Original Female Sketch by Herman Volz
An original signed sketch by Herman
Roderick Volz. Image of two females in period fashion clothing. Some
wrinkles to paper but most should frame out ok. Measures 16.25ʺW 21ʺH.
HERMAN RODERICK VOLZ:
A
painter, muralist, lithographer, set designer and ceramist. Formal
training at the Art und Gewerbescule in Zurich and the Academy of Fine
Arts, Vienna. Immigrated from Zurich to the U.S. in 1933, settling in
the San Francisco Bay Area and became a citizen in 1938. During the
Depression Volz was appointed supervisor in the Northern California Arts
Project and supervisor for the Federal Building mural project at the
G.G.I.E. Two of these large mosaic panels were later installed at the
San Francisco City College among a panel created by Diego Rivera. Volz
designed sets for MGM and Paramount Studios. He was politically active,
vocal and often made social statements through his imagery.