Sculpture "The Blue Horse", hand-painted cast version
Sculpture "The Blue Horse", hand-painted cast version
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cast | handmade | handpainted | size 12 x 25 x 22 cm (w/h/d)
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Sculpture "The Blue Horse", hand-painted cast version
The horse - Franz Marc's favourite motif - is a symbol of life par excellence. It connects past and future, heaven and earth. It stands powerfully and dynamically on the ground of reality and yet soars up into heavenly spheres. The colour blue symbolises the superior spiritual, freedom and infinity.
Sculpture after the original painting from 1911. Polymer cast, hand-poured and hand-painted. Size 12 x 25 x 22 cm (w/h/d).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
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Ich liebäugelte schon mehrere Jahre mit dieser Skulptur und jetzt gab ich einem spontanen Impuls nach, sie tatsächlich zu erwerben. Es handelt sich um eine sehr schöne Arbeit. Das Blau ist von einer solch außerordentlichen Tiefe, dass mir der Moment als ich die Verpackung löste und mein Blick zum ersten Mal darauf fiel, noch lange in Erinnerung bleiben wird. Sehr gerne geben wir dem 'Blauen Pferd' bei uns eine neue Heimat.
About Franz Marc
1880-1916
Franz Marc's unique talent was recognised and encouraged at the Munich Academy. On several trips to Paris, he discovered the works of van Gogh for the first time, which made a significant impression on him and helped him to develop an independent artistic language. Through his friend August Macke, he met Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter and Alfred Kubin, with whom he founded the Expressionist artists' association "Der Blaue Reiter" in 1911. At the outbreak of World War I, Marc was drafted into military service and died two years later in the Battle of Verdun.
Marc examined Naturalism, Art Nouveau and French Impressionism, but sought a new language of expression in order to be able to depict "the spiritual essence of things". With unprecedented consistency, he approached a new form of art in which colours acquired a symbolic meaning far beyond naturalistic representation: "Every colour must clearly say who and what it is, and must be set on clear shapes", Marc explained. For him, blue is the colour of the spiritual, red is love, passion and vulnerability, yellow is the sun and femininity.
Animal, in particular, were the focus of his painting, as they, in contrast to people, symbolised originality and purity to him. Just like Kandinsky, he sought the renewal of the spiritual in art.
The German artists‘ association "Der Blaue Reiter" ("The Blue Rider") was founded in 1911 in Munich by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc during the German Expressionist period.
The name was originally the title of a painting by Kandinsky and also the title of the almanac published by Kandinsky and Marc. Members included Paul Klee and August Macke, among others. The group criticised the prevailing art canon as too academic and elitist, demanding more openness and diversity. The artists turned away from realism and began to paint expressively in an increasingly abstract style using strong colours.
The group disbanded at the beginning of World War I.
Collective term for all casting processes that ars mundi carries out with the help of specialised art foundries.
Stone Casting
Similar to artificial marble, with the difference that instead of marble powder, the stone to be replicated is used in powder form.
Bonded Bronze (Cold-Cast-Bronze)
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Through special polishing and patination techniques, the surface of the cast takes on an appearance similar to that of bronze.
Imitation Wood
In order to guarantee absolute fidelity to the original, an artificially manufactured imitation wood is used as a base material that features typical wood characteristics: density, workability, colour, and surface structure.
Ceramic Mould Casting
Ceramic mould casting usually requires the use of casting clay, which is then fired and optionally glazed. Instead of the usual rubber moulds, plaster moulds are often used in ceramic casting and porcelain production.
Cast Bronze (Lost-Wax-Casting)
For the cast bronze, the thousand-year-old lost-wax technique is used. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures made of wood, ivory, or stone are carved directly from the material block, in bronze casting, a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.