Sculpture "The World", bonded bronze version
Sculpture "The World", bonded bronze version
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limited, 49 copies | bonded bronze | height 165 cm
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Sculpture "The World", bonded bronze version
His statues, wall reliefs and fountains, groups of figures, material pictures and exhibitions in Germany and abroad have made the painter and sculptor Rainer Stiefvater well-known throughout the world. Therefore, this work, which was only published in a small edition for collectors and which solemnly praises the beauty of creation, may soon be sold out very soon.
The artist, who was fond of mystery cults, was inspired to create his archaic frontal figure by sculptures from the Freiburg Cathedral. In doing so, he went back to their natural-cultural sources, to the Magna Mater, once celebrated as the mistress of the earth with orgiastic spring festivals. This cycle symbolises the growth rings rising from her shoulders. On her back, she carries a lizard, which has been a symbol of the dark powers since the High Middle Ages.
Edition in polymer-bound art bronze. Edition of 49 copies. Height 165 cm.
About Rainer Stiefvater
The German painter and sculptor Rainer Stiefvater was born in 1943. He trained as a stove fitter and tiler, but he soon devoted himself to the fine arts and trained at the Basel School of Applied Arts and the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. In over 40 years as a freelance artist, he created an extensive body of work, including sculptures, statues, wall reliefs, fountains and material pictures, which he designed both abstractly and figuratively.
In addition to exhibitions at home and abroad, he has taken on various public commissions, including sculptures for the city of Freiburg.
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the bronze.
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.