Archer
Joseph Uphues (Sassenberg 1850 - Berlin 1911)
Lot-No. 223
Hammer Price: 1.000 €
Designed 1884, made soon after. Bronze, dark patinated. Figure: H. 58 cm, marble base: H. 3 cm. Sigend J. Uphues, foundry mark AKT. GES. v. H. GLADENBECK u. S. BERLIN. Uphues created the ancient-inspired Archer motif in 1884 and was awarded 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 33, S. 586.
Joseph Uphues: Archer
Joseph Uphues (Sassenberg 1850 - Berlin 1911)
Archer
Lot-No. 223
Hammer Price: 1.000 €
| Date: | Designed 1884, made soon after |
| Technique: | Bronze, dark patinated |
| Dimensions: | Figure: H. 58 cm, marble base: H. 3 cm |
| Mark/Notation: | Sigend J. Uphues, foundry mark AKT. GES. v. H. GLADENBECK u. S. BERLIN |
| Description: | Uphues created the ancient-inspired Archer motif in 1884 and was awarded the gold medal for it in Melbourne in 1889. The Gladenbeck bronze foundry offered it in various sizes |
Vita:
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 33, S. 586.
