Horse statuette Werkstatte Hagenauer circa 1930
Early horse statuette, Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna, circa 1930, brass cast and polished, marked
marked with “wHw” in the circle, “HAGENAUER/WIEN”
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Description
This horse statuette fascinates with its sweeping head turned backwards. The dynamic lines and strong stylization of the sculpture, dating from around 1930, clearly show the signature of Werkstatte Hagenauer. The finely worked nostrils and the waving tail are remarkably beautiful details. With its slender body and graceful head, the little horse could be a mythical creature as well.
The playful details, such as the stylized mane, reveal the influence of Dagobert Peche, whose inexhaustible imagination was an important stimulus for all Viennese decorative arts in the first decades of the 20th century.
Its strong resemblance to documented designs by Karl Hagenauer speaks for the authorship of Karl Hagenauer. Unlike horse figures made of cast brass only, the execution with its attached and soldered horse legs is unusual and suggests that this could be a prototype or cast model for a statuette.
Execution
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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