A bronze sculpture 'Male nude with ball'
Georg Mattes (Nürnberg 1874 - München 1942)
Lot-No. 422
Proceeds : 12.000 €
1899. Bronze with black patina, h. 53,5 cm, w. 95 cm, d. 36 cm, on the base sign. Mattes, laterally foundry mark ''GUSS V.A. BRANDSTETTER MÜNCHEN'. Another copy exists in the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich. - Literature: Another example exists in the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, furthermore see Sotheby's Paris, sale 28 November 2007, lot 15. - 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.
Georg Mattes: A bronze sculpture 'Male nude with ball'
Georg Mattes (Nürnberg 1874 - München 1942)
A bronze sculpture 'Male nude with ball'
Lot-No. 422
Proceeds : 12.000 €
1899. Bronze with black patina, h. 53,5 cm, w. 95 cm, d. 36 cm, on the base sign. Mattes, laterally foundry mark ''GUSS V.A. BRANDSTETTER MÜNCHEN'. Another copy exists in the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich. - Literature: Another example exists in the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, furthermore see Sotheby's Paris, sale 28 November 2007, lot 15. - 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.
