Franz Xaver Bergmann

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Sculpture dancing girl , by Franz Xaver Bergmann, around 1936
Identification of the foundry with a "B"

Franz Xaver Bergmann ( 1861 - 1936 ) was an Austrian art caster and one of the most famous representatives of Viennese bronze .

Life

His father Franz Bergman d. Ä. was born in Gablonz , Northern Bohemia. He worked there as a metal worker. He moved to Vienna, where he founded a small bronze foundry in 1860 . His son Franz Xaver Bergmann worked as a bronze caster. The mark was a stylized double “B” with the writing “Protected”.

His workshop produced a large number of small-format, artistic sculptures in the form of dancers, people from the Orient or animals. The paint was painted on cold. The pieces from the Bergmann foundry became collector's items. Some of his works are assigned to Art Deco .

The company closed during the 1930s. The molds were taken over by Karl Fuhrmann & Co. and are still being cast today.

Web links

Commons : Franz Xaver Bergmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.kremo.at/wiener-bronze.html
  2. ↑ http://www.nostalgiecorner.at/bronzen/historie_bronzen/bergmann.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.imkinsky.com/en/artists/25401-franz-xaver-bergmann/
  4. ↑ http://hickmet.com/product-category/artists/franz-xavier-bergman/
  5. ^ Alberto Shayo : Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club Art Books, 2016. ISBN 1-85149-824-9 . P. 52.
  6. ↑ Victor Arwas : Art deco sculpture. Academy Editions, 1992. p. 247.
  7. ↑ http://viennabronze.at/de/history/
personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bergman, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art caster
DATE OF BIRTH 1861
DATE OF DEATH 1936