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C. Paul Jennewein

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284: 500:, were printed on postcards issued by the House of German Art. Several works by Jennewein, identical to his bronzes displayed in the Third Reich, are currently displayed by American institutions, including Yale University and the Metropolitan. In 1938 Jennewein sold three bronzes to Adolf Hitler: 'TÀnzerin' ('Greek Dance'), 'Rast' (Resting') and 'Komödie' ('Comedy') for 600, 370, respectively 380 Reichsmark. After the war the US government apparently paid him almost 30,000 dollars compensation for the destruction of his art works bombed in Munich by Allied bombers. 414: 139: 803:
Deutsche Kunst, who have replaced the Glaspalast in Munich. Out of the 23.000 submissions, only 860 pieces were accepted, and to my astonishment, five hundred were sold. Considering that 10% of the work was not for sale, the above figures must sound somewhat staggering. The attendance at the exhibition was over one half million in three to four months’ time. This is just to give you a small idea of what is going on over there. I also feel that at last I have found out the answer to: ‘What is wrong with American Art’.
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Jennewein visited the Great German Art Exhibition in 1937 and came back very enthusiastic. In a letter d.d. 8 December 1937 to the American Architect Charles Borie, Jennewein writes: “I have just returned from a great trip, and I am still talking about the things I saw in Germany
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Fragment of a letter d.d. 8 December 1937 to the American Architect Charles Borie, published in ‘C. Paul Jennewein, Sculptor’ by Shirley Reiff Howarth, 1980: “I have just returned from a great trip, and I am still talking about the things I saw in Germany
.You have no doubt heard of the Haus der
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section of the Bronx, an honorary street sign was designated on June 2, 2011, to reflect his 50 years of contributions to the world of art and sculpture. Among those in attendance at the renaming ceremony were Jennewein's son James and his wife. Additionally, representatives from the
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National Socialist postcards issued from 1937 – 1944 by The House of German Art. Left below Jennewein’s ‘Der erste Schritt’, or ‘First Step’, depicting his wife Gina and their son Paul. An identical cast of ‘First Step’ is displayed by the Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg,
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Jennewein's sculpture, which never strayed too far from the classical ideals that he had come to so admire while in Rome, became increasingly modernized and his style comfortably fits into the
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In the course of their careers, Carl Paul Jennewein and his partner Warren Straton produced at least five monumental eagles: one at the entrance to
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The work that he is probably best known for today, and which garnered him much praise when it was unveiled in 1933, was the
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Several posthumous profiles of Jennewein have brought attention to his participation in the Great German Art Exhibitions (
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Frieze on the Finance Building of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex, in Harrisburg (1938).
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Jennewein turned his attention to sculpture. By 1928, Jennewein had set up his studio in the
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He also executed a number of medals during his career. In 1933, Jennewein sculpted
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in 1937, 1938, and 1939. The shows were held annually in the House of German Art (
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Histories in conflict: Haus der Kunst and the ideological uses of art, 1937-1955
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where he received his early training. He took evening classes at the
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when he was twenty-five years old. Soon afterward he entered the
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Conner, Janis; Rosenkranz, Joel (1989). "Carl Paul Jennewein".
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Brantl, Sabine (2017). Brantl, Sbaine; Wilmes, Ulrich (eds.).
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as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1933.
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Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939
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series. He also designed the inaugural medal for President
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Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution
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Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
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In 2002, two of Jennewein's semi-nude figures in the
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where he remained until 1978, the year of his death.
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Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1985
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Jennewein died on February 22, 1978, at his home in
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Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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German
American
sculptor
Stuttgart
immigrated to the United States
apprenticed
New York
Art Students League of New York
muralist
Woolworth Building
naturalized
U.S. citizen
United States Army
honorable discharge
Rome Prize
American Academy in Rome
Rome
Van Nest
the Bronx

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Rockefeller Center
Manhattan
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Justice Department Building

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