figure sculpture commission. [13]
His work is included in the public museum collections including at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [14] Rhode Island School of Design Museum, [6] Harvard Art Museums, [15] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, [16] McNay Art Museum, [17] Currier Museum of Art, [18] among others.
Raemisch was a professor at the Unified State Schools for Fine and Applied Art. The school was born out of a merger between two schools in Berlin.
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