Name: Tambourine Dancer
Brand: Josef Lorenzl

Tambourine Dancer

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About the Item

A highly stylised and energetic early 20th Century Austrian bronze figure of an Art Deco beauty dancing with tamboruine, this charming bronze exhibits good cold painted colour and detail, signed Lorenzl to base and raised on a black and green onyx plinth. Josef Lorenzl Austrian 1892 - 1950 When looking to the designs of the Art Deco period one talented sculptor that cannot be ignored is Josef Lorenzl. A master designer, his bronze statuettes and figural work epitomise the era perfectly. As with Preiss and Chiparus, the other great sculptors from this period, Lorenzl was inspired by the female form and the new found freedom that women enjoyed, which he executed beautifully both in his bronze and ceramic designs. Although very little is known about Lorenzl’s early life he was born in Austria in 1892 and was soon to become one of the most talented sculptors of the Art Deco Period. He started by working for a bronze foundry in Vienna, where he produced enticing bronze statuettes. The majority of his works in bronze or bronze and ivory were of singular slim young female figures with long legs, conveying elegance and fluid movement. Like his contemporaries Lorenzl’s work was often created using Chryselephantine, a Greek word which refers to the combination of various materials such as bronze, ivory, gold and silver. He signed his pieces in various ways sometimes abbreviating his name to Lor or Renz but on some of the statuettes you will find an additional signature by Crejo. A talented painter who worked alongside Lorenzl, Crejo would paint floral highlighted decoration onto the statuettes and these are the figures which bear his signature. Owing to the success of his designs in bronze and ivory Lorenzl went on to work for the Austrian ceramics company Goldscheider. A celebrated sculptor with an eye for design Lorenzl epitomised the Art Deco era perfectly making him one of the most celebrated and iconic designers of the 20th Century.

Creator:
Josef Lorenzl (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 7.88 in (20 cm)Width: 0.01 in (0.1 mm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.1 mm)
Style:
Art Deco (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Place of Origin:
Austria
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1930
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 43581stDibs: LU96852622502