Head
Michael Croissant (Landau in der Pfalz 1928 - München 2002)
Lot-No. 601
Proceeds : 2.300 €
1982. Bronze with darkbrown patina. 13,5 x 15 x 19 cm. Inside monogr. MC, numbered copy 16/35. - Literature: Cat. rais. Gabler/Ohnesorge 454 - Croissant counts among the most outstanding representatives of German sculpture in the second half of the 20th century. After an apprenticeship as a stonemason and attending a private art school, he studied at the Munich Art Academy under Toni Stadler, and from 1966 to 1988 he held a professorship at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. C. left behind a very extensive oeuvre of over 1500 works. The central theme of his art was the figure, his style is characterised by radical simplification of form and abstraction. Mus.: Städel-Museum, Frankfurt a.M.; Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen und Lenbachhaus, Munich; Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg; Museum Ludwig, Cologne etc.
Michael Croissant: Head
Michael Croissant (Landau in der Pfalz 1928 - München 2002)
Head
Lot-No. 601
Proceeds : 2.300 €
1982. Bronze with darkbrown patina. 13,5 x 15 x 19 cm. Inside monogr. MC, numbered copy 16/35. - Literature: Cat. rais. Gabler/Ohnesorge 454 - Croissant counts among the most outstanding representatives of German sculpture in the second half of the 20th century. After an apprenticeship as a stonemason and attending a private art school, he studied at the Munich Art Academy under Toni Stadler, and from 1966 to 1988 he held a professorship at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. C. left behind a very extensive oeuvre of over 1500 works. The central theme of his art was the figure, his style is characterised by radical simplification of form and abstraction. Mus.: Städel-Museum, Frankfurt a.M.; Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen und Lenbachhaus, Munich; Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg; Museum Ludwig, Cologne etc.
