![]() At the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 he won a commendation for his two medallions of the Prince and Princess of Prussia. In 1846 he founded his own workshop and in 1850 sculpted the much admired marble statuette of the actress Elisa Rachel (Berlin, Pfaueninsel). However, his early works, such as the colossal figure of Christ that he carved in 1842 for the church in Dinkelsbühl, Mittelfranken, owe much to the tradition of the medieval sculptors of Nuremberg. In 1840 he met Christian Daniel Rauch who invited him to Berlin as his pupil, and there he was influenced by the prevalent Neo-classical style. After an apprenticeship as a metal worker, having spent seven years as a journeyman in a silver-plating factory and having taught himself drawing and sculpting, he received a scholarship that allowed him to attend art school. ( b Nuremberg, d Nuremberg, Dec 25, 1882). London, BM) presents her almost as a painting, three-quarter length and three-quarter facing, with the voluminous drapery used to make a Mannerist decoration. Abondio’s signed medal of Caterina Riva (1565 e.g. In Italy he followed the Milanese court style exemplified in the work of Leoni he was influenced by medals of the Venetian Alessandro Vittoria, and, most surprisingly, early in his career he was influenced by the charming works of Alfonso Ruspagiari and the school of wax modellers and medallists centred on Reggio Emilia. His eclectic style reflects Italian, German and Netherlandish sources. No stylistic development for his medals has been proposed. ![]() Abondio’s earliest dated medal is of Jacopo Antonio Buoncompagni-Sora (1561 Vienna, Ksthist. He and Leone Leoni were the only Italian medallists to be highly successful as court artists north of the Alps. ( b Riva del Garda, Trento, 1538 d Vienna, May 22, 1591). His first public project was the abstract steel figure. Highly imaginative and versatile, Aas worked in both abstract and figurative modes and is reckoned one of the foremost sculptors in Norway in 1990 he was honoured with St Olav.Īas’s first sculpture was an equestrian monument in snow, made in Inderøy while he was a schoolboy. As an assistant to Arnold Haukeland from 1961 to 1964, Aas lost his apprehension of the untried and cultivated his sense of daring, as he gained experience with welding techniques. He studied at the Kunstakademi in Oslo from 1959 to 1962 under the sculptor Per Palle Storm (1910–94) who advocated naturalism in sculpture. In 1954 he began five years’ study as a commercial artist at the Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole in Oslo and from 1957 to 1963 he worked as an illustrator for a newspaper. He became familiar with handicraft in his father’s furniture workshop. Norwegian sculptor, designer and medallist. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (1).Ancient Greece and Hellenistic States (3).Art of the Middle East/North Africa (14).Public Art, Land Art, and Environmental Art Installation Art, Mixed-Media, and Assemblage ![]() Collecting, Patronage, and Display of Art ![]()
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