A Descending Female Nude
Richard Scheibe (Chemnitz 1879 - Berlin 1964)
Lot-No. 475
Proceeds : 18.900 €
1944. Zinc casting. H. 67 cm. Sign. R. Sch. Female, descending nude in calm, balanced pose, the head with shoulder-length hair turned to the r., the r. leg bent. Leg bent. - From the end of the 1920s onwards, Scheibe was primarily concerned with nude sculpture: "The calm stance of his figures, which avoid anything exaggerated both in form and in emotional content, is of the greatest importance for his work" (cited after U. Berger) - Exhibitions: Große Dt. Kunstausst. im Haus der Dt. Kunst (Neuer Glaspalast) 1944, lauf. Nr. 803, Saal 30 - Literature: Cat. rais. George 1961, no. 365; another copy auctioned on 2.12.2011 at Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg; - Provenance: Acquired in 1944 at the Große Deutsche Kunstausst. Munich; since then private property, Southern Germany - German sculptor and painter. After studying painting in Dresden and Munich (1897-99), Scheibe travelled to Italy for two years, where he met Georg Kolbe. He formed a lifelong friendship with Kolbe. In 1907, he turned to sculpture and moved to Berlin, where he became a member of the Secession in 1914. A central sculptural theme is initially the animal world, only later does he turn to the human figure and the subject of the portrait bust. In 1925 he takes over the management of the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt/Main and later moves to the Berlin-Wilmersdorf Academy of Fine Arts as Fritz Klimsch's successor. In 1952 he received the Art Prize of the City of Berlin, and a year later the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The artist had an extraordinary and intensive relationship with the Reemtsma family, for whom he created works in the fields of architectural sculpture, interior design, tombstones and the portrait. - Since 1984, the artist's estate has been in the Georg-Kolbe-Museum in Berlin, where his life's work was comprehensively honoured in a major retrospective in 2004 Mus.: Berlin, Georg-Kolbe-Museum; Wien, Belvedere; Dresden, Staatl. Kunstsammlungen; Lit.: Berger, Ursel [Ed.]. Exh. Cat. Nymphe und Narziss. Der Bildhauer Richard Scheibe (1879-1964). Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, 2004
Richard Scheibe: A Descending Female Nude
Richard Scheibe (Chemnitz 1879 - Berlin 1964)
A Descending Female Nude
Lot-No. 475
Proceeds : 18.900 €
1944. Zinc casting. H. 67 cm. Sign. R. Sch. Female, descending nude in calm, balanced pose, the head with shoulder-length hair turned to the r., the r. leg bent. Leg bent. - From the end of the 1920s onwards, Scheibe was primarily concerned with nude sculpture: "The calm stance of his figures, which avoid anything exaggerated both in form and in emotional content, is of the greatest importance for his work" (cited after U. Berger) - Exhibitions: Große Dt. Kunstausst. im Haus der Dt. Kunst (Neuer Glaspalast) 1944, lauf. Nr. 803, Saal 30 - Literature: Cat. rais. George 1961, no. 365; another copy auctioned on 2.12.2011 at Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg; - Provenance: Acquired in 1944 at the Große Deutsche Kunstausst. Munich; since then private property, Southern Germany - German sculptor and painter. After studying painting in Dresden and Munich (1897-99), Scheibe travelled to Italy for two years, where he met Georg Kolbe. He formed a lifelong friendship with Kolbe. In 1907, he turned to sculpture and moved to Berlin, where he became a member of the Secession in 1914. A central sculptural theme is initially the animal world, only later does he turn to the human figure and the subject of the portrait bust. In 1925 he takes over the management of the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt/Main and later moves to the Berlin-Wilmersdorf Academy of Fine Arts as Fritz Klimsch's successor. In 1952 he received the Art Prize of the City of Berlin, and a year later the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The artist had an extraordinary and intensive relationship with the Reemtsma family, for whom he created works in the fields of architectural sculpture, interior design, tombstones and the portrait. - Since 1984, the artist's estate has been in the Georg-Kolbe-Museum in Berlin, where his life's work was comprehensively honoured in a major retrospective in 2004 Mus.: Berlin, Georg-Kolbe-Museum; Wien, Belvedere; Dresden, Staatl. Kunstsammlungen; Lit.: Berger, Ursel [Ed.]. Exh. Cat. Nymphe und Narziss. Der Bildhauer Richard Scheibe (1879-1964). Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, 2004
