Herbert Garbe
Herbert Garbe (1 June 1888 – 17 July 1945) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Herbert Garbe
Herbert Garbe (1888-1945) · Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration: illustr. Monatshefte für moderne Malerei, Plastik, Architektur, Wohnungskunst u. künstlerisches Frauen-Arbeiten — 43.1918-1919 · Public domain
- Name
- Herbert Garbe
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 1 June 1888
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- 17 July 1945
- Place of death
- Rennes, France
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo
- Languages
- German
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Herbert Garbe (1 June 1888 – 17 July 1945) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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• Name — Herbert Garbe • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 1 June 1888 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 17 July 1945 • Place of death — Rennes, France
Personal life
Personal life
While living in France at the end of the Second World War, Garbe was imprisoned by French authorities due to his involvement with the Nazi Party. He died in a prisoner of war camp in Rennes on 17 July 1945.
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Herbert Garbe is recorded as having received Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo.
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1888
Herbert Garbe was born in 1888 at Berlin.
1945
Herbert Garbe died in 1945 at Rennes.
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- 1.kuenstlerbund.de; abgerufen am 31. Juli 2015.
- 2.R 9361-IX KARTEI/10311664. Bundesarchiv.
- 3.Jobst C. Knigge: Die Villa Massimo in Rom 1933–1943. Kampf um künstlerische Unabhängigkeit. Humboldt-Universität, Berlin 2013.
- 4.Datenbank zum Beschlagnahmeinventar der Aktion „Entartete Kunst“, Forschungsstelle ‚Entartete Kunst‘, FU Berlin
- 5.erdener-strasse/13-15/robert-graetz. Robert Graetz. Angelika Enderlein.
- 6.Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz restituiert Werke aus der Sammlung Buchthal. Pressemitteilung – lifePR.
- 7.gdk-research.de
- 8.Stale Session. emuseum.campus.fu-berlin.de.
- 9.Stale Session. emuseum.campus.fu-berlin.de.
- 10.gdk-research.de
- 11.gdk-research.de
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Herbert Garbe received Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo. Was ist. Eine Garbe?, SciVee, 2008.
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Belvedere and Berlinische Galerie
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1936
Die Rehabilitation der Blinden und hochgradig Sehbehinderten
Garbe, Herbert, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Sulzberger-Garbe syndrome, SpringerReference
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