Frederick Roth

Frederick George Richard Roth(1872 – 1944) often referred to asF.G.R. Roth,was an Americansculptorandanimalier,well known for portraying livinganimals.Thestatue of the sled dog BaltoinNew York City'sCentral Parkis perhaps his most famous piece.

Biography

Roth was born inBrooklyn,New York, and briefly worked in his father's business. He was the brother of suffragetteLaura Witte.^[1]^[2]He traveled toEurope,where he tookartclasses in several countries, including theAcademy of Fine Arts, Vienna,and theRoyal AcademyinBerlin.He also studied animals in their naturalhabitat.When he returned to the United States, he continued his schooling at the New York Academy. By 1900, he was working professionally as a sculptor.^[3]

Roth won awards at thePan-American Exposition(1901) in Buffalo, theLouisiana Purchase Exposition(1904) inSt. Louis,and thePanama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)inSan Francisco,and at anotherWorld's FairinBuenos Aires.He became the president of theNational Sculpture Society.From 1934 to 1936, he worked under theWorks Projects Administrationas the head sculptor for theNew York City Department of Parks and Recreation.He was elected to theNational Academy of Designin 1906.^[3]He died at his home inEnglewood, New Jerseyon May 21, 1944.^[4]

Works

Kit CarsonMonument inTrinidad, Colorado,(1913), in which Roth executed the horse whileAugustus Lukemancreated the figure of Carson.^[5]
Mother GooseMonument,Central Park,New York City,(1938).^[6]
Bronze lion atBaker Field,the sports stadium ofColumbia University.
Justin MorganMonument in front of theUniversity of Vermont Morgan HorseFarm,Middlebury, Vermont(1921)^[7]
Equestrian statue of George WashingtoninMorristown, New Jersey,(1927–1928)^[8]
"Mining", pediment on theDepartment of Commerce Building,Washington D.C.,(1943)^[9]

Balto

Hisstatue of Baltowas unveiled on December 17, 1925, and was the first statue in the city to honor adog.The blackSiberian Huskybecame famous during the1925 serum run to Nome,which saved the children of the city from adiphtheria epidemic.

The statue isbronze,and is set on a large granite rock near the entrance of Central Park at East 67th Street, by theTisch Children's Zoo.^[10]A plaque on the front is engraved with seven sled dogs running through ablizzard,and the following words:

Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayedantitoxinsix hundred miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, throughArcticblizzards fromNenanato the relief of stricken Nome in the Winter of 1925.

ENDURANCE FIDELITY INTELLIGENCE

The statue is popular among tourists, especially children.

Balto(1925),Central Park,New York City.
George Washington(1927–1928), Morristown, New Jersey
Dancing Bear(1937),Central Park,New York City.

References

^Beese, Marianne. “Research on the Women's Movement and on Women's Studies in Rostock,” inWomen's Studies in Rostock: Reports from and about Female Academics,Kersten Krüger (ed.), inRostock Studies on University History,Vol. 9, pp. 16 and 35. Rostock, Germany: University of Rostock, 2010. (Citation translated from the Laura Witte article on German Wikipedia.)
^von Brühl, Christine.Gerade dadurch sind sie mir lieb: Theodor Fontanes Frauen(roughly translated:It is precisely because they are dear to me: Theodor Fontane's women). Aufbau Digital, September 14, 2018.
^^a ^bRines, George Edwin, ed. (1920)."Roth, Frederick George Richard".Encyclopedia Americana.
^"Frederick Roth, Sculptor, Was 72".The New York Times.May 22, 1944.
^"Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS CO000593".Retrieved12 September2012.
^"Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS 76003534".Retrieved12 September2012.
^"Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS VT000159".Retrieved9 September2012.
^"Washington,(sculpture) ".Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System.Smithsonian American Art Museum.
^Gurney, George, Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1985 p. 100
^"Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS 87870159".Retrieved12 September2012.

External links

Balto statue from Central Park's website

[1] Beese, Marianne. “Research on the Women's Movement and on Women's Studies in Rostock,” inWomen's Studies in Rostock: Reports from and about Female Academics,Kersten Krüger (ed.), inRostock Studies on University History,Vol. 9, pp. 16 and 35. Rostock, Germany: University of Rostock, 2010. (Citation translated from the Laura Witte article on German Wikipedia.)

[2] von Brühl, Christine.Gerade dadurch sind sie mir lieb: Theodor Fontanes Frauen(roughly translated:It is precisely because they are dear to me: Theodor Fontane's women). Aufbau Digital, September 14, 2018.

[americana-3] Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920)."Roth, Frederick George Richard".Encyclopedia Americana.

[4] "Frederick Roth, Sculptor, Was 72".The New York Times.May 22, 1944.

[5] "Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS CO000593".Retrieved12 September2012.

[6] "Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS 76003534".Retrieved12 September2012.

[7] "Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS VT000159".Retrieved9 September2012.

[8] "Washington,(sculpture) ".Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System.Smithsonian American Art Museum.

[9] Gurney, George, Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1985 p. 100

[10] "Smithsonian Museum of American Art Inventories of Painting and Sculpture Control Number IAS 87870159".Retrieved12 September2012.

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