Atanas Katchmakoff, sculptor, with his bronze Madonna sculpture, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Atanas Katchmakoff, sculptor, with his bronze Madonna sculpture, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

April 16, 1935

Date

1935-04-16

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Another photograph of Atanas Katchmakoff, with this sculpture, with his attorney Saul Ruskin, and art expert Dr. Ernest L. Tross appears in a Los Angeles Times article on 4/17/1935 titled: "Worth of Statue Debated: Value of Lost Madonna Estimated in Cost Case." At this time Katchmakoff sued Fred Keeler, the owner of the foundry that cast his Madonna sculpture for losing the plaster original. Two bronze sculptures had been made, but the owner of the bronze Madonnas had refused to allow his bronzes to be used to produce a new plaster cast.
Bulgarian sculptor Atanas Katchmakoff graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, and studied under Professor A. Nikolo in Rome and Franz Stuck in Munich. In 1923 he won the first prize at the Vienna international exhibition. He immigrated to Hollywood in 1927-1928 where he worked as a sculptor and art teacher.
Atanas Katchmakoff standing next to his bronze Madonna sculpture placed on a tall bronze base of stacked hemispheres.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Atanas Katchmakoff, 4-16-1935
Text from negative sleeve: Katchmakoff Antanas, sculptor, 1928

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Katchmakoff, Atanas, 1898-

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sculptors--Bulgarian--California--Los Angeles
Arts
People