"Head of a Girl" / ‘Mädchenkopf’ bust by Bernd Hartmann-Wiedenbrück (1905 – 1972).

Depicted at the ‘Münchener Jahres Ausstellung’, Neue Pinakothek. Executed in English cement and on its back dated 1938 and signed by the artist.

Hartmann-Wiedenbrück was an academic sculptor and sacral artist. He belonged to the Wiedenbrücker Schule school of arts. From 1927 to 1935, he studied in Munich at the Akademie der Bildende Künste.
From 1937 to 1944, twenty of his works were exhibited at the Great German Art Exhibitions in Munich, including ‘Minenstecher’ (‘Mine Searcher’, GDK 1940, bought by Hitler for 5.900 Reichsmark), ‘LMG.-Schütze’ (‘Light Machine Gunner’,  GDK 1941, bought by Hitler for 14.000 Reichsmark), and ‘Aufstürmender Grenadier’ (‘Advancing Grenadier’, GDK 1943, bought for 18.000 Reichsmark by Landrat Otto Georg Schulze-Anné (Wartheland/ Poland).

Slight signs of use and dust. In good condition. Height: approx. 30 cm