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Early-20th Century Bronze Vase Entitled "Fée des Bois" by Charles Korschann

Name: Early-20th Century Bronze Vase Entitled "Fée des Bois" by Charles Korschann
Brand: Charles Korschann
Price: 3051.13 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

A very beautiful late 19th Century French Art Nouveau bronze vase decorated with two gilt bronze female figures sitting upon a tree stump. The surface of the vase with excellent detail and very fine colour, signed Korschann and with foundry mark for Louchet Paris Additional information Height: 15 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1900 Materials: Bronze Foundry: Louchet Paris About Charles Korschann Biography Charles Korschann (1872-1943). Born in Brno in Moravia, he attended the Fine Arts Academies in Vienna and Berlin. Although he frequently returned to Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but a constituent part of Czecho-Slovakia after the First World War, he spent most of his life after 1894 in Paris. He designed many small mostly Art Nouveau subjects including vases, inkwells, clocks, lamps, wall sconces, and jardinières among those with some utility, often with full figures of elegant women, nearly always with hieratic expressions or Symbolist poses. He exhibited at the Salons of the Société des Artistes Français from 1894 to 1905, and was awarded a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. He worked with gilt and patinated bronze, bronze with polychrome glazed and unglazed ceramics, and pewter, most cast and edited by Louchet. He executed a bust of Alphonse Mucha for the museum in Brno. Art Nouveau The Art Nouveau style of sculpture began as a French phenomenon, a demonstration of wealth looking for the latest ways to furnish homes. The Art Nouveau style was exploring themes such as nature, symbolism and the adoration of the female form. Art Nouveau sculptors broke away from the classical forms of sculpture that had been taught at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and started to create sensuous figures and busts of naked or semi-clad maidens entwined with flowers and dancing with lucid eroticism. Art Nouveau was a movement that swept through the decorative arts and architecture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Generating enthusiasts throughout Europe and beyond, the movement issued in a wide variety of styles, and, consequently, it is known by various names, such as the Glasgow Style, or, in the German-speaking world, Jugendstil. Art Nouveau was aimed at modernizing design, seeking to escape the eclectic historical styles that had previously been popular. Artists drew inspiration from both organic and geometric forms, evolving elegant designs that united flowing, natural forms with more angular contours. The movement was committed to abolishing the traditional hierarchy of the arts, which viewed so-called liberal arts, such as painting and sculpture, as superior to craft-based decorative arts, and ultimately it had far more influence on the latter. The style went out of fashion after it gave way to Art Deco in the 1920s, but it experienced a popular revival in the 1960s, and it is now seen as an important predecessor of Modernism. The desire to abandon the historical styles of the 19th century was an important impetus behind Art Nouveau and one that establishes the movement’s modernism. Industrial production was, at that point, widespread, and yet the decorative arts were increasingly dominated by poorly made objects imitating earlier periods. The practitioners of Art Nouveau sought to revive good workmanship, raise the status of craft, and produce genuinely modern design.

Creator:

Charles Korschann (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 5.91 in (15 cm)Width: 0 in (0.01 mm)Depth: 0 in (0.01 mm)

Style:

Art Nouveau (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Bronze,Cast

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

Early 20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1900

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Excellent. Excellent Original Condition Please note that our items are genuine antiques with considerable age. It is therefore normal that they will show some signs of wear and handling to the surface.

Seller Location:

London, GB

Reference Number:

Seller: 84091stDibs: LU3216329090212

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