Bull Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna ca. 1960

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.