A Stone Thrower
Hugo Siegwart (Malters 1865 - Luzern 1938)
Lot-No. 610
Proceeds : 1.800 €
Around 1913. Bronze, brown patinated. H. 32,5 cm, stone plinth: H. 4 cm. Signed on the plinth HUGO SIEGWART, foundry stamp GUSS A. BRANDSTETTER MUNICH. - Swiss sculptor and medallist, studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Lucerne, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the École des beaux-arts in Paris under Alexandre Falguière, participated several times in the exhibitions of the Salon de Paris, worked in his own studio in Lucerne since 1890, one of his most famous works is the Pestalozzi monument in Zurich. Lit.: Thieme/Becker, vol. 29/30, p. 600
Hugo Siegwart: A Stone Thrower
Hugo Siegwart (Malters 1865 - Luzern 1938)
A Stone Thrower
Lot-No. 610
Proceeds : 1.800 €
Around 1913. Bronze, brown patinated. H. 32,5 cm, stone plinth: H. 4 cm. Signed on the plinth HUGO SIEGWART, foundry stamp GUSS A. BRANDSTETTER MUNICH. - Swiss sculptor and medallist, studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Lucerne, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the École des beaux-arts in Paris under Alexandre Falguière, participated several times in the exhibitions of the Salon de Paris, worked in his own studio in Lucerne since 1890, one of his most famous works is the Pestalozzi monument in Zurich. Lit.: Thieme/Becker, vol. 29/30, p. 600
