That's Me Over There.......And Guess Where That Photo Was Taken?

You may have heard about the recent landslide and tsunami in the Tracy Arm Fjord in Alaska. Well that photo in the "About Me" section is of me standing on the pontoon of a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver which had just landed in front of the South Sawyer glacier in Tracy Arm Fjord. Behind me is part of the massive wall of rock that recently fell onto the South Sawyer glacier and into the the fjord. That area where I am standing is now covered in tons of rock and ice. I took my youngest son on a trip to the Northwest, Washington, Oregon, and on to Alaska to do the inside passage on the Alaska Marine Highway and boy am I glad that landslide missed us by ten years!

Anton Endstorfer (1880-1961) Bronze Sculpture - Amor - Nude Boy With Bow - Early 20th Century

The Artist (Above)

I have had my collecting eye on this little bronze for over a month now. I did some cursory research on the artist and the asking price was within recent auction sales prices and tonight I decided it was time to buy the little guy. The title of the sculpture is “Amor” and dates from the early 20th century. Here is some biographical information: The Austrian sculptor and medalist Anton Endstorfer learned his art in various master classes in Wien (Vienna), where he worked until 1913. During this time, he exhibited his own works for the first time. From 1915 he was a member of the Künstlerhaus. As a freelance artist he created several monuments and public wells in Vienna, Moslar and Ybbs. During World War II he was subject to a professional ban because of his Jewish wife initiated by his colleague Wilhelm Frass, who was a Nazi sympathizer. Endstorfer was only allowed to work as an unskilled laborer in Edwin Grienquer’s workshop. After World War II, Endstorfer worked as a freelancer again but was appointed a professor in 1949. In the late 1950s, he had to give up his job because of an eye problem. The Female ball thrower is a 43 cm high bronze. The “Female relay runner” was shown in 1929 in the annual exhibition of the Künstlerhaus and was awarded a cash prize.

Here are a few more examples of his works: