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Baroque Italian master - 17/18th century figure sculpture - Saint
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Figure of a saint - Italy, 17th-18th century.
36 x 25 x h 74 cm.
Entirely in carved, lacquered and painted wood. Some missing parts and colour...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Open Arms - 21st Century Contemporary, Nude Woman Sculpture, Bronze
By Andries Velting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Andries Velting is a new artist at Gallerie Bonnard. His moving sculptures of dancers are a special addition tot our existing collection.
Velting say...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled By Takashi Murakami
By Takashi Murakami
Located in London, GB
Untitled
By Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist known for blending traditional Japanese art with pop culture influences, creating a style that is b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Girl, Walking- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a Young Girl in a Dress Walking.
By Pedro Quesada Sierra
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This bronze sculpture is made by Spanish artist Pedro Quesada Sierra. (2021)
The Spanish sculptor, despite his only 39 years, is already a lot of laureate artist. In March 2018 he...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two Toros - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Edition of 500 (Ramié #161)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso
Two Toros on Blue and Green Background, 1952
Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, black covered and enamel
Annotated on the Back : Edition Picasso -...
Category
1950s Modern Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
KAWS, Holiday Taipei (Black)
By KAWS
Located in Manchester, GB
KAWS, Holiday Taipei (Black), 2019
£ 900.00
Painted cast vinyl
14 x 17.8 x 14 cm (5.5 x 7 x 5.5 in)
Limited edition
Comes in original unopened packaging
KAWS is a New York-base...
Category
2010s Pop Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Gothic Renaissance wooden sculpture: bust of a young Saint or Angel
Located in Norwich, GB
This young saint or angel has suffered over the centuries, but his spirit has not been broken - and miraculously, his beautiful face has remained intact. With a gentle face and an al...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Tight Rope Walker with Frogs by Helle Crawford, Gold horse animal sculpture
By Helle Rask Crawford
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Piero Perin Testina Little Head
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Piero Perin.
Piero Perin was born in 1924, in Cervarese , near Padua Italy. He lived and worked in Padova where he teached at the Schoo...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Aphrodite - original etching by Salvador Dalí surrealism meets mythology
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Aphrodite" is an original etching from 1963 by Salvador Dalí. It is on hand-woven paper (Arches), originally signed and numbered. Excellent condition. XIX/XX. Comes unframed. Certi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Etching
'Running Hare' Limited Edition Sterling Silver Sculpture by Lucy Kinsella
By Lucy Kinsella
Located in London, GB
A 'Running Hare' sterling silver sculpture by Lucy Kinsella, the limited edition finely modelled hare depicted at full stretch bounding across the ground, his hind legs lengthening b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
The Passage by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, abstract, harmony
By Martine Demal
Located in Paris, FR
The Passage is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 43 × 27 × 24 cm (16.9 × 10.6 × 9.4 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...
Category
1990s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Tesem'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Tesem, Brown Dog
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre.
With the ''Tesem'' Nichola shows how exquisite ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dancer III by Yann Guillon - Male nude sculpture, figurative, bronze, athlete
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Dancer III is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 100 × 50 × 20 cm (39.4 × 19.7 × 7.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloned Bulldog with pet bottle
By William Sweetlove
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 2/8 ex.
2011 - 2020.
Silver plated bronze.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites...
Category
2010s Pop Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Instant Moules IV by Ondřej Oliva - Large sculpture, totem, black mollusc shells
By Ondřej Oliva
Located in Paris, FR
Instant Moules IV is an elox aluminium sculpture with optical fibres sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 240 × 40 × 30 cm (94.5 × 15.7 × 11.8 in).
T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Great Stag by Pierre Yermia - Large animal bronze sculpture, monumental
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Grand Cerf (Great Stag) is a monumental bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia.
The strength of the stag's body and its slender legs bestow it with a contradict...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue Crystalized Pikachu
By Daniel Arsham
Located in London, GB
Cast resin and aluminium oxide
13 × 6 in 33 × 15.2 cm
Edition of 500
Holographic artist sticker, with edition number on the box is the COA.
The "Blue Crystalized Pikachu" exemplifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Woman's Chest - Bronze Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist.
Excellent conditions.
Aurelio Mistruzzi was an Italian sculptor and medalist.
He attended the Udine ...
Category
1930s Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large French Art Nouveau Patinated Terracotta Sculpture Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
Luca Madrassi (1848-1919), large patinated terracotta sculpture in Art Nouveau style, late 19th century. The sculpture depicts a half-naked young woman sitting in a tree holding a m...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Swan Thing By David Shrigley
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
Swan Thing
By David Shrigley
David Shrigley is a British artist known for his distinctive and often humorous approach to contemporary art. His work spans a variety of mediums, inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Out of the Sky- 21st century Bronze sculpture of Cheetah's running, jumping down
By Antoinette Briet
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Antoinette Briët
'Out of the sky'
40 x 60 x 30 cm
bronze on a plate of bluestone
This Sculpture of jumping cheetah's is made by Dutch artist Antoinette Briet. Her forms are an abs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bluestone, Bronze
1978 Italy Abstract Bronze Nickeled Finish Sculpture by Carmelo Cappello
By Carmelo Cappello
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an artwork created by the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello. It is a multiple, an Abstract Sculpture one of the identical 99 specimen edited in 1978. This piece is ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A lady - Contemporary bronze sculpture, Abstract & figurative, Polish art
By Stanisław Wysocki
Located in Warsaw, PL
5 out of 8
STANISŁAW WYSOCKI (b. 1949)
Wysocki studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (1978-1980) and then at the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin under prof. J.H. Lonas. He ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Into the barrel- bronze and brass small figurative man surfer mural sculpture
By Mireia Serra
Located in New York, NY
Mireia Serra's little figurative bronze sculptures capture feelings and sensations of day to day lives. She transforms everyday dilemmas into something beautiful that captures the be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Iron
Neoclassical sculpture in Rome- Pair of 19th century Italian scagliola - Figures
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of scagliola sculptures - Roman figures. Italy, 19th century.
51 x 26 x h 118 cm (left) - 41 x 28 x h 118 cm (right).
Entirely in scagliola.
Condition report: In good general...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
White Marble 19th Century Sculpture in of Eros Trying Out one Of His Arrows Sign
Located in Roma, IT
A white marble Sculpture of Eros trying out one of his arrows, after Nicolas-François Gillet (1709-1791) and Jacques-François-Joseph Saly (1717-1776), French, 19th century.Resting ...
Category
19th Century Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Sculpture Bronze Patinated and Gilded Barbedienne Fondeur
By Jean-Baptiste Clésinger
Located in Pistoia, IT
"Helen of Troy," large bronze sculpture with brown patina signed at base J.Clesinger-Rome 1864-F. Barbedienne foundryman and bearing Collas mechanical reduction seal.
Auguste Clésin...
Category
1860s French School Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dark Gray Architectural Bust in Cement - "LarA 013", Sculptural Fusion of Human
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"LarA 013" is an original sculptural bust in dark gray cement, part of José Perozo’s ongoing LarA series, created in 2024. This piece reinterprets the relationship between the human ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Bust of a Man - Sculpture after Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of a man is an original sculpture in bronze realized after Aurelio Mistruzzi in the late 1990s.
Bronze casting.
18 cm height, 24 cm height with wooden base.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Modern Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mom Rat With Babies - Unique Handmade Glazed Ceramics Sculpture, Animals
By Monika Zadurska-Bielak
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture is signed below.
Monika Zadurska-Bielak, Graduated from the studio of Prof. Franciszek Duszeńko at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Acade...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Architectural Sculpture Human FIgure. Dark Gray Cement. "LarA 012"
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"LarA 012" is a unique sculptural piece from the LarA series by spanish sculptor Jose Perozo, crafted in high-density cement and hand-tinted in dark gray. This artwork merges the hum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Venus à Giraffe - Sculpture by Salvador Dalí - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze, dark and brown patina, realized in 1973.
Dali's printed signature in on the plinth.
Edition 616/1000 on the side.
Foundry stamp "Fonderia Venturi". Published by Euro Art.
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vigilant Sitting German Shepherd / - The Epitome of the German Shepherd -
Located in Berlin, DE
Albert Pierre LaPlanche (1854 Sainte-Menehould - 1935 Chäteau-Thierry), Vigilant sitting shepherd dog, around 1915. Brown patinated bronze on cast terrain plinth. 45 cm (height) x 45...
Category
1910s Realist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Grand Chèvre-cou" Poem-object MUSEUM piece
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau. ( 1889-1963 )
Grand Chèvre - Cou . " Poem -Objet "
Signed Jean Cocteau at the base ; incised and dated Jean Cocteau 58.
marked and numbered Edition originale de jean Co...
Category
1950s Surrealist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Attitude III by Marine de Soos - Female nude bronze sculpture, contemporary
By Marine de Soos
Located in Paris, FR
Attitude III is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 41.5 × 14 × 18 cm (16.3 × 5.5 × 7.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lotte- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a sitting Young Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Lotte
50 x 21 x 30 cm
Bronze
The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. Like this girl watching ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Balloon Monkey (Orange)
By Jeff Koons
Located in Bristol, GB
French Limoges porcelain with chromatic coating
Edition of 999
39.2 x 24.9 x 20.9 cm (15.4 x 9.8 x 8.2 in)
Signed and numbered
New, as issued. Minor imperfections may appear due ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Head of Man - Bronze Sculpture by Amedeo Bocchi - 1920s
By Amedeo Bocchi
Located in Roma, IT
Head of Man is an original artwork realized by Amedeo Bocchi in 1920 ca.
This little sculpture is made in gilded bronze.
The original wax model is published on the artist's monogra...
Category
1920s Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Future Relic no.3 (Clock)
By Daniel Arsham
Located in London, GB
Daniel Arsham
Future Relic no.3 (Clock), 2015
Plaster and broken glass
comes with the original box
some minor wear to the box.
14 × 12.7 × 6.4 cm
Edition of 400
Daniel Arsham is a c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Plaster
Psyche / - Fulfilled longing -
Located in Berlin, DE
Jan Jozef Jaquet (1822 Antwerp - 1898 Brussels), Psyche, 1847. Black-brown and brown patinated bronze on a cast base. 30 cm (height) x 22 cm (width) x 12 cm (depth), weight 5 kg. Ver...
Category
1840s Realist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Madonna and Child, Polychrome Stucco Relief, workshop of Luca della Robbia.
Located in Pistoia, IT
Madonna and Child, polychrome stucco relief, workshop of Luca della Robbia. Second half of the 15th century.
Modeled as half-length, the Child holds his mother's veil in one hand, th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Panther licking
By André Vincent Becquerel
Located in PARIS, FR
Panther licking
by André-Vincent BECQUEREL (1893-1981)
A bronze sculpture with nuanced green patina
Signed on the base " Becquerel "
Old edition cast
Presented on a wooden base
Fra...
Category
1930s French School Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ver Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ver Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture Figurative White Marble Portrait of a Sylenus Classical Greek 19th
Located in Roma, IT
A portrait of a Silenus, ( also know as satyr) carved in white marble probably in central Italy in the 19th Century.
The head despite a man with long hears in equine style with also ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Stainless Steel Vigils Echo" Contemporary Nude Sculpture of a Woman
By Rachel Ann Stevenson
Located in Utrecht, NL
The mysterious artworks by Rachel Ann Stevenson invite you into a dream world. Rachel Ann sees artists as day dreamers who can show the impossible...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eo Sine Manibus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Standing Marble Stone
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Eo Sine Manibus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Standing Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a hig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Donkeys’ skin by Cécile Raynal - Animal art, large sculpture, fairytale
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
This sculpture represents two donkeys of which only the skin remains, although they seem alive. As it is sometimes the case for Cécile Raynal’s sculpture, this work stages the emptin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Steel
Technological Pinocchio - Wooden Sculpture by F. Codognotto - 2007/2008
Located in Roma, IT
Technological Pinocchio is an original decorative object realized between 2007 and 2008 by Ferdinando Codognotto.
Original wood sculpture realiz...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cerise Platinum Ceremics Cherry Fruit Modern Sculpture Still Life New In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Cerise Platinum Ceremics Cherry Fruit Modern Sculpture Still Life New In Stock
Giorgio Laveri (Savona Italy, March 3, 1954) is a painter, sculptor, screenwriter, director and actor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Platinum
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 Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Rudder, Terracotta, 1930s
By Ugo Cipriani
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
French Art Deco terracotta sculpture by Ugo Cipriani (1887-1960), France, 1930s. A man operating a rudder. Measurements : Width : 31"(79cm), Height : 16.7"(42.5cm), Depth : 8.7"(22cm...
Category
1930s Art Deco Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Gazelle by Pierre Yermia - Large animal bronze sculpture, outdoor, elegant, slim
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Gazelle is a bronze monumental sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 240 × 120 × 40 cm (94.5 × 47.2 × 15.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Blacksmith of Solingen / - The Double-edged Sword -
Located in Berlin, DE
Wilhelm Albermann (1835 Werden an der Ruhr - 1913 Cologne), The Blacksmith of Solingen, after 1895. Bronze-color patinated zinc cast on plinth, 47 cm (height) x 20 cm (width) x 16 cm (depth), weight 5.5 kg. Signed “Albermann.” on the plinth and identified as a cast by “AKT.[TIEN] GES.[ELLSCHAFT] GLADENBECK BERLIN”. Dedication on the front: “Mr. Ing. F. Kuhlmann to the wedding. Management and officials of the Hannoversche Waggonfabrik. Aircraft construction department".
- The zinc showing through in spots, the patina somewhat stained, the right upper arm under the sleeve retouched in black.
- The Double-edged Sword -
The figure is a reduction of Wilhelm Albermann's 1895 fountain figure of the armourer of Solingen, who has always been identified with the historical blacksmith Peter Hahn. In 1839, Karl Simrock wrote the poem “The Blacksmith of Solingen" and thus coined the legendary figure. The first and penultimate verses read:
A blacksmith spoke to Solingen
With every bayonet,
That came to his diligence:
"Oh, that Fritz had it!"
The war took its course,
Many battles were fought,
Which often made him fearful and anxious
In his soul.
The blacksmith had given up his trade to fight for Frederick the Great. Not least because of his strength and will to fight, the battles were won. With his fountain sculpture, Albermann has given the legendary blacksmith a figurative form and at the same time created a landmark for the city of Solingen, which was once famous for the art of sword forging and today still stands for the production of high-quality knives. During the bombing raid in November 1944, the fountain was destroyed along with the entire old town of Solingen. Only the head remained.
The broad-shouldered blacksmith stands securely behind his anvil, his leather apron tied around him, and has just finished a sword blade with his own "weapon" - the blacksmith's hammer. His entire body shows the strength with which he wields the hammer, but also the strain of this activity, as evidenced by the wide open shirt, the somewhat 'untidy' apron, and especially the furrowed face.
However, the blacksmith does not look at the finished work, but resolutely and at the same time thoughtfully into the distance, in line with the quoted verse from Simrock's poem that the battles "often made him fearful and anxious in his soul". There is certainly something melancholy in his gaze, fed by the knowledge of the necessity of forging swords and taking up arms and their deadly use - experiences Albermann had to make during his own war missions. The flowing full beard gives his gaze into the distance an almost prophetic character.
In keeping with the craft of the perfectly formed art of blacksmithing, the detailed casting reproduces the respective materials depicted in perfect form: the leather apron convincingly conveys the impression of leather and lies - also in the back view - like a second formed layer over the body, while the shirt and trousers illustrate their own textile qualities.
Due to its masterful execution and profound content, the “Blacksmith of Solingen”, which has survived in its cast reproductions, remains Albermann's most famous work to this day.
About the artist
The son of a carpenter, Wilhelm Albermann began an apprenticeship as a joiner, but then followed his artistic calling and trained as a sculptor in Elberfeld. In 1855, at the age of twenty, he was drafted into the army in Berlin, where he served until 1857. Albermann attended the Berlin Art Academy on the side and began regular studies after his service. While still a student, he completed commissioned works for his teachers August Fischer and Hugo Hagen. His first independent commissions followed, enabling him to establish a flourishing sculpture studio in Cologne in 1865. His artistic activities were repeatedly interrupted by military service, and he took part in the German-Danish War in 1864, the war against Austria in 1866, and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71. After his last war service, Albermann, already a respected artist, founded a commercial drawing school at the request of the city government, where he taught the modeling class and served as director until 1896. In 1890 he also worked for the "Society for the Promotion of Sculpture in the Rhineland and Westphalia".
Albermann was one of the most prolific sculptors in Cologne in the second half of the 19th century. He created numerous monuments, fountains, tomb sculptures, architectural ornaments, and domestic statues. At its peak, his workshop employed up to thirty sculptors and stonemasons at a time.
GERMAN VERSION
Wilhelm Albermann (1835 Werden an der Ruhr - 1913 Köln), Der Schmied von Solingen, nach 1895. Bronzefarben patinierter Zinkguss auf gegossener Plinthe, 47 cm (Höhe) x 20 cm (Breite) x 16 cm (Tiefe), Gewicht 5,5 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „Albermann.“ signiert und als Guss der „AKT.[TIEN] GES.[ELLSCHAFT] GLADENBECK BERLIN“ ausgewiesen. Schauseitige Widmung: „Herrn Ing. F. Kuhlmann zur Vermählung. Direktion und Beamte der Hannoverschen Waggonfabrik. Abt. Flugzeugbau“.
- Punktuelles Durchscheinen des Zinks, Patina etwas fleckig, der rechte Oberarm unter dem Ärmel schwarz retuschiert.
- Die Zweischneidigkeit des Schwertes -
Die Figur ist eine Reduktion von Wilhelm Albermanns 1895 geschaffener Brunnenfigur des Waffenschmieds von Solingen, der seit jeher mit dem historischen Schmied Peter Hahn identifiziert wurde. 1839 hatte Karl Simrock das Gedicht „Der Schmied von Solingen“ verfasst und damit die legendäre Figur geprägt. Die erste und die vorletzte Strophe lauten:
Zu Solingen sprach ein Schmied
Bei jedem Bajonette,
Das seinem Fleiß geriet:
»Ach, daß der Fritz es hätte!«
Der Krieg ging seinen Gang,
Man schlug noch viele Schlachten,
Die oft ihm angst und bang'
In seiner Seele machten.
Der Schmied hatte sein Handwerk ruhen lassen, um selbst für Friedrich den Großen zu kämpfen. Nicht zuletzt durch seine Kraft und seinen Kampfeswillen verliefen die Schlachten siegreich. Dem legendären Schmied verlieht Albermann mit seiner Brunnenskulptur eine bildliche Gestalt und schuf damit zugleich ein Wahrzeichen der Stadt Solingen, die einst für die Kunst des Schwerterschmiedens berühmt war und bis heute für die Herstellung qualitätvoller Messer einsteht. Beim Bombenangriff im November 1944 wurde mit der gesamten Solinger Altstadt auch der Brunnen zerstört. Einzig der Kopf blieb erhalten.
Mit sicherem Stand und umgebundener Lederschürze steht der breitschultrige Schmied hinter seinem Amboss und hat gerade mit seiner eigenen ‚Waffe‘ – dem Schmiedehammer – eine Schwertklinge fertiggestellt. Seinem gesamten Körper ist die Kraft abzulesen, mit der er den Hammer führt, aber auch die Anstrengung dieser Tätigkeit, wovon das weit geöffnete Hemd, die etwas ‚unordentlich‘ arrangierte Schürze und vor allem das zerfurchte Gesicht zeugen.
Der Schmied schaut aber nicht auf das vollendete Werk, sondern entschlossen und zugleich sinnierend in die Ferne, entsprechend der zitierten Zeile von Simrocks Gedicht, dass die Schlachten „oft ihm angst und bang‘ in seiner Seele machten“. Der Blick hat durchaus etwas Melancholisches, dass sich aus dem Wissen um die Notwendigkeit, Schwerter zu schmieden und zu den Waffen zu greifen und deren tödlichem Einsatz speist – Erfahrungen, die Albermann bei seinen eigenen Kriegseinsätze machen musste. Der wallende Vollbart verleiht dem in die Ferne schauenden Blick einen beinahe prophetischen Charakter.
Dem Handwerk der formvollendenden Schmiedekunst entsprechend, gibt der detaillierte Guss die jeweils dargestellten Materialien in vollendeter Ausformung wieder: Die Lederschürze vermittelt überzeugend den Eindruck des Leders und liegt – auch in der Rückenansicht – wie eine zweite ausgeformte Schicht über dem Körper, während das Hemd und die Hose...
Category
1890s Realist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Da Vinci's Horse Galloping by Helle Crawford, Gold horse animal sculpture
By Helle Rask Crawford
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Archaic Head / - Shaped Originality -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dierkes (1907 Cloppenburg - 1968 Berlin), Archaic Head. Limestone, 1952. 15 x 9 x 12 cm (without plinth), 19 x 10 x 11 cm (with plinth), monogrammed "PD" on the reverse.
- S...
Category
1950s Post-War Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Ludo by Yann Guillon - Contemporary bronze sculpture, nude male figure, movement
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Ludo is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 25 × 20 × 15 cm (9.8 × 7.9 × 5.9 in).
This sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zō by Marcelo Martin Burgos - polished bronze, gold, diamond, animal, figurative
By Marcelo Martin Burgos
Located in Paris, FR
Zō is a bronze sculpture by contemporary Argentinian artist Marcelo Martin Burgos, portraying an abstracted elephant, a reference subtly embedded in its title, which translates to el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel