HANS KNESL* (Bad Pirawarth 1905 - 1971 Vienna)

HANS KNESL*
(Bad Pirawarth 1905 - ...

HANS KNESL*
(Bad Pirawarth 1905 - 1971 Vienna)
Striding woman, 1955
bronze, 52 x 24 x 15 cm
signed Knesel and dated 1955
Provenance: collection Gusel Austria, private property Vienna

ESTIMATE °€ 1.000 - 2.000

Austrian sculptor of the 20th century, representative of modernism after 1950. Already as a teenager interested in carving and sculptural representation. 1920 to 1924 training as a stonemason in Lage in Germany. Then studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts with Hans Bitterlich. Created portraits and models for the porcelain factory Metzler & Ortloff in Thuringia. During the Nazi era, his works were classified as degenerate art. From 1951 professor for sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts. Stays in the Waldviertel during the summer months, working with Mühldorfer marble. Development towards modern sculpture under the influence of Cubism. Sculptures made of marble, stone, concrete and bronze. Development of an idealized figure type in the direction of a plastic form. Classics of modern sculpture, forerunners of new realistic trends around Alfred Hrdlicka. 1986 Founding of the sculpture park in Bad Pirawarth in honor of the artist.