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Henry Rox original vintage silver print of his imaginative creation of food of an art professor and his dachshund attached to a non-representational non-easel abstract Expressionist slab of bacon.
Hienz Rosenberg (Henry Rox) was born March 18, 1899 in Berlin.
Henry Rox was educated at:
The University of Berlin- 1919 - 1923:
Charlottenburger Kunst-gewerbeschule, Berlin - - 1921 - 1925
Academie Julian, Paris - 1925 - 1927
Academie Colarossi, Paris 1925 - 1928
rained to be a sculptor and teacher, his sculpture was displayed in many cities in Europe The list of exhibitions mentioned in his unsuccessful applications for a 1941 and 1948 Guggenheim grant include:
Salon D' Automne Paris, 1926
Juryfreie Kunstschau Berlin, 1929
Freie Kunstschau Berlin, 1930
Preussische Akademie der Kunste Berlin, 1929, 1931, 1932
Berliner Secession Berlin, January 1933
Gallery Paul Cassirer und Alfred Flechthein Berlin, January 1933
The Royal Academy of Arts London 1935, 1937, 1938
The Royal Institute Glasgow, Scotland 1938
Rox returned to Berlin after his art studies in Paris as a Dadaist and in 1931 began experimenting with "photo sculpture" photographing sculptures of characters created from fruit and vegetables.
He attended: Berliner Fotoschule 1933.
With the rise of the Nazis Henry fled Germany with his wife Lotte for London in 1933. In London his distinct stylized photo work brought him a number of prestigious commercial clients, Harrods, Guiness, De Bijenkorf, Vitrolite, Helene of London, Dole among them..
His work was featured editorially in publications in Germany, England, France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium. Rox moved to the United States in 1938.
American publications including New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Life, Vogue, Madamoiselle, Town and Country, Harper's Bazaar and McCall's, Christian Science Monitor and many other featured his work either in articles about him or in advertisements.
Shell Oil, Macy's, CBS Radio among others commissioned him to create advertisements.
He produced in 1940 an animated short as part of the MGM movie "Strike Up the Band" starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
Henry Rox was hired in 1939 as a lecturer in sculpture at Mount Holyoke College, promoted to Assistant Professor of Art in 1948, Professor of Art in 1954 the same year that he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.
He was named Mary Lyon Professor of Art in 1963 at Mount Holyoke College and Professor Emeritus upon retirement in 1964.
He died on July 14, 1967 at his home in South Hadley, Mass.
Henry Rox illustrated 3 children's books:
Tommy Apple and his Adventures in Banana-Land (1935),
Tommy Apple and Peggy Pear (1936),
Banana Circus (1940)
- Creator:Henry Rox (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Paper,Other
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- Date of Manufacture:1940s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. good vintage condition.
- Seller Location:Camden, ME
- Reference Number:Seller: App 1711stDibs: U1202068984193
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