Lot 50: Gerda Frömel 1931-1975 YOUNG FAWN Bronze, 11¼" x

Gerda Frömel 1931-1975 YOUNG FAWN Bronze, 11¼" x 12" (28 x 30.5cm).
Provenance: The Gorry Gallery, Dublin. Born in Czechoslovakia, she moved with her family to Vienna in 1945. Between 1945 and 1952 she studied sculpture at both Stuttgart Darmstadt and Munich, winning a scholarship while studying in Stuttgart. In 1953 she visited Ireland for a year living in Dublin, before returning to Munich where she married a German sculptor, Werner Schurmann. In 1956 they settled in at Woodtown, Rathfarnham. A decade later her husband returned to Germany leaving her the sole supporter of their four children. In 1956 she exhibited for the first time with the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. She was a continuous exhibitor until 1975. In 1963 she was the recipient of an Arts Council scholarship. She was represented in the Salzberg Biennale in 1962. In 1964 she had her first one person exhibition in Dublin at the Dawson Gallery. She received numerous prestigious commissions including a major work for the Carroll's factory in Dundalk. An artist of real ability she tragically died from a drowning accident in Belmullet, Co Mayo on August 4th ,1975. See Snoddy, Irish Artist's, 20th Century, Pages 124/125.