Sculpture "Tuscany Landscape" (2014), bronze
Sculpture "Tuscany Landscape" (2014), bronze
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bronze | chased | polished | patinated | signed | foundry stamp | certificate | size 14.5 x 38.5 x 2.5 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 1.4 kg
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Sculpture "Tuscany Landscape" (2014), bronze
Hubert Lang has created an expressive bronze here, which reduces Tuscany to its basic elements and typical features. At first glance, it is evident to the viewer that only an artist who has experienced and traversed this landscape hundreds, even thousands of times, could create such a piece. The suggestion of an old villa, towering cypresses and a sprawling pine tree, along with an old bridge built in the Roman architectural style - that's all it takes to capture the essence of the Tuscan landscape in a visual concept.
Sculpture in fine bronze, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled by hand, polished and patinated. Signed and hallmarked with the foundry stamp. With certificate. Size 14.5 x 38.5 x 2.5 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 1.4 kg.
Customer reviews
Sehr schöne Skulptur, wahrscheinlich mit ein bisschen Seltenheitswert
- kam sehr gut an, deshalb gleich noch 1 bestellt
- leider etwas dunkler als im Katalog
Die Skulptur ist sehr schön und wurde gut verpackt. Ich fände es gut, wenn bei einem solchen Kunstwerk ein kleiner "Steckbrief" mit Angaben zu Künstler/in, Entstehungsjahr, etc. in Größe einer Postkarte beigelegt würde.
Von dieser Kleinigkeit abgesehen: Alles prima!
About Hubert Lang
"Art and the art of the landscape unite in Siena and its region to form a symbiosis of harmony and poetry," states a portrait film on the painter and sculptor Hubert Lang (born in 1946). This statement applies perfectly to Lang's art. It is shaped to the core by his decades-long love of Tuscany and the art of the Old Masters - which is especially present.
Lang's preoccupation with the art and landscape of the region has found expression in a large number of works. He has worked as a painter for more than a quarter of a century on "The Road from Castelnuovo Berardenga to Siena". It is an impressive cycle of works that shows him to be an admirer of the Old Masters but also a profound connoisseur of modernism. As a sculptor, he has created a series of expressive bronzes that reduce Tuscany to its basic elements and typical features and which make it clear to the viewer at first glance that only an artist who has experienced and walked through this landscape hundreds, even thousands of times can create them.
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.
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.