Orpheus
Georg Mattes (Nürnberg 1874 - München 1942)
Lot-No. 579
The large bronze figure is finely crafted and rich in detail and shows Orpheus, the singer and poet of Greek mythology, with his typical attribute, the harp. Around 1900. Bronze, traces of black laquer. H. 61 cm. On the plinth signed: G. MATTES, on the plinth rim foundry stamp: GUSS H KLEMENT MÜNCHEN. Small repair sites. - German sculptor and painter. Education at the Kunstgewerbeschule Nuremberg (1890-1894), 1894 entry into the sculpture class of Wilhelm von Rümann at the Kgl. Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, 1907 own workshop in Munich. - Mattes and his famous contemporary Franz von Stuck were representants of the Symbolism. He then went to the religious sculptural art and created numerous works for churches in Munich, also he produced fountains, reliefs, war memorials, busts and nude figures. Mus.: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich; Kunsthalle Bremen; Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg; Sportmuseum Nuremberg. Lit.: Thieme/Becker, Vollmer, Saur (AKLONLINE), Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon 2007, Leseigneur, Der Bildhauer Prof. Georg Mattes und seine Werke, private print, Munich 2006.
Georg Mattes: Orpheus
Georg Mattes (Nürnberg 1874 - München 1942)
Orpheus
Lot-No. 579
The large bronze figure is finely crafted and rich in detail and shows Orpheus, the singer and poet of Greek mythology, with his typical attribute, the harp. Around 1900. Bronze, traces of black laquer. H. 61 cm. On the plinth signed: G. MATTES, on the plinth rim foundry stamp: GUSS H KLEMENT MÜNCHEN. Small repair sites. - German sculptor and painter. Education at the Kunstgewerbeschule Nuremberg (1890-1894), 1894 entry into the sculpture class of Wilhelm von Rümann at the Kgl. Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, 1907 own workshop in Munich. - Mattes and his famous contemporary Franz von Stuck were representants of the Symbolism. He then went to the religious sculptural art and created numerous works for churches in Munich, also he produced fountains, reliefs, war memorials, busts and nude figures. Mus.: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich; Kunsthalle Bremen; Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg; Sportmuseum Nuremberg. Lit.: Thieme/Becker, Vollmer, Saur (AKLONLINE), Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon 2007, Leseigneur, Der Bildhauer Prof. Georg Mattes und seine Werke, private print, Munich 2006.
