Bust "Lowered Female Head" (1910), bronze version
Bust "Lowered Female Head" (1910), bronze version
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Bust "Lowered Female Head" (1910), bronze version
Auguste Rodin's work influenced many artists including Lehmbruck. His motif is the human being, often departing from real body proportions to achieve a stronger pictorial expression. Like Rodin, he later concentrated on individual parts of the body. The "Lowered Female Head" is ultimately a part of his "Tall Standing Woman" of 1910, which he modified as a bust by limiting it to the head, neck and shoulders.
Sculpture "Lowered Woman's Head":
Edition in fine bronze, cast by hand using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled, polished and patinated red-brown. Directly moulded from the original and reduced in size (reduction). Limited edition of 980 copies, individually numbered and with the signature taken from the original as well as the foundry hallmark. ars mundi Exclusive Edition, published in cooperation with the Kunsthalle Bremen. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size 23 x 23 x 13 cm (h/w/d). Weight 4.5 kg.
"Wilhelm Lehmbruck is one of the pioneers of modern sculpture, but he has always remained true to the human figure and fundamental humanity. In my opinion, this manifests itself particularly beautifully in the 'Lowered Woman's Head' from 1910. The sculptor is closely associated with the Kunsthalle Bremen, partly because of the then director Siegfried Salzmann, who previously was the director of the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg." (Prof. Dr Christoph Grunenberg, Director of the Kunsthalle Bremen)
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About Wilhelm Lehmbruck
1881-1919
Together with Ernst Barlach and Käthe Kollwitz, Wilhelm Lehmbruck is one of the most important German sculptors of the early 20th century.
Fortunate circumstances led the son of a miner to an arts and crafts school and finally to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1901, where he became a master-class student of Karl Janssen.
In 1904, the first major Rodin exhibition in Germany left a lasting impression on the student. His artistic environment had a decisive influence on Lehmbruck's development. In Paris in 1910, he met Matisse, Archipenko, Brancusi and Modigliani, who encouraged his path towards expressionist sculpture.
An alloy of copper with other metals (especially with tin) used since ancient times. It is an ideal metal for high-quality artistic castings, capable of enduring for millennia.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. This is the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of their work. This model is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out, leaving a negative mould. Liquid wax is then 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, where the wax melts away (lost mould).
Finally, the negative mould is ready, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken apart, reavoling the sculpture.
Next, the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist or by a specialist, following their instructions. Thus, each casting is 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 elaborate lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
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Artistic movement that replaced Impressionism in the early 20th century.
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A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures made of wood, ivory, or stone are carved directly from the material block, in bronze casting, a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
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