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 Beethoven
at Leipzig: the statue by Max Klinger |
 Beethoven, by Max Klinger |
Beethoven deep in thought, seated naked amongst angels with an eagle at his feet: this is the image created by the artist Max Klinger. Max Klinger was born at Leipzig in 1857. He worked on this sculpture of Beethoven for more than fifteen years. He created first of all, models in plastic (one of which is on exposition at the Beethovenhaus). Then he researched his materials...marble, alabaster, amber, bronze, ivory... |
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The statue was completed in 1902 and was sold to a committee set up for the occassion who gave it to the town of Leipzig in 1912. This statue is more than three metres tall. It's kept at the Museum der Bildenden Künste (in 2003, it was at the Gewandhausorchestra), at Leipzig. This photo was taken at the fifteenth exhibition of the Pavillon de la Sécession, which was held in Vienna from April 15th to June 27th 1902. The statue by Max Klinger was shown with the Frieze Beethoven by Gustav Klimt... |
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| Detail
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| The throne on which Beethoven sits is decorated with religious sculptures: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden on the right and left sides. On the back of the seat is Eve, evicted from the Garden, and Christ... |
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| Many
thanks to Hannah SALTER for her translation
of this page from French into English © 2001 - 2013 |
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