Items Similar to Naked warrior with short sword / - The New Hercules -

Rudolf Marcuse - Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck

Art Deco bronze by Ludwif Eisenberger of man in a loin cloth with a rapier

"Nude Triton", Larger, Rare Bronze of Nude Male Triton by Netzer, 1920s

"Nude Male with Shovel, " Highly Rare Bronze Sculpture by Oskar Lindenberg

Bruno Zach - Gladiator ready for battle / - Ready for anything -

Model Nude Archer Mounted Sculpture Bust Bronze Stone Base Art Deco Antiques CA

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 12

Hermann Volz
Naked warrior with short sword / - The New Hercules -
c. 1935

$2,276.47

£1,694.37

€1,900

CA$3,118.20

A$3,468.12

CHF 1,810.94

MX$42,203.30

NOK 23,128.51

SEK 21,690.46

DKK 14,464.04

Shipping

Retrieving quote...

The 1stDibs Promise:

Authenticity Guarantee,

Money-Back Guarantee,

24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Hermann Volz (1847 Karlsruhe - 1914 ibid.), Naked warrior with short sword, c. 1935. Partially (?) patinated bronze with cast plinth mounted on a black marble base (6.8 cm high). 32.5 cm (total height) x 12 cm (width) x 7 cm (depth), weight 3.7 kg. Signed “H.[ermann] Volz” on the plinth. - Patina rubbed, visible casting seam on the left arm, otherwise in excellent condition for its age. - The New Hercules - Despite its relatively small size, the warrior appears monumental. Hermann Volz based the design of the body on the Farnese Hercules. The ancient sculpture measures 3.20 m and has a slightly curved body, just like Volz's warrior. However, the monumental effect of the ancient hero is not only due to his size; his head is smaller in relation to his body than in other ancient statues, which makes the body appear all the more powerful. Volz takes advantage of this effect by giving his warrior a beardless, youthful face. With his short, curly hair and determined gaze, Volz may have been inspired by busts of Caracalla. In contrast to the older Hercules Farnese, who leans on his mighty club after heroic deeds, the youthful "Hercules" looks resolutely toward the deeds to come. His head is turned to the side, not forward, as if he has discovered something to look forward to. Full of fighting spirit, he has clenched his fist in one hand, while the other holds up the short sword, ready to draw it from its scabbard. About the artist While studying architecture in Karlsruhe, Hermann Volz attended art school to take drawing lessons. After serving as an officer in the Franco-Prussian War, he turned to sculpture in 1871 as a student of Carl Johann Steinhäuser. In the same year, he traveled to Italy, where he stayed regularly until 1913. After his return from Rome, he took lessons in anatomical drawing in Stuttgart with Hans Canon, a pupil of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Back in Karlsruhe, Volz taught modeling at the School of Arts and Crafts from 1878 and was subsequently Professor of Sculpture at the Karlsruhe Academy of Art from 1880 until his retirement in 1919, where he also served as director several times. Volz quickly became the most sought-after sculptor in the Grand Duchy of Baden, receiving numerous commissions for public monuments throughout the country, such as the war memorial in Hanover (1878), the Geibel memorial in Lübeck (1887-1889) and the equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I in Essen (1898). In 1935, he created a larger-than-life Hitler head and took part in the Great German Art Exhibition in 1937 and 1938 at the advanced age of over 90, where his portrait bust of Winifred Wagner, the work “Orestes, fleeing from the Furies” and “Youth” were among the works on display. GERMAN VERSION Hermann Volz (1847 Karlsruhe - 1914 ebd.), Nackter Krieger mit Kurzschwert, um 1935. Partiell (?) patinierte Bronze mit gegossener Plinthe auf schwarzem Marmorsockel (6,8 cm Höhe) montiert. 32,5 cm (Gesamthöhe) x 12 cm (Breite) x 7 cm (Tiefe), Gewicht 3,7 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „H.[ermann] Volz“ signiert. - Patina berieben, sichtbare Gussnaht am linken Arm, ansonsten in einem altersgemäß ausgezeichneten Zustand. - Der neue Herkules - Trotz des relativ kleinen Formats wirkt der Krieger monumental. Bei der Durchbildung des Körpers orientiert sich Hermann Volz am Herkules Farnese. Die antike Skulptur misst 3,20 m und weist einen ebenso leicht geschwungenen Körper auf wie Volz' Krieger. Die monumentale Wirkung des antiken Helden resultiert aber nicht allein aus seiner Größe, sein Kopf ist im Verhältnis zum Körper kleiner als bei anderen antiken Statuen, wodurch der Körper umso mächtiger wirkt. Diese Wirkung macht sich auch Volz zu Nutze, wobei er seinem Krieger ein bartloses jugendliches Antlitz verleiht. Bei den kurzen gelockten Haaren und dem entschlossenen Blick mag sich Volz an Caracalla-Büsten orientiert haben. Im Gegensatz zum bereits älteren Herkules Farnese, der sich nach getanen Heldentaten auf seine mächtige Keule stützt, blickt der jugendliche ‚Herkules‘ entschlossenen den kommenden Taten entgegen. Sein Kopf ist nicht nach vorne, sondern zur Seite ausgerichtet, als ob er etwas erspäht hätte, dem er entgegenblickt. Voller Kampfeslust hat er mit der einen Hand die Faust geballt, während er mit der anderen das Kurzschwert hochhält, um es aus der Scheide zu ziehen. zum Künstler Bereits während des Architekturstudiums in Karlsruhe besuchte Hermann Volz die Kunstschule, um Zeichenunterricht zu nehmen. Nach seinem Einsatz als Offizier im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg wandte er sich 1871 als Schüler von Carl Johann Steinhäuser der Bildhauerei zu. Noch im selben Jahr reiste er nach Italien, wo er sich bis 1913 regelmäßig aufhalten sollte. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Rom nahm er in Stuttgart bei Hans Canon, einem Schüler Ferdinand Georg Waldmüllers, Unterricht im anatomischen Zeichnen. Zurück in Karlsruhe lehrte Volz ab 1878 Modellieren an der Kunstgewerbeschule und war anschließend von 1880 bis zu seiner Emeritierung 1919 Professor für Bildhauerei an der Karlsruher Kunstakademie, der er zudem mehrmals als Direktor vorstand. Schnell entwickelte sich Volz zum gefragtesten Bildhauer des Großherzogtum Badens, der landesweit mit zahlreichen Aufträgen für öffentliche Denkmäler bedacht wurde, wie das Krieger-Denkmal in Hannover (1878), das Geibel-Denkmal in Lübeck (1887-1889) oder die Reiterstatue Kaiser Wilhelm I. in Essen (1898). 1935 fertigte er einen überlebensgroßen Hitler-Kopf an und nahm 1937 und 1938 im hohen Alter von über 90 Jahren an den Großen Deutschen Kunstausstellung teil, wo unter anderem seine Porträtbüste Winifred Wagners, das Werk „Orestes, vor den Furien fliehend“ und „Jugend“ zu sehen waren.

Creator:

Hermann Volz (1847 - 1914, German)

Creation Year:

c. 1935

Dimensions:

Height: 12.8 in (32.5 cm)Width: 4.73 in (12 cm)Depth: 2.76 in (7 cm)

Medium:

Bronze

Movement & Style:

Art Deco

Period:

1930-1939

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Berlin, DE

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU2438215429962

More From This Seller

View All

Gladiator ready for battle / - Ready for anything -

By Bruno Zach

Located in Berlin, DE

Bruno Zach (1891 Zhitomir - 1945 Vienna), Gladiator ready for battle, c. 1930. Blackish patinated bronze with silver-plated helmet, shield rim and shield pommel mounted on a fluted m...

Category

1930s Art Deco Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bruno Zach
Gladiator ready for battle / - Ready for anything -, c, 1930

$4,193

Spear Fighter / - The Fighter's Concentration -

Located in Berlin, DE

Ludwig Eisenberger (active in Berlin between 1895-1920), Spear Fighter, around 1910. Brown patinated bronze with residual gilding on a cast terrain plinth with marble base (8 cm high...

Category

1910s Realist Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ludwig Eisenberger
Spear Fighter / - The Fighter's Concentration -, c. 1910

$4,552

Javelin thrower / - Roman present -

By Franz Iffland

Located in Berlin, DE

Franz Iffland (1862 Tempelhof - 1935 Berlin), Javelin thrower, after 1910. Olive-black patinated bronze with cast plinth mounted on a white-veined black marble base (7 cm high). Tota...

Category

1910s Art Deco Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Franz Iffland
Javelin thrower / - Roman present -, after 1910

$2,396 Sale Price

20% Off

Crusader with shield and mace / - Ready to strike -

Located in Berlin, DE

Josef Moest (1873 Cologne - 1914 Rath), Crusader with shield and mace, around 1910. Bronze on a black marble pedestal (19 cm high). 57.5 cm (total height) x 21 cm (width) x 12 cm (de...

Category

1910s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Josef Moest
Crusader with shield and mace / - Ready to strike -, c. 1910

$6,949

The Victorious David / - The melancholy of the radiant hero -

Located in Berlin, DE

Henri Honoré Plé (1853 Paris - 1922 Paris), The Victorious David, around1890. Red-brown and brown patinated bronze with terrain plinth mounted on a round base. 42 cm (total height) x...

Category

1890s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Henri Honoré Plé
The Victorious David / - The melancholy of the radiant hero -, c. 1890

$1,821 Sale Price

20% Off

Juggler / - Artistic naturalness -

Located in Berlin, DE

Claire Jeanne Robertine Colinet (1880 Brussels - 1950 Asnières-sur-Seine), Juggler, around 1920. Brownish patinated bronze with gilded balls on a round, multi-profiled stone base (10...

Category

1920s Art Deco Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Claire Jeanne Robertine Colinet
Juggler / - Artistic naturalness -, c. 1910

$3,474

Early 20th Century Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rudolf Marcuse
Antique bronze nude gladiator/ swordsman - Signed "Rudolf Marcuse" + "Gladenbeck, 1913

$5,092

Art Deco bronze by Ludwif Eisenberger of man in a loin cloth with a rapier

Located in London, GB

Fine early 20th century Art deco period bronze of a fencer holding and bending his rapier. The well modelled figure is naked except for a loincloth and he is seen looking down and flexing the blade of his rapier. Ludwig Eisenberger...

Category

Vintage 1930s German Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Art Deco bronze by Ludwif Eisenberger of man in a loin cloth with a rapier

$2,535

"Nude Triton", Larger, Rare Bronze of Nude Male Triton by Netzer, 1920s

By Hubert Netzer

Located in Philadelphia, PA

At once strong and sensuous, this large bronze of a fully nude triton figure, his right arm raised high with his trident, ready to strike, was sculpted in the 1920s by Hubert Netzer....

Category

Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Nude Triton", Larger, Rare Bronze of Nude Male Triton by Netzer, 1920s

$7,800

"Nude Male with Shovel, " Highly Rare Bronze Sculpture by Oskar Lindenberg

By Oskar Lindenberg

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A rare work by Oskar Lindenberg, a German sculptor who produced few pieces during his productive years, this beautiful nude male bronze captures its s...

Category

Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Nude Male with Shovel, " Highly Rare Bronze Sculpture by Oskar Lindenberg

$7,850

Model Nude Archer Mounted Sculpture Bust Bronze Stone Base Art Deco Antiques CA

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Model Nude Archer mounted sculpture bust bronze stone base Art Deco antiques CA . Excellent color and details decorative Sculpture on a desk as garniture on a mantle fireplace, on a ...

Category