Antique Austrian Cold Painted Orientalist Bronze Lamp by Bergman, 19th Century
View Similar Items
Antique Austrian Cold Painted Orientalist Bronze Lamp by Bergman, 19th Century
About the Item
- Creator:Bergmann Foundry (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 9 in (22.86 cm)
- Style:Rococo (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:Bronze,Cold-Painted
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Late 1800s
- Condition:This piece is in excellent condition and the casting is superb with the most beautiful details on the faces and smallest details.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: f91951704207230503fs
Bergmann Foundry
Globally celebrated Austrian metalworker Franz Xaver Bergman(n) is known for his bronze statuettes and figurines, which are rich with personality and alive with color.
Bergmann's father, Franz Bergmann, Sr., apprenticed under Josef Ott and became a professional caster and chaser, and moved from Gablonz, Bohemia, to Vienna in 1860, where he opened a small foundry. There, he used what he’d learned about naturally patinating bronzes and created popular figurines and sculptures. At the turn of the century, Franz Xaver inherited the company from his father and opened a second foundry.
At the Bergmann Foundry, Franz Xaver Bergmann created numerous bronze figures, employing a technique now known as “cold painting” that has since been lost to time. Bergmann’s early works were based on his father’s molds. He hired local workers to cast his own designs.
Bergmann’s works encompass an immense variety of subject matter. His foundry created bronzes of humanized animals, mythological creatures and animals in natural poses. Many of his statuettes are representative of his fondness for faraway lands and peoples, with a great number of his works depicting Native American, Asian, Persian and Arabian cultures. He's also known to have created some risqué Art Nouveau figurines — to some collectors, the Bergmann Foundry is known for its sculptures of women in various sensuous poses wearing ingeniously executed removable articles of bronze clothing.
Franz Xaver Bergmann’s recognized maker’s mark was a capital “B” inside a scrolled horseshoe, but Bergmann would employ the pseudonym "Nam Greb" — the reverse of his last name — on his racier pieces in order to keep his more conservative and conventional customers from connecting his name to those works.
Bergmann had to close his company’s doors in 1930 owing to the financial strains that came with the Great Depression. He died in 1936 before the company could open again. His son, Robert Bergmann, reopened the foundry many years later and continued to own and operate it until his death in 1954.
Karl Fuhrmann & Co. purchased what remained of the Bergmann Foundry after Robert died. Franz Xaver Bergmann’s cast-bronze figures endure to this day and are highly prized by collectors and enthusiasts of figurative art.
Find antique Bergmann Foundry decorative objects on 1stDibs.
- Fine Viennese Cold Painted Bronze Orientalist Lamp Attributed to BergmanLocated in New York, NYA fine Viennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of an Arab man riding a camel. The elegantly dressed man sits side saddle on the adorned camel's hump. Both are brightly dressed...Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Moorish Table Lamps
MaterialsBronze
- French Orientalist Silvered Bronze Group of "The Falconer", P.J. Mene 19th C.By P.J. MêneLocated in New York, NYA French 19th century Silvered Bronze Group of "The Falconer", Signed P.J. Mene. This silvered bronze depicts an Arab falconer on horseback, signed P.J. M...Category
Antique 1850s French Other Animal Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- American 19th Century Dore Bronze Candlestick Table Lamp, E. F. Caldwell & CoBy Edward F. Caldwell & Co.Located in New York, NYA fantastic 19th century Caldwell Louis XVI style dore bronze candlestick lamp. Beautifully hand-chassed, hand-chiseled with two-tone matte and burnished gold, this lamp is perfect t...Category
Antique Early 1900s American Louis XVI Table Lamps
MaterialsBronze
- 19th Century Louis XVI Style French Dore Bronze Mounted Baccarat LampBy BaccaratLocated in New York, NYA Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Style French Dore Bronze Mounted Baccarat Swirling Crystal Table Lamps. Each piece is beautiful with the finest and mo...Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Table Lamps
MaterialsCrystal, Bronze
- Unusual 19th Century Meissen Figure of a Camel after a Model by J. J. KandlerBy Meissen PorcelainLocated in New York, NYA unusual 19th century Meissen figure of a camel with blue under-glaze double crossed swords mark, after J.J. Kandler. Naturalistically modeled above a rocky outcrop on a scroll-mol...Category
Antique 1850s German Rococo Animal Sculptures
MaterialsPorcelain
- Pr French 19th C. Dore Bronze Mntd Green Marble/Porphyry Lamps, Att. H. DassonBy Henry DassonLocated in New York, NYA fantastic and quite large pair of French Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted green marble or possibly Greenish/Grey Porphyry Pot-Pourri vases mounted as lamps, attributed to Henry ...Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Table Lamps
MaterialsPorphyry, Marble, Bronze
$31,600 Sale Price / set20% Off
- Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Orientalist Lamp Attributed to BergmanBy Franz BergmannLocated in Denton, TXViennese cold painted bronze orientalist lamp attributed to Bergman of a middle eastern man riding a camel. Signed Austria.Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Table Lamps
MaterialsBronze
- Orientalist Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Lamp w/ 2 Figures Inside a Small RoomBy Bergmann FoundryLocated in Petaluma, CAThis charming little scene depicted here is so colorful and detailed that it could only have been executed by the premier maker of these bronzes, Franz Bergmann. It does bear his signature with the letter "B" inside an urn. What makes this so extra special is its diminutive size. Normally these smaller examples lack the quality of work that is seen here. The fact that it is a lamp is always a bonus and lit up at night in your home can only bring warmth and joy to the owner. The curtain is so crisply cast that it almost looks like fabric. It's all done with such attention to detail. A great example of an antique Vienna bronze lamp.Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Moorish Table Lamps
MaterialsBronze
- Austrian Orientalist Figurative Lamp in Cold Painted BronzeLocated in London, GBAustrian Orientalist figurative lamp in cold painted bronze Austrian, c. 1910 Measures: Height 30cm, width 25cm, depth 15cm This charming bro...Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Austrian Orientalist Figurative Bronze Lamp by Franz Xaver BergmanBy Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)Located in London, GBAustrian Orientalist figurative bronze lamp by Franz Xaver Bergman Austrian, c. 1910 Measures: Height 36cm, width 16cm, depth 14cm This Bergm...Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Table Lamps
MaterialsBronze
- Viennese Orientalist Cold-Painted Bronze Lamp by BergmanBy Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)Located in London, GBViennese Orientalist cold-painted bronze lamp by Bergman Austrian, Early 20th Century Height 19cm, width 23cm, depth 14cm The lamp is superbly made by Franz Xaver Bergman (1961-19...Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Table Lamps
MaterialsBronze
- Cold Painted Antique Viennese Bronze Orientalist Style Lamp by BergmanBy Franz BergmannLocated in London, GBThe antique Austrian lamp carefully cast to portray a mosque with Minaret and an Arab man praying upon his rug; the lamp signed with a 'B' in a v...Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Moorish Table Lamps
MaterialsBronze