Bull Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna ca. 1960
Bull, Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna, ca. 1960, carved wood, brass, marked
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Description
After World War II, Franz Hagenauer rented an empty carpentry workshop in the Salzkammergut along with its stock of various woods. From 1945 until the late 1960s, charming and often humorous animal sculptures were produced in Fuschl am See and Vienna. These models were crafted from local woods, occasionally from exotic woods. This group of animal sculptures also includes this bull carved from wood with a few but perfectly placed details – such as a brass ring in the bull’s nose. The reduction of form and line, accentuated here perfectly by the wood grain, are typical of Hagenauer’s designs.
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Werkstätte Hagenauer – stylistic evolution and importance
Today, the Werkstatte Hagenauer is rightfully among the most important Austrian Arts & Crafts manufacturers of the 20th century. The clear, strict formal language combined with dynamic poses and the usage of brass, nickel-plated, patinated or bare, along with copper, alpaca and exotic wood shows a high level of recognition.
However, it took the siblings Karl and Franz Hagenauer quite some time until they developed their own unique style. Karl and Franz both attended the Vienna School of Arts & Crafts and studied under Josef Hoffmann, Oskar Strnad, Anton Hanak and Dagobert Peche.
Until the closure of the Werkstatte Hagenauer on December 30, 1987, art objects of outstanding quality were still being produced. The siblings Karl and Franz Hagenauer strongly contributed in coining the term „design“ through their legacy and are surely among the most influential Austrian artists of the 20th century.
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