Renée SINTENIS

German sculptor and artist

[ GLATZ, POLOGNE 1888 – BERLIN 1965 ]

Domain :

ARTS

Geographical area :

EUROPE

Allemagne

Author : Catherine GONNARD

Under the direction of : Marie-Laure BERNADAC

In her day, art critics – predominantly male – were persuaded that a female sculptor must excel at miniature subjects, akin to knick-knacks, and treat relatively light and so-called “feminine” themes, while direct carving and monumental works belonged to the male camp. In partial conformity with these rules of the game, and owing to her choice of animals as sculptural...

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Bibliography

■ Renée Sintenis, Berlin, Aufbau-Verlag, 1947.

■ CREVEL R., Renée Sintenis, Paris, Gallimard, 1930 ; KETTELHAKE S., Renée Sintenis, Berlin, Boheme und Ringelnatz, Berlin, Osburg, 2010 ; KIEL H., Renée Sintenis, Berlin, Rembrandt, 1935.

■ SALMON A., « Renée Sintenis », in L’Art vivant, n° 52, 15-2-1927.

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