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  Franz Xaver Bergman Art Nouveau “Frog” pen wipe c. 1905-1910

  FRANZ XAVER BERGMAN (1861-1936) Austria

  “Frog” pen wipe c. 1905-1910

  Cold-painted bronze, boar’s hair bristles

  For information see: Art Bronzes, Mich. Forrest (Schiffer, 1988).

  L: 3 1/2″ x W: 3 1/2″ x H: 2″

  Price: $1,675

  A well-known animalier at the turn-of-the century, the sculptor Franz Bergman created a number of small bronzes in a variety of subject matter. Other figurative works were informed by the Jugendstil / Art Nouveau style and the European taste for the exotic as is found in his figures of rug merchants and camels. His animal sculptures, however, capture the Viennese tradition of naturalistic bronzes. The quality of the bronze casting shows tremendous detail, which was carefully brought out through the applied patination process known as cold painting.

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  Just Andersen Denmark Art Deco Grand bronze vase c. 1935-40

  JUST ANDERSEN   (1884-1943)  Denmark

  Grand vase  c. 1935-40

  Rich deep brown patinated bronze, neck with three sets of four incised lines, with flaring rim and gilt edge

  Marks: DENMARK, JUST (in a triangular cartouche), No. B 2055

  For more information see:  “Just Andersen:  Manden og Vaerket” by Svend Rindholt in Samleren:  Tidskrift for Kunst og Kunstindustri  (Attende Aargang, 1941) pp. 171-194; Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Første Bind (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1979) p. 199. The Design Encyclopedia.  Mel Byars (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994) p. 23.

  H: 13 1/2″ x Dia: 8″

  Designer Just Andersen trained with Peter Hertz and Mogens Ballin, the premier silversmith in Copenhagen. He was also employed as a designer for Georg Jensen before he decided to open his own silver and metal studio in 1918.  The elegant, simple forms and richly-patinated surfaces are highly characteristic of Andersen’s high level of design and superlative craftsmanship.