Rosa Klein
Ivan Mestrovic. The big model of the equestrian statue of King Ferdinand , kept in Gliptoteka , HAZU (Zagreb, Croatia). 1937 Ferdinand I (Ivan Mestrovic), Şoseaua Kiseleff, demolată 1948
The fate of the commissioned in 1937 bronze statue of HM Ferdinand , which had been placed beside the church Mavrogheni (on Calea Victorei, close to the Arcul de Triumf) it's unknown or uncertain . Perhaps on 10 November 1940, the 18 meters high ( 8 m. the statue and 10 m. the pedestal) Ferdinand's monument of (or the bronze four Victories * - approx. 17 meters high - 16,75 m. their pilaster and 3,75m. each statue) was affected by an earthquake, then allegedly the statue has undergone restoration for two years . Five years later, the statue will be demolished and lost... Irrespectively of the false and vague (no data are ever provided to support such claims - no specific amount , no date , no documents ...) claims of some Romanian sources , Mestrovic was never compensated , as per the law, for his destroyed monuments - the two equestrian statues and the four Victories. While HM Carol I was forced to "resurrected" with some visible "plastic surgery scars and deformations" by Florin Codre, there is still some hope and a good chance for HM Ferdinand to come back in his full glory and elegancy.
* The symbols-statues Victories or " Victorii" were representing Wallachia,Moldavia, Transylvania and Bessarabia.
** The Plaster of the original monument of HM Ferdinand was at Mestrovic's atelier in Zagreb.The 278 cm. high model of the statue is still kept in the Gliptoteka of Zagreb .
Ivan Mestrovic original models, depot.
Property of the Mestrovic's heirs.
The huge bronze original monument to Ferdinand with the four Victories , erected in Bucharest ,was destroyed by the Communists .
Ivan Mestrovic was a friend of HM Carol II and this Romanian king commissioned to him the monument. Copyright Mestrovic family.
www.mdc.hr/gliptoteka/room_2_1_45.aspx
The Croatian Academy Glyptotheque is a part of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
In the collection of Croatian sculpture from the 19th to the 21st century "The best-known name in Croatian sculpture, Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962), one of the founders of Art Nouveau, is represented by works from the earlier period of the Vienna Secession, as well as by some later works."
A lot of sculptures ( family property) are in the depot and can be seen only with special permission .
Ivan Mestrovic. The big model of the equestrian statue of King Ferdinand , kept in Gliptoteka , HAZU (Zagreb, Croatia). 1937 Ferdinand I (Ivan Mestrovic), Şoseaua Kiseleff, demolată 1948
The fate of the commissioned in 1937 bronze statue of HM Ferdinand , which had been placed beside the church Mavrogheni (on Calea Victorei, close to the Arcul de Triumf) it's unknown or uncertain . Perhaps on 10 November 1940, the 18 meters high ( 8 m. the statue and 10 m. the pedestal) Ferdinand's monument of (or the bronze four Victories * - approx. 17 meters high - 16,75 m. their pilaster and 3,75m. each statue) was affected by an earthquake, then allegedly the statue has undergone restoration for two years . Five years later, the statue will be demolished and lost... Irrespectively of the false and vague (no data are ever provided to support such claims - no specific amount , no date , no documents ...) claims of some Romanian sources , Mestrovic was never compensated , as per the law, for his destroyed monuments - the two equestrian statues and the four Victories. While HM Carol I was forced to "resurrected" with some visible "plastic surgery scars and deformations" by Florin Codre, there is still some hope and a good chance for HM Ferdinand to come back in his full glory and elegancy.
* The symbols-statues Victories or " Victorii" were representing Wallachia,Moldavia, Transylvania and Bessarabia.
** The Plaster of the original monument of HM Ferdinand was at Mestrovic's atelier in Zagreb.The 278 cm. high model of the statue is still kept in the Gliptoteka of Zagreb .
Ivan Mestrovic original models, depot.
Property of the Mestrovic's heirs.
The huge bronze original monument to Ferdinand with the four Victories , erected in Bucharest ,was destroyed by the Communists .
Ivan Mestrovic was a friend of HM Carol II and this Romanian king commissioned to him the monument. Copyright Mestrovic family.
www.mdc.hr/gliptoteka/room_2_1_45.aspx
The Croatian Academy Glyptotheque is a part of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
In the collection of Croatian sculpture from the 19th to the 21st century "The best-known name in Croatian sculpture, Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962), one of the founders of Art Nouveau, is represented by works from the earlier period of the Vienna Secession, as well as by some later works."
A lot of sculptures ( family property) are in the depot and can be seen only with special permission .