US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Violinist Fritz Kreisler and sculptor Arnold Foerster at the unveiling of Foerster's statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square. The statue was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) project Kreisler stands next to a wreath at the base of the statue, which was installed on the Olive Street side of Pershing Square, opposite the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium. Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Noted Southern California sculptor Arnold Foerster created public sculpture mostly in bronze. He was born in Vienna and lived in Glendale from at least 1932 up to his death in 1943. Foerster is best-known for his statues of Ludwig van Beethoven (at Pershing Square), 1932; General Lafayette (at Lafayette Park), 1937; his collaborative role in the creation of the Astronomers Monument for the Griffith Park Observatory (which was his original concept and for which he engineered the 40 foot concrete obelisk), 1934; and his bronze bust of Griffith J. Griffith (for the Observatory), 1934. Los Angeles Times articles also mention bronze busts of Brahms and Father Juniperro, 1933; a three-times-life-size bust of Christ, 1934; and statues of Abraham Lincoln and Rasputin, seen in his studio. Text from negative sleeve: Kriesler, Fritz Handwritten on negative: Fritz Kreisler
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5401 ark:/21198/zz002cvdvk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arts Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.) Plazas--California--Los Angeles Musicians--Austrian--California--Los Angeles Sculptors--Austrian--California--Los Angeles Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles Events Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962 Foerster, Arnold, 1878-1943
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