Georg Kolbe
Georg Kolbe was a German sculptor, painter, draftsperson, etcher and artist (1877–1947). He was born at Waldheim and died at Berlin.
Also recorded as George Kolbe; georg kolbe; g. kolbe; Kolbe.
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Recognition and collections
Georg Kolbe received Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe Medal for Art and Science and Villa Romana Prize. Work by Georg Kolbe is held by Belvedere, Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Identity
What the record establishes about Georg Kolbe.
Science literacy for the twenty-first century / contributors include Stephen Jay Gould [and others]. ; edited by Stephanie Pace Marshall, Judith A. Scheppler & Michael J. Palmisano ; epilogue by Leon Lederman. is dated 2003 and held by Wellcome Collection. Verhandlungen des XX. Internationalen Kongresses für Geschichte der Medizin, Berlin, 22-27. August 1966 / Herausgeber: Heinz Goerke und Heinz Müller-Dietz ; Redaktion: Gisela Kolb. is dated 1968 and held by Wellcome Collection. Undying faces : a collection of death masks / Ernest Benkard ; with a note by Georg Kolbe, translated from the German by Margaret M. Green. is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection. Beiträge zur Physiologie maximaler Muskelarbeit : besonders des modernen Sports / von George Kolb. is dated [between 1880 and 1889?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Georg Kolbe is recorded as having received Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt and Goethe Medal for Art and Science. Female Nude Bending Toward the Left is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1923.1109).
Female Nude with Right Leg Upraised is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1923.1110). Standing Female Nude is dated ca. 1935 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 65.191.2). Seated Nude is dated ca. 1921 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2025.236.4). Crouching female is dated 1927 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 55.21.11). Crouching Nude is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1950.1659). Correspondence: Wolda-Wynne-Davies is dated 1936-1982 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Mude from behind is catalogued and held by Georg Kolbe Museum (inventory Z973). The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 9 objects associated with this heading. Georg Kolbe is recorded as sculptor, painter, draftsperson, etcher and artist. The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 7 objects associated with this heading. Georg Kolbe Museum records 1 object associated with this heading.
Sculpture from the Collection of B. Gerald Cantor is dated 1972. Georg Kolbe is recorded with the citizenship of Germany. 'K' is dated 1907-1921 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Works and catalogued output
What Georg Kolbe produced.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 4 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 6 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 13 works under this heading.
Catalogued works
20 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1880 to 1972.
Zeichnungen. Der Bildhauer Georg Kolbe, 1877-1947. Georg Kolbe zum Gedächtnis. Auf Wegen der Kunst, dated 1949. Bildwerke, vom künstler ausgewählt, dated 1930. Georg Kolbe : Werke der letzten Jahre, dated 1937. Kolbe. Sculpture from the Collection of B. Gerald Cantor, dated 1972. Werke der letzten Jahre, dated 1937. Standing Nude Youth, dated ca. 1935, black chalk on paper mounted on board, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 65.191.1. Standing Female Nude, dated ca. 1935, charcoal on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 65.191.2. Seated Nude, dated ca. 1921, brush and ink and wash on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2025.236.4. Crouching female, dated 1927, plaster, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 55.21.11. Female Nude Bending Toward the Left, dated n.d., pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1923.1109. Female Nude with Right Leg Upraised, dated n.d., pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1923.1110. Crouching Nude, dated n.d., etching on white laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1950.1659. Beiträge zur Physiologie maximaler Muskelarbeit : besonders des modernen Sports / von George Kolb., dated [between 1880 and 1889?], held by Wellcome Collection. Verhandlungen des XX. Internationalen Kongresses für Geschichte der Medizin, Berlin, 22-27. August 1966 / Herausgeber: Heinz Goerke und Heinz Müller-Dietz ; Redaktion: Gisela Kolb., dated 1968, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: Wolda-Wynne-Davies, dated 1936-1982, held by Wellcome Collection. 'K', dated 1907-1921, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Kolbe, Georg, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Kolbe, Georg, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Georg Kolbe und der Kunstmarkt im Nationalsozialismus, Georg Kolbe im Nationalsozialismus, 2023. Georg Kolbe und die Kunstpolitik zwischen 1933–45, Georg Kolbe im Nationalsozialismus, 2023. “Rightly forgotten”? Georg Kolbe after 1945, Georg Kolbe — The Artist and National Socialism, 2023.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 22 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Georg Kolbe studied at Académie Julian. the recorded working language is German.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are figurative art.
Membership is recorded of Academy of Arts, Berlin and Berlin Secession.
Work by Georg Kolbe is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Finnish National Gallery.
Distinctions recorded are Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe Medal for Art and Science and Villa Romana Prize.
Chronology
- 1877Georg Kolbe born at Waldheim.
- 1877Georg Kolbe was born in 1877 at Waldheim.
- 1880Beiträge zur Physiologie maximaler Muskelarbeit : besonders des modernen Sports / von George Kolb. is dated [between 1880 and 1889?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1907'K' is dated 1907-1921 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1921Seated Nude (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1921Seated Nude is dated ca. 1921 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2025.236.4).
- 1923Female Nude Bending Toward the Left is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1923.1109).
- 1923Female Nude with Right Leg Upraised is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1923.1110).
- 1927Crouching female (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1927Crouching female is dated 1927 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 55.21.11).
- 1929Undying faces : a collection of death masks / Ernest Benkard ; with a note by Georg Kolbe, translated from the German by Margaret M. Green. is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1930Bildwerke, vom künstler ausgewählt.
- 1935Standing Nude Youth (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1935Standing Female Nude (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1935Standing Female Nude is dated ca. 1935 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 65.191.2).
- 1936Correspondence: Wolda-Wynne-Davies is dated 1936-1982 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1937Georg Kolbe : Werke der letzten Jahre.
- 1947Georg Kolbe died at Berlin.
- 1947Georg Kolbe died in 1947 at Berlin.
- 1949Auf Wegen der Kunst.
- 1950Crouching Nude is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1950.1659).
- 1966Verhandlungen des XX. Internationalen Kongresses für Geschichte der Medizin, Berlin, 22-27. August 1966 / Herausgeber: Heinz Goerke und Heinz Müller-Dietz ; Redaktion: Gisela Kolb. is dated 1968 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1972Sculpture from the Collection of B. Gerald Cantor is dated 1972.
- 2003Science literacy for the twenty-first century / contributors include Stephen Jay Gould [and others]. ; edited by Stephanie Pace Marshall, Judith A. Scheppler & Michael J. Palmisano ; epilogue by Leon Lederman. is dated 2003 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Georg Kolbe und der Kunstmarkt im Nationalsozialismus, Georg Kolbe im Nationalsozialismus, 2023
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Georg Kolbe und die Kunstpolitik zwischen 1933–45, Georg Kolbe im Nationalsozialismus, 2023
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Kolbe, Georg, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Georg Kolbe (Internet Archive), 12 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Georg Kolbe.
open access index · Unverified
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 2119071-9, Georg Kolbe Museum.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Georg Kolbe.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Georg Kolbe (9 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming Georg Kolbe.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q561283: Georg Kolbe
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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“Georg Kolbe”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Plates
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Skulptur Großer Wächter (1937) des Bildhauers Georg Kolbe in Lüdenscheid , Knapper Straße/Ecke Lösenbacher Straße.
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