Hans Keck

Hans Keck (* 1875 in Austria-Hungary ; † 1941 ) was an Austro-German sculptor .

Life

Keck worked as an artist in Berlin between 1900 and 1925 . Here he mainly made chryselephantine statuettes made of bronze and ivory , which are considered typical of the transition from Art Nouveau to Art Deco style . For the technical implementation of his work, Keck worked together with the sculptors of the Viennese art workshops Gebrüder Brandel. Berlin.

Works (selection)

• Athena , 1930
• Flamenco dancer
• Ball player
• Boys in medieval clothing
• Dancer on elephant base
• Javanese dancer , 1925
• Standing Greek woman with a jug , 1910
• Standing girl with hat
• Victorian lady , 1930
• Pierrot and Pierrette
• Columbine , 1920
• Young page
• The mirror
• Ostrich ride
• The little Dutch woman
• Shepherd couple
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Amazon, 1910

literature

• Alberto Shayo : Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors Club Art Books, Woodbridge, Suffolk 2016, ISBN 978-1-85149-824-6 , p. 133.
• Bryan Catley: Art Deco and Other Figures . Baron Publishing, 1978. p. 183.
• Die Weltkunst, Volume 71, Issue 10-12. Federal Association of the German Art and Antiques Trade, Professional Group of the Austrian Antiques Trade, International Confederation of Dealers in Works of Art, Vereniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst in Nederland. Kunst und Technik Verlags-GmbH., 2001. S. 1873.

Web links

• Hans Keck (German). In: artnet , with pictures of Keck's work.