Sculpture "Rebekka" (1976), artificial stone
Sculpture "Rebekka" (1976), artificial stone
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limited, 499 copies | numbered | signed | museum replica | cast | handmade | height 37 cm
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Sculpture "Rebekka" (1976), artificial stone
Günther Christlein, who holds a doctorate in physics, has mastered both ancient and modern themes. A special and natural dynamic characterises his sculptures. Christlein sculpts the youthful "Rebekka" out of clay.
Sculpture. Signed and numbered. Limited world edition 499 copies. Polymer ars mundi museum replica. Hand-cast after the original work model with a terracotta-coloured surface. Height 37 cm.
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Ich habe diese Skulptur schon vor sehr vielen Jahre einmal in Ihrem Katalog und dann damals noch in Ihrem Geschäft in Konstanz gesehen , und sie schon damals sehr schön gefunden. Endlich habe ich sie mir nun gekauft (zum Glück war sie noch erhältlich) und sie gefällt mir sehr gut. Danke. Sie macht mir grosse Freude.
About Günther Christlein
The physicist with a doctorate, Günter Christlein, began his career as a sculptor after studying sculpture at the University of Munich.
Since the early 1960s, he has been modelling sculptures characterised by a great sensual physicality and erotic charisma. The expression and body language of his female figures are always sentimental and strive for a very specific form of sensual beauty or erotic appeal. He deliberately does not fully finish his sculptures but lets them grow out of their modelling clay. In this way, he creates contrasts that appeal to the viewer's senses, sense of form, mind and subconscious.
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 the substitute stone in powder form is used instead of marble powder.
Bonded Bronze (Cold-Cast-Bronze)
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the 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 from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, 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.