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  Wolfgang Gessl Unique sterling silver Arc pitcher with acrylic handle 1990

  WOLFGANG GESSL (b. 1949) Austria

  Arc pitcher – unique 1990

  Hand wrought silver in a rounded arching form with a cylindrical luminous yellow-green acrylic handle

  Marks: Wolfgang Gessl (script impressed signature), WO.GE (in a rectangle), Swedish assay mark for Stockholm, 925 (silver guarantee in a rectangle), Q10 (in a rectangle)

  Illustrated: Gold and Silversmith Wolfgang Gessl: Exceeding Geometry, Kerstin Wickman, p. 17, cover.

  H: 13 1/2″ x W: 10 ¼” x D: 4 ½”

  Price: $27,500

  Wolfgang Gessl was born in 1949 in Vienna, Austria and trained as a goldsmith with Professor Hans Angerbauer. Upon moving to Sweden, Gessl studied under the eminent silversmith Sigurd Persson at Konstfack, the National University of Art, Craft and Design in Stockholm, Sweden.

  Wolfgang Gessl has had fifteen solo exhibitions including shows at The National Museum, Stockholm and The Royal College of Art in London. His metalwork has been widely exhibited in Sweden, Europe and the U.S and his pieces can be found in many private collections throughout the world. He has taught at Konstfack for more than twenty-four years, and continues to live and work in Stockholm.

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  Michiel Gloeckner “Old Town No. 2”, Oil on Canvas 1960

  MICHIEL GLOECKNER (1915-1989) Germany / USA

  Old Town No. 2 1960

  Oil on Canvas

  Signed: MG (lower right corner)

  Canvas: H: 14 1/16” x W: 11 1/16”

  Framed: H: 19 9/16” x W: 16 9/16”

  Price: 32,000

  Michiel Gloeckner, known for his highly refined, balanced abstract, geometric style derived from natural forms, was the son of a well-known art collector. He graduated from the University of Dresden with a degree in mathematics and art history. He received a degree from the Royal Academy of Dresden where he studied under Otto Dix. Paul Klee also influenced Gloeckner’s work. After WWII Gloeckner moved to New York City. He continued to maintain a studio in New York at 115 East 70th Street, even after he moved to West Cornwall, Connecticut where he spent the later years of his life.

  EXHIBITIONS

  Gallery Seventy-Five, New York 1955, 1956, 1958

  Jacques Seligman Galleries, New York 1960, 1961, 1962

  Wadsworth Atheneum 1960

  Wesleyan University 1961

  Philadelphia Art Alliance 1962

  Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts 1963

  World House Galleries, New York 1963, 1962, 1965, 1966

  Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts 1964

  Brooks Memorial Museum 1965

  Munich Kunstverein 1966

  Galerie Heseler, Munich 1967

  Munich Museum of Modern Art 1968

  Museum of Northern Arizona 1970

  Galerie 5, Paris 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

  Galerie Oxy, Geneva 1973

  United Nations, Geneva 1974

  Gallery Contemporary Masters, New York 1978, 1980

   

  MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

  Pinakothek der Moderne Munich

  Allentown Art Museum

  Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm