About Arcadia Art
Welcome to Arcadia Art Arcadia is as much the lost Golden Age of ancient bucolic poetry as it is the enclosed Garden of Eden. A place of longing, inaccessible from this side, which only art can make visible. Embark on a voyage of discovery to Arcadia - the realm of art! The selection of works is always guided by my personal, so that no work is offered that I would not acquire for myself. Art has been a part of my life since childhood. It is clear to me that man does not live by bread alone and that art is also a source of life. With a doctorate in art history, I’m abl...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / - The Cosmos of Literature -
Located in Berlin, DE
KPM Berlin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, around 1982. Full-body figure with base in bisque porcelain, blue scepter mark, second-grade, 30.5 cm (height) x 11 cm (width) x 9 cm (depth),...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Johannes Gutenberg / - The Fate of Humanity -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bitterlich (1860 Vienna – 1949 ibid.), Johannes Gutenberg, 1900. Plaster on wooden base, 95 cm (height) x 65 cm (width) x 50 cm (depth), approx. 30 kg, signed “H. BITTERLICH” on the side.
- Showing heavier wear in places and minor chips
- The Fate of Humanity -
This larger-than-life, monumental head is believed to be the 1:1 model for the head of the Johannes Gutenberg monument erected in 1900 on the Lugeck in Vienna. Designed to be viewed from below, the head with its flowing beard is equally that of a thinker and a prophet. The heavy humanist cap depicts Gutenberg as the initiator of a cultural revolution. Through the printing press, not only will every person ultimately be able to partake in the source of knowledge in the future, but the new medium’s capacity for expression also accelerates the production of knowledge in ways unforeseeable at the time. It is precisely these consequences that Gutenberg—filled with deep solemnity—seems to foresee with a prophetic gaze. The prophetic quality is reinforced by the facial expression, reminiscent of Michelangelo’s Moses...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Nude Girl in Front of a Mirror / - The Reflection of Art -
By Otto Mueller
Located in Berlin, DE
Otto Mueller (1874 Liebau - 1930 Obernigk), Nude Girl Before the Mirror, 1924. Lithograph on lightly hammered handmade paper, 38.9 cm x 28.9 cm (image), 57 cm x 44 cm (sheet size), s...
Category
1920s Expressionist Nude Prints
Materials
Paper
Self-Portrait / - The Inner Essence -
Located in Berlin, DE
Herbert Rolf Schlegel (1889 Breslau - 1972 Landsberg am Lech), Self-Portrait, 1946, pencil on heavy paper, 94 cm (height) x 73 cm (width), monogrammed “HRS” in the upper right corner...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Mosque / - The Expression of Architecture -
Located in Berlin, DE
Walter Dexel (1890 Munich – 1973 Braunschweig), Mosque, 1916. Watercolor woodcut on handmade paper, 15.5 cm x 10 cm (image), 29 cm x 22.3 cm (sheet size), signed “WDexel 16” in penci...
Category
1910s Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Bird-shaped bookends / - The watchful gaze -
Located in Berlin, DE
H. Moreau (active in the early 20th century), Bird-shaped bookends, circa 1930. Silver-plated cast metal with inlaid glass eyes, mounted on marble bases, 14 cm (total height) x 13 cm...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Portrait of Thomas Mann / - The Work as Imagination -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymous, Portrait of Thomas Mann, probably ca. 1930. Black-painted plaster with molded base, 45 cm (height) x 20 cm (width) x 30 cm (depth), 8.6 kg.
- Repainted black at a later da...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Scholar in His Study / - The Realization -
Located in Berlin, DE
Lasarre Judavics-Paneth (1870 Königsberg–after 1912), Scholar in His Study, 1902. Oil on wood, 47 cm x 31 cm (image size), 60 cm x 46 cm (frame), signed “J.[udavics] Paneth” and date...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Watching Owl on Rock / - The Library Guardian -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymous, Watching Owl on Rock, around 1960. Bronze, solid cast figure, 6.5 inches (height) x 4.7 inches (width) x 3.9 inches (depth), 2.44 kg.
- Excellent condition
- The Libr...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait bust of Homer / - Epic vision -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymus, Porträtbüste von Homer, um 1900. Braun patinierte Bronze auf gestuftem Marmorpostament montiert, 34 cm (Gesamthöhe) x 12 cm (Breite) x 10 cm (Tiefe), 6,4 kg.
- hintere Eck...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gerhart Hauptmann, c. 1912 / - - Pensive stride -
Located in Berlin, DE
Curt Gitschmann (1876 Breslau - 1933 Berlin), Gerhart Hauptmann, around 1912. Brown patinated bronze mounted on marble plinth, 43 cm (total height), 20 cm (width) x 20 cm (depth) cm,...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Scherzo / - The nature of the scherzo -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emile Jespers (1862 Deurne - 1918 Antwerp), Scherzo, circa 1890. Marble bust on marble base with title plaque, 42.5 cm (total height) x 28 cm (width) x 18 cm (depth), signed “E.[mile...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
More About Arcadia Art
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