A Bathing Woman Reflected in the Water
Max Klinger (Leipzig 1857 - Großjena 1920)
Lot-No. 487
Proceeds : 4.200 €
Early 20th cent. Black patinated bronze, veined marble base. Figure: H. 24,5 cm, base: H. 9,5 cm. Monogr.: MK. Base rim with tiny chips. Reduced version in bronze after the monumental sculpture created in 1896/97 in Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste - German painter, sculptor, draughtsman a. graphic artist, a main exponent of symbolism. K. studied since 1874 under K. Gussow in Karlsruhe a. Berlin. Since 1878 he exhibited at the Berlin academy, but went to Brussels in 1879 to continue his studies under E. Wauters. In 1895 he moved to Leipzig where he later became professor. He was member of the artist's group 'Gruppe der XI' in Berlin a. founding director of the Villa Romana society. K. was one of the most versatile a. successful artists of his time. Mus.: Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Mus.), Leipzig, Dresden (Albertinum), Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker a. others.
Max Klinger: A Bathing Woman Reflected in the Water
Max Klinger (Leipzig 1857 - Großjena 1920)
A Bathing Woman Reflected in the Water
Lot-No. 487
Proceeds : 4.200 €
Early 20th cent. Black patinated bronze, veined marble base. Figure: H. 24,5 cm, base: H. 9,5 cm. Monogr.: MK. Base rim with tiny chips. Reduced version in bronze after the monumental sculpture created in 1896/97 in Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste - German painter, sculptor, draughtsman a. graphic artist, a main exponent of symbolism. K. studied since 1874 under K. Gussow in Karlsruhe a. Berlin. Since 1878 he exhibited at the Berlin academy, but went to Brussels in 1879 to continue his studies under E. Wauters. In 1895 he moved to Leipzig where he later became professor. He was member of the artist's group 'Gruppe der XI' in Berlin a. founding director of the Villa Romana society. K. was one of the most versatile a. successful artists of his time. Mus.: Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Mus.), Leipzig, Dresden (Albertinum), Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker a. others.
