Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Austrian sculptor Carl Kauba was fascinated by the American West, creating dynamic cast bronze sculptures of cowboys, Native Americans and buffalo. Between 1895 and 1912, his polychrome pieces captured the attention of an American audience, while his domestic statutory work in Austria helped solidify his artistic reputation.
He was born the son of a shoemaker in 1865 in Vienna, Austria. He later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna before learning from sculptor Karl Waschmann and sculptor and medallist Stefan Schwartz.
Although some accounts have Kauba traveling to the United States to create models and sketches, scholars have questioned the inaccuracies in his work’s weapon detailing and equestrian costumes. Kauba loved the Western tales of German author Karl May and was known to have a friend in Ohio who mailed him costume material, all of which may have provided his references for art.
Kauba’s bronze work is recognized as exceptional Viennese craftsmanship imbued with artistic intricacies and realism. His sculptures of cavalrymen, cowboys and Indigenous people from the American West put him in the same category as titans of American Western art like Frederic Remington and Charles Marion Russell.
Original Carl Kauba art experienced a resurgence in popularity during a 1950s advertising campaign for Latendorfer in New York. His works have remained prized by Wild West collectors everywhere.
Kauba’s art has been exhibited at many American art galleries, including the Thomas Nygard Gallery in Montana and the Ophir Gallery in New Jersey.
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20th Century Unknown Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Fiberglass
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Brass
20th Century Thai Tribal Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Bronze
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Bronze
20th Century International Style Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Bronze
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Bronze
18th Century Thai Antique Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Sandstone
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Bronze
1970s Thai Vintage Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Renaissance Revival Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Marble, Bronze
16th Century Thai Antique Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Stone
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Pottery
Early 1900s Burmese Antique Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Lacquer
20th Century Austrian Carl Kauba Asian Art and Furniture
Bronze