Early 20th cent. Black patinated bronze, veined marble base. Figure: H. 24,5 cm, base: H. 9,5 cm. Monogr.: MK. Zustand Base rim with tiny chips. Reduced version in bronze after the monumental sculpture created in 1896/97 in Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste - German painter, sculptor, draughtsman a. graphic artist, a main exponent of symbolism. K. studied since 1874 under K. Gussow in Karlsruhe a. Berlin. Since 1878 he exhibited at the Berlin academy, but went to Brussels in 1879 to continue his studies under E. Wauters. In 1895 he moved to Leipzig where he later became professor. He was member of the artist's group 'Gruppe der XI' in Berlin a. founding director of the Villa Romana society. K. was one of the most versatile a. successful artists of his time. Mus.: Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Mus.), Leipzig, Dresden (Albertinum), Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker a. others.