Violinist Fritz Kreisler and sculptor Arnold Foerster at the unveiling of Foerster's statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Violinist Fritz Kreisler and sculptor Arnold Foerster at the unveiling of Foerster's statue of Beethoven in Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

[circa 1932-1939]

Date

1932/1939

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.
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.
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.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Kriesler, Fritz
Handwritten on negative: Fritz Kreisler

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962
Foerster, Arnold, 1878-1943

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.04864145729010

Latitude

-118.25323104858400

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sculptors--Austrian--California--Los Angeles
Arts
Musicians--Austrian--California--Los Angeles
Pershing Square (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Public sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Plazas--California--Los Angeles
Events