Bram Roth

Abraham Cornelis (Bram) Roth (The Hague, September 7, 1916 – October 21, 1995) was a Dutch sculptor.

Live and Work

Roth studied sculpture with teachers such as Bon Ingen-Housz, Marino Marini and at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague. Later as a teacher himself was he connected to the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen in Rotterdam. He worked in a semi-naturalistic, style; frequent subjects of his sculptures were women and horses.

He worked as an independent sculptor and painter, but was also a member of artists' groups such as the Pulchri Studio, Verve en the South Holland Cultural Group (Dutch: Culturele Raad Zuid-Holland). Roth was considered part of the artistic movement named the Nieuwe Haagse School.

Much of his work is in public spaces in The Hague.

Works (highlights)

• In the Westbroekpark in The Hague:
• Two Women with a Parasol (1960, limestone) van kalksteen.
• Mother and Child with Doll's Pram (1962, bronze)
• Zuiderpark, The Hague
• Woman and Man (1964)
• Lying Woman (1984)
• Relief (1988)
• Sweelinckplein, The Hague, The Stone Maid. The sculpture was added here in 2009
• Horse and Rider (bronze) on the Houtrustbrug, The Hague
• Facade sculpture of Jan van Goyen (bronze), Dunne Bierkade 16A, The Hague
• The Four Elements: Light, Delft University of Technology

Selected Images

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