The Fairy Tale Hour
Victor Heinrich Seifert (Döbling bei Wien 1870 - Berlin 1953)
Lot-No. 605
Bronze, darkbrown patinated. Figure: H. 39 cm, stonebase: H. 12 cm. Signed Prof. V. Seifert. Stone base minor chipped. Tranquil genre depiction of two girls sitting intimately next to each other on a bench, engrossed in an open book - German sculptor. Seifert attended schools in Vienna and Munich and studied at the Museum of Decorative Arts and at the Berlin Art Academy under Ernst Herter, Ludwig Manzel and Peter Breuer. After World War I he was one of the busiest sculptors in Germany. He created a large number of statues and war memorials. Lit.: Thieme/Becker; Vollmer
Victor Heinrich Seifert: The Fairy Tale Hour
Victor Heinrich Seifert (Döbling bei Wien 1870 - Berlin 1953)
The Fairy Tale Hour
Lot-No. 605
Bronze, darkbrown patinated. Figure: H. 39 cm, stonebase: H. 12 cm. Signed Prof. V. Seifert. Stone base minor chipped. Tranquil genre depiction of two girls sitting intimately next to each other on a bench, engrossed in an open book - German sculptor. Seifert attended schools in Vienna and Munich and studied at the Museum of Decorative Arts and at the Berlin Art Academy under Ernst Herter, Ludwig Manzel and Peter Breuer. After World War I he was one of the busiest sculptors in Germany. He created a large number of statues and war memorials. Lit.: Thieme/Becker; Vollmer
