Theodor Georgii, Diana

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‘Diana’
Biography: Theodor Georgii

Commissioned by the Siemens family, and placed in 1912 in Villa Siemens (Villa Apuana) in Forte dei Marmi, Italy.
Bronze, height 145 cm, created in 1912.

Villa Siemens/ Villa Apuana
Theodor Georgii, ‘Diana’, created in 1912. Height 145 cm.
Theodor Georgii created this bronze during a summer holiday in Forte die Marmi, Italy. The sculpture was bought in 1912 by the Siemens family and placed in their ‘Villa Siemens’ (‘Villa Apuana’) in Forte die Marmi, Italy. The Villa Siemens was designed in 1899 by the German architect Carl Sattler (the brother-in-law of Georgii), who was commissioned by Herta Harries von Siemens. The enormous villa built in neoclassical style, measures 850 square meters, and has a garden of 4,500 square meters. Adolf von Hildebrand (father in law of Georgii) created frescos in the villa, which was supposedly sold for 20 million euros in 2012. In the first decades of the 20th century, Forte die Marmi was a very popular place for wealthy German families and German artists (the famous German painter Böcklin used to live there in the summer holidays). The villa was a place frequently visited by numerous politicians, statesmen and top artists.

Left: ‘Diana’ by Georgii, depicted in ‘Die Stuttgarter Kunst der Gegenwart’, 1913. The accompanying text reads: ‘…1912 eine bronzene Diana, die bei Professor Harries in Forte dei Marmi Aufstellung findet’ (Professor Harries: maried to Hertha von Siemens, the youngest daughter of Werner von Siemens).
Right: ‘Diana’, depicted in the book ‘Theodor Georgii’, by Hubert Klees, 1930. Described as: ‘DIANA, 1912, 145 cm, Bronze. Villa Apuana, Forte die Marmi’.
   

Theodor Georgii, ‘Diana’. Depicted in ‘Die Kunst für alle’ in 1913/14 and again in 1920/21.
Left: Diana depicted in ‘Kunst für alle’, 1913/14. The text below the photo reads: ‘Theodor Georgii Mezzotinto Bruckmann’.
Right: Diana depicted in ‘Kunst für alle’, 1920/21. The text below the photo reads: ‘Theodor Georgii    Diana Bronze’.
   

Theodor Georgii, ‘Diana’, depicted in the 800-page dissertation ‘Der Bildhauer Theodor Georgii’, by Regine Stefani, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 2013.

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