Leo Wirth:
Garden sculpture "Flute Player", bronze
Leo Wirth:
Garden sculpture "Flute Player", bronze

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limited, 49 copies | numbered | signed | bronze | chiselled | patinated | size 68 x 26 x 39 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 24.5 kg

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Garden sculpture "Flute Player", bronze
Leo Wirth: Garden sculpture "Flute Player", bronze

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Garden sculpture "Flute Player", bronze

Leo Wirth works formally realistically, one could even say highly realistically. His figures are often completely contemporaries, including fashionable details. At the same time, he has an unmistakable eye for what is typical, almost clichéd, in our everyday lives and, last but not least, a good sense of humour.
However, his "Flute Player" shows another side of Wirth's work: his ability to express himself poetically. It is also realistic in its execution (for example, the clothing of the boy playing the flute is not coincidentally reminiscent of Tyrolean traditional costume). Nevertheless, the flute player enchants the viewer - who almost believes he can hear the sound of the flute: he listens deeply within himself and concentrates completely on his flute playing with closed eyes.

Sculpture in bronze, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled and patinated by hand. Limited to 49 numbered and signed copies. Size 68 x 26 x 39 cm (w/h/d), weight approx. 24.5 kg.

Artist Leo Wirth at work

About Leo Wirth

"It's the details that count" is the motto of sculptor Leo Wirth, and in each of his works, it is obvious how seriously he means it.

Leo Wirth works figuratively. With great dedication to detail, his works (portraits of people, fountain sculptures, religious and mythological motifs such as St. Francis or the Roman fertility goddess Ceres) come alive.

The same applies to his depiction of everyday people, which he is particularly interested in; people that any of us might run into on the street. His sculptures deal with human strengths and weaknesses and the challenges of life. It is easy to recognise oneself in those small, often humorous everyday life scenes. In their skilful execution, the realistic but also expressive sculptures are inviting to contemplate and reflect.

Leo Wirth, born in 1956, graduated from the technical school for wood and stone sculpture in Elbigenalp/Tyrol in 1989 as the best graduate of his year. Afterwards, he decided to start his own business as a freelance sculptor. His success proved him right. Today his large sculptures can be found in public places in Dorum by the North Sea ("Deicharbeiter") to Isny in the Allgäu ("Neidhammelbrunnen").

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