Louis Frederick Roslyn (1878–1940)
Louis Frederick Vai Roselieb [also known as Louis Fritz Vai Roselieb and as Louis Frederick Roslyn] was born in Lambeth, London, England on 13 July 1878, the son of George Louis Roselieb (1851-1940), a German-born sculptor. He studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School and, from 1903 to 1905, at the Royal Academy Schools in London. In his final year, Roselieb, as he was then known, was awarded a two-year Landseer Scholarship which is usually a travelling bursary but there is no record that he travelled. From 1905 to 1915 he was employed as a sculptor and electra metallurgist by the The Standard Plating & Kupron Works at 62-66 Rosebery Avenue, London. In 1916, whilst serving in the Royal Flying Corps during World War One, he changed his surname from Roselieb to Rosyln, probably as a result of anti-German sentiment at the time.
He also received numerous commissions to design non-war memorials, architectural sculptures and public statues, notable among which was the Edward VII statue at Tooting Broadway, London (1911); and architectural sculptures for the Imperial Airways Buildings in Kingsway, London (1914-15).
He exhibited [under the name Roselieb and Roslyn] virtually every year at the Royal Academy in London from 1906 to 1940. He also exhibited at the Royal Society of Miniarure Painters in London: Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin; Manchester Academy of Fine Arts; and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1914 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1923.
His address was given as 9 Grafton Square, Clapham, London in 1901; 35 Sheldon Road, Clapham, London in 1907; 33 Park Hill, Clapham, London in 1910 and 1911; 4 The Avenue Srudios, Fulham, London in 1912 and 1933; and 42 Gunter Grove, London in 1939 and 1940, where died on 16 December 1940.
Text source: Arts + Architecture Profiles from Art History Research net (AHRnet) https://www.arthistoryresearch.net/
