Sculpture "Doctor", cast wood finish
Sculpture "Doctor", cast wood finish
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replica | cast | partly hand-painted | size 8 x 31 x 7.5 cm (w/h/d)
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Sculpture "Doctor", cast wood finish
The sculptor Roman Johann Strobl works filigree and expressive sculptures out of massive trunks with a chain saw. His feeling for the material and his virtuoso handling of his tool even enable him to create astonishingly precise portraits - for example, at the Expo 2000, when he carved the portrait of former Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schröder out of a tree trunk in front of a stunned audience.
Strobl's portrait of his profession shows him from his cheerful side: the victorious doctor fighting with the Asclepius snake shows humorously what the representative of this profession is made of.
Replica of a filigree wooden sculpture. Polymer cast in wood finish, partly painted by hand, size 8 x 31 x 7,5 cm (w/h/d).
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About Roman Johann Strobl
Born in 1951, Austrian sculptor
The sculptor and painter Roman Johann Strobl, who lives in Going am Wilden Kaiser, has made a name for himself among art collectors and gallery owners above all with his wooden sculptures, which are filigree, expressive and cheerfully dynamic. He has attracted public attention for his redesign of the German film award "Lola" and portraits of the former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schröder, among others.
The Austrian was born in 1951 and grew up in a traditional woodcarving family. Already at the age of 14, he learned the woodcarving trade in his father's workshop. To deepen his skills, Strobl studied sculpture under Professor Sebastian Cosamale in Todi, Italy. This was followed by numerous journeys to the Middle East, India and the roots of Greek mythology on Crete, which provided the artist with lasting inspiration for themes for his sculptural work.
Strobl experimented with a wide variety of techniques and materials for a long time. However, stone sculpture slowly became the focus of his artistic work. In 1997, he finally turned back to wood as a means of expression. But no longer with the carving knife but with the electric chainsaw with which he creates his objects with incredible precision like no other.
Strobl's oeuvre includes sculptures in wood, marble and stone. Moreover, he created a series of expressive picture cycles on canvas and drawings. Since the mid-1980s, his works have been regularly represented at exhibitions in Germany and Austria. His sculptural work is presented in public spaces ("Kunst am Bau") on buildings in Munich, Hanover and in Austria. Strobl has also appeared in chainsaw performances, including in the Austrian pavilion at EXPO 2000 in Hanover and Ahrensburg (2001), where he portrayed the Italian sculptor Bruno Bruni.
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.