A bronze sculpture 'Schauende'
Fritz Klimsch (Frankfurt/M. 1870 - Saig 1960)
Lot-No. 927
The cast probably 1994. Bronze, polished, the bottom closed with a plate, h. 32 cm, on the bottom side marked 'Klimsch', the cast probably by Ernst Strassacker, Süssen. - 1994 the son of Fritz Klimsch, Reinhold Klimsch, ordered a special cast of this sculpture by the foundry Strassacker (order confirmation and foto exist). After the oral confirmation by client's wife the sculpture isn't any longer family-owned. With high probability the existing sculpture is the special production of 1994. - Originally Klimsch created in 1932 by order of Carl Duisburg, the general manager of the Bayer-Werke, a larger-than-life bronze-sculpture 'Schauende' for the public pool in Leverkusen. For her face he idealized the face of the young girl Dorothea Anger. According to Strassacker in 1949 the first examples of the 'Schauende' at a smaller size were cast. In contrast to the 'Kleine Schauende' from 1936 the 'see-through' under the chin is open. - Comp.: Braun, Catalogue of works: only 'Schauende' 161(larger-than-life bronze) and 'Kleine Schauende' 180. 1 - Fritz Klimsch is recognised as one of the most marked sculpturers of the 20th cent. in Germany. 1886-94 he visited the Berlin Academy and was a student of Fritz Schaper. 1898 he became co-founder and member of the managing board of the Berlin secession. 1921 he received a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Charlottenburg. 1945, after a stopover in Salzburg, Klimsch settled down in Saig near Freiburg. His stays in Italy and Greece had a formative influence on him artistically. His extensive oeuvre contains monuments, portraits and single sculptures. The main topic of his work is the ideal female body shape, for example the sculptures 'Kauernde' (1913), 'Badende' (1918) or 'Versonnene' (1923). Comp.: Vollmer, Braun, H.: Fritz Klimsch. Eine Dokumentation, Köln, 1991.
Fritz Klimsch: A bronze sculpture 'Schauende'
Fritz Klimsch (Frankfurt/M. 1870 - Saig 1960)
A bronze sculpture 'Schauende'
Lot-No. 927
The cast probably 1994. Bronze, polished, the bottom closed with a plate, h. 32 cm, on the bottom side marked 'Klimsch', the cast probably by Ernst Strassacker, Süssen. - 1994 the son of Fritz Klimsch, Reinhold Klimsch, ordered a special cast of this sculpture by the foundry Strassacker (order confirmation and foto exist). After the oral confirmation by client's wife the sculpture isn't any longer family-owned. With high probability the existing sculpture is the special production of 1994. - Originally Klimsch created in 1932 by order of Carl Duisburg, the general manager of the Bayer-Werke, a larger-than-life bronze-sculpture 'Schauende' for the public pool in Leverkusen. For her face he idealized the face of the young girl Dorothea Anger. According to Strassacker in 1949 the first examples of the 'Schauende' at a smaller size were cast. In contrast to the 'Kleine Schauende' from 1936 the 'see-through' under the chin is open. - Comp.: Braun, Catalogue of works: only 'Schauende' 161(larger-than-life bronze) and 'Kleine Schauende' 180. 1 - Fritz Klimsch is recognised as one of the most marked sculpturers of the 20th cent. in Germany. 1886-94 he visited the Berlin Academy and was a student of Fritz Schaper. 1898 he became co-founder and member of the managing board of the Berlin secession. 1921 he received a professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Charlottenburg. 1945, after a stopover in Salzburg, Klimsch settled down in Saig near Freiburg. His stays in Italy and Greece had a formative influence on him artistically. His extensive oeuvre contains monuments, portraits and single sculptures. The main topic of his work is the ideal female body shape, for example the sculptures 'Kauernde' (1913), 'Badende' (1918) or 'Versonnene' (1923). Comp.: Vollmer, Braun, H.: Fritz Klimsch. Eine Dokumentation, Köln, 1991.
