General George Washington Encamped in Morristown, New Jersey
Bronze
24 x 23 x 9 1/4 in
Biography
Frederick George Richard Roth was a leading American animal sculptor in the early 20th century born in Brooklyn, New York in 1872. He received his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and under Meyerheim and Edmund von Hellmer in Berlin. Roth also attended veterinary school, where he gained intimate knowledge of animal anatomy. He modeled most of his subjects from life, working from animals in local zoos and is best known for his life-sized bronze sculpture of a Siberian husky, Balto (1925), which can be found in New York City's Central Park. In 1925 Roth won the National Academy of Design’s Speyer prize for this work.
Throughout his life Roth was always an active member of the art community. He was a member of the Associate National Academy of Design, the New York Architectural League, the National Institute Art League, the Society of American Artists, the National Sculpture Society, the New Society of Artists, and the Society of Animal Painters and Sculptors.
His work can be found in collections all through the United States including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Cincinnati Museum; the Children’s Museum, Boston, MA; the San Francisco Museum; Museum, Newark, NJ; Equestrian Washington, Morristown, NJ.
Frederick George Richard Roth died in 1944.
