An Archer
Joseph Uphues (Sassenberg 1850 - Berlin 1911)
Lot-No. 549
Proceeds : 600 €
Around 1900. Bronze, dark patinated. Signed 'J. Uphues', foundry stamp 'AKTIEN-GES. FORM. H. GLADENBECK & SON FRIEDRICHSHAGEN. Arch dam. Figure: h. 34 cm, marble base (min. chipped): h. 2 cm. - The sculptor created the subject of the archer, inspired by antiquity, in 1884 and received the gold medal for it in Melbourne in 1889. The Gladenbeck bronze foundry offered it in various sizes. - German sculptor. As a master student of Reinhold Begas, Uphues was an esteemed monument sculptor of the Wilhelminian era. From 1892 he had his own studio in Berlin and became a member of the Berlin Secession. Lit.: Thieme/Becker Bd. 33, S. 586.
Joseph Uphues: An Archer
Joseph Uphues (Sassenberg 1850 - Berlin 1911)
An Archer
Lot-No. 549
Proceeds : 600 €
Around 1900. Bronze, dark patinated. Signed 'J. Uphues', foundry stamp 'AKTIEN-GES. FORM. H. GLADENBECK & SON FRIEDRICHSHAGEN. Arch dam. Figure: h. 34 cm, marble base (min. chipped): h. 2 cm. - The sculptor created the subject of the archer, inspired by antiquity, in 1884 and received the gold medal for it in Melbourne in 1889. The Gladenbeck bronze foundry offered it in various sizes. - German sculptor. As a master student of Reinhold Begas, Uphues was an esteemed monument sculptor of the Wilhelminian era. From 1892 he had his own studio in Berlin and became a member of the Berlin Secession. Lit.: Thieme/Becker Bd. 33, S. 586.
