A BRONZE PORTRAIT BUST OF RICHARD WAGNER

Eugen Börmel
German, 1858–1932

7 5/8" H x 2 5/8" D x 2 5/8" W

A finely modeled bronze portrait bust of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883), depicted wearing his characteristic velvet beret, high collared coat and necktie. Cast with a rich brown patina and raised on an integral socle over a square plinth. Signed and dated crisply on the reverse of the socle "E Börmel Berlin 1897."

Eugen Börmel, also known as Eugen Boermel, was a German sculptor born in Königsberg in 1858. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Arts under Fritz Schaper and Reinhold Begas before working for ten years in the atelier of Otto Lessing. Establishing his own studio in Berlin in 1889, Börmel produced portrait busts, decorative sculpture and numerous public monuments, including works for Berlin's Siegesallee and a monumental equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I in Danzig.

Condition: Good condition with minor rubbing and abrasions to the patina and traces of verdigris within the collar. Ready to place.

ref. C104902