Bust "Worpswede Child", reduction in bronze
Bust "Worpswede Child", reduction in bronze
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 490 copies | numbered | foundry hallmark | certificate | bronze | patinated | reduction | size 20.5 x 20 x 11.5 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 2.1 kg
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Bust "Worpswede Child", reduction in bronze
For Hans am Ende, his academic studies in Munich proved to be unsuccessful, even paralysing. Instead of the classroom, he found more inspiration in the Schackgalerie and the Pinakothek. He was fascinated by the study of anatomy. And that is how he repeatedly concentrated on (head) portraits by drawing, etching and modelling. His "Worpswede Child" is a precise portrait as well as the hint of a mysterious beginning.
Sculpture in fine bronze, patinated. Cast by hand using the Lost-Wax-Process. The mould was taken directly from the original in plaster and reduced in size (reduction). In collaboration with the Kunsthalle Bremen. Limited edition of 490 copies, individually numbered and hallmarked with the foundry stamp. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size 20,5 x 20 x 11,5 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 2,1 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
"As a co-founder of the Worpswede artists' colony, Hans am Ende has a special significance for the collection of the Kunsthalle Bremen, as works by him were exhibited here as early as 1895. Today he is represented in our collection by important landscape paintings, numerous works on paper as well as the sculpture of the "Worpswede Child". The extremely fine and detailed portrait of the girl radiates an enchanting tranquillity and at the same time, conveys the great artistry of Hans am Ende. I am delighted that this wonderful portrait is now available to a wider circle of collectors through this high-quality reproduction." (Prof. Dr Christoph Grunenberg, Director of the Kunsthalle Bremen)
About Hans am Ende
In 1889 Hans am Ende co-founded the artists’ colony in Worpswede together with Fritz Mackensen, Otto Modersohn, Fritz Overbeck, Heinrich Vogeler and Carl Vinnen. Their participation in the Munich Artists' Cooperative Exhibition of 1895 resulted in honours and purchases for the small group and thus their artistic breakthrough.
Hans am Ende, born in Trier on 31 December 1864, became a student at the Munich Academy from 1884-89, with an interruption of two years. His personal acquaintance with Fritz Mackensen, who had discovered the unknown farming village in the Teufelsmoor north of Bremen by chance, prompted Ende to settle in Worpswede for good in 1889.
Hans am Ende's strongly coloured paintings mainly focus on the moorland. Here he was far away from the academic art establishment and found an immediately captivating experience of nature. He captured the rugged landscape in atmospheric, delicate nature paintings.
In his later work, the Swiss high mountains became the focus of his motifs. He spent the last years of his life there and died in 1918.
An alloy of copper with other metals (especially with tin) used since ancient times.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of his sculpture. It is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out. The liquid wax is poured into the negative mould. After cooling down, the wax cast is removed from the mould, provided with sprues and dipped into ceramic mass. The ceramic mass is hardened in a kiln, whereby the wax flows out (lost mould).
Now we finally have the negative form, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken off and the sculpture is revealed.
Now the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist himself or, to his specifications, by a specialist. Thus, each casting becomes an original work.
For lower-quality bronze castings, the sand casting method is often used which, however, does not achieve the results of a more complex lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
Sculptural representation of person's head and shoulders.
Graphic or sculpture edition that was initiated by ars mundi and is available only at ars mundi or at distribution partners licensed by ars mundi.
The style of Impressionism, which emerged in French painting around 1870, owes its name to Claude Monet's landscape 'Impression, Soleil Levant'. After initial rejection, it began a veritable triumphal procession.
Painters such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Auguste Renoir and others created motifs from everyday life, urban and landscape scenes in bright, natural light.
Impressionism can be seen as a reaction to academic painting. The emphasis was not on content with its strict rules of painting structure, but on the object as it appears at any given moment, in an often random cut out. The reality was seen in all its variety of colours in natural lighting. The Studio painting was replaced by open-air painting.
Through the brightening of the palette and the dissolution of firm contours, a new approach to colour emerged. In many cases, the colours were no longer mixed on the palette but side by side on the canvas so that the final impression lies in the eye of the viewer with a certain distance. In "Pointillism", (with painters such as Georges Seurat or Paul Signac) this principle was taken to the extreme.
Outside France, Impressionism was taken up by painters such as Max Slevogt, Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth in Germany, and by James A. M. Whistler in the United States.
However, Impressionism was only expressed to a limited extent in the art of sculpture. In the works of Auguste Rodin, who is considered one of the main representatives, a dissolution of surfaces is evident, in which the play of light and shadow is included in the artistic expression. Degas and Renoir created sculptures as well.
Term for an art object (sculpture, installation), which is produced in multiple copies in a limited and numbered edition according to the artist‘s will.
Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.
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.