"Resting Owl" by H Sieloff

Name: "Resting Owl" by H Sieloff
Brand: MISCELLANEOUS
SKU: 8333
Price: 1450 GBP
Availability: InStock

£1,450

An endearing early 20th Century Modernist bronze study of an owl perched upon a branch with excellent colour and very fine smooth tactile surface, signed and dated 1921

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Height: 20.5 cm

Condition: Excellent Original Condition

Circa: 1921

Materials: Bronze

SKU: 8333

ABOUT

H. SIELOFF German sculptor, active in the 1st half of the 20th century. Specialising in animal subjects his works became popular in Europe for their clean, uncomplicated lines and modern artistic presence.

Animalier

Although many earlier examples can be found, animalier sculpture became more popular, and reputable, in early 19th century Paris with the works of Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875) for whom the term was coined and who became the ‘Father of the Animaliers School’ and Pierre Jules Mêne considered the finest realist sculptor of the era. By the mid-century, a taste for animal subjects was very widespread among all sections of society.

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