Fighting birds
Pierre (Hans Adolf Peter) Schumann (Heide (Holst.) 1917 - Eutin 2011)
Lot-No. 737
Proceeds : 2.000 €
Design and execution of the large sculpture 1968. Bronze, green patinated. On the reverse sign. 'Schumann', numbered copy '17/60'. H. 30 x w. 24 x d. 11 cm - The fighting birds, preserved as a large sculpture in six casts in the sculpture park Schloss Gottorf, Kiel, Ahrensburg etc., are among the most popular works of the sculptor. The reduction of the form to essential structures shows the strong inspiration by the works of Henry Moore, whom Schumann admired throughout his life. - German sculptor. Trained at the Hochschule f. Bildende Künste Hamburg under E. Scharff and at the Stuttgart Academy under O. Baum, 1954-1964 he stayed in Paris. Since 1955 he worked as a freelance artist in Hamburg in his studio at Lerchenfeld, 1974 he moved to Sagau-Kassedorf near Eutin, since 1964 he had another studio in Carrara. - Schumann created sculptures and wall designs, his preferred material was marble. Mus.: Kiel (Kunsthalle), Schleswig (SHLM) u.a. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, S. 418; Ausst. Kat. Pierre Schumann Skulpturen 1950-1991, hrsg.Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmusem und Autoren, Neumünster 1992.
Pierre (Hans Adolf Peter) Schumann: Fighting birds
Pierre (Hans Adolf Peter) Schumann (Heide (Holst.) 1917 - Eutin 2011)
Fighting birds
Lot-No. 737
Proceeds : 2.000 €
Design and execution of the large sculpture 1968. Bronze, green patinated. On the reverse sign. 'Schumann', numbered copy '17/60'. H. 30 x w. 24 x d. 11 cm - The fighting birds, preserved as a large sculpture in six casts in the sculpture park Schloss Gottorf, Kiel, Ahrensburg etc., are among the most popular works of the sculptor. The reduction of the form to essential structures shows the strong inspiration by the works of Henry Moore, whom Schumann admired throughout his life. - German sculptor. Trained at the Hochschule f. Bildende Künste Hamburg under E. Scharff and at the Stuttgart Academy under O. Baum, 1954-1964 he stayed in Paris. Since 1955 he worked as a freelance artist in Hamburg in his studio at Lerchenfeld, 1974 he moved to Sagau-Kassedorf near Eutin, since 1964 he had another studio in Carrara. - Schumann created sculptures and wall designs, his preferred material was marble. Mus.: Kiel (Kunsthalle), Schleswig (SHLM) u.a. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, S. 418; Ausst. Kat. Pierre Schumann Skulpturen 1950-1991, hrsg.Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmusem und Autoren, Neumünster 1992.
