Berlin-Schöneberg. Bronze nude female sculpture 'The Evening" by sculptor Georg Kolbe in garden of Ceciliengärten housing estate.


Berlin-Schöneberg. Bronze nude female sculpture by sculptor Georg Kolbe in garden of Ceciliengärten housing estate. The estate was built 1922 -1927 & designed by architect Heinrich Lassen. The building design displays the influence of Art Noveau & Art Deco styles and a distinctive feature of the Ceciliengärten is the Southern studio tower. The tower studio apartment was used by artist Hans Baluschek between 1929 and 1933 as a workplace. The estate was named after the Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia (1886-1954), wife of the German Crown Prince Wilhelm The garden was listed as a monument in 1977 and the building received monument status in 1995 . The central garden square has two water fountains, an oval pond with fountain and the ‘Fuchsfountain’ with a sculpture of a fox by Max Esser (1912). The sculptures in the garden are by sculptor Georg Kolbe – The two nude women are titled ‘The morning’ and ‘The Evening’


Size: 3034px × 4551px
Location: Ceciliengärten (Berlin), Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © Eden Breitz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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