Eugen Wagner (sculptor)
Eugen Wagner (born April 11, 1871 in Berlin ; † around 1942 there ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Wagner studied at the Dresden Academy . He was a member of the Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft , the Reich Association of German Visual Artists in Berlin and the Munich Secession .
He was best known for his genre figures made of bronze, porcelain ( Schwarzburger Werkstätten ), alabaster, marble and ivory. Wagner's bronzes were often handcrafted by the Gladenbeck fine art foundry in Berlin . He exhibited his work in Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf, among others. He also designed advertisements and shop window decorations.
Works (selection)
Wagner's works had titles such as:
- Nixlein (bronze), exhibited in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , Cologne
- Girl with dog
- Nonchalance , around 1910
- Boy with book and toy horse
- After the bath
- The drinking one
- Girl in fur coat
- maternity
- Diana
- Salome , 1900
- Standing undressed girl with a frog , 1919
- Standing female nude , 1910
- Standing female nude with a butterfly
- Dancer , 1910
- Striding big cat
literature
- Wagner, Eugene . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 32 .
Web links
- Eugen Wagner (German, 1871-1942). In: artnet , with pictures of Wagner's work
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1942 |
| Place of death | Berlin |