Bronze, patinated in brown and partly gilded
Austria, 1973
Ernst Fuchs (born 1930) – Austrian painter, sculptor and architect
Signed in the cast on the base ‘Ernst Fuchs’
With the punched numbering ‘1500/3000’ on the base
Height: 44 cm
Very good condition
Typical work by the artist with erotic charisma; copies of ‘Daphne’ fetch up to €1,500 at international auctions

With its characteristic, erotic connoted charisma the Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs chose a favorite theme of Greek mythology: Daphne, the mountain nymph who fleeing from the amorous god Apollo begs her father, a river god, to transform her shape and thereupon consolidate into a laurel tree. The artist represented this moment of transformation, emphasizing the vegetal forms growing from Daphne's right arm by gilding.

The bronze sculpture is signed in the cast on the base ‘Ernst Fuchs’ and provided with the punched numbering ‘1500/3000’. The overall condition of the bronze is very good. It has a height of 44 cm.

Ernst Fuchs (born 1930)

Already as a pupil, Ernst Fuchs obtained instruction in painting and sculpting from his parents’ friends and began his studies at the age of 15 at the Viennese Akademie der Bildenden Künste as pupil of Albert Paris von Güterloh. Between 1950 and 1962 Fuchs travelled a lot and exhibited in various countries, until he returned to Vienna in 1962 as a professor. There he grew to be one of the main representatives of theVienna School of Fantastic Realism, whose founder was his teacher, von Gütersloh. Even though it was inspired by Surrealism, Phantastical Realism orientated itself more and more towards the technical perfection of the Old Masters and became less abstract than Surrealism. Fuchs mainly completed works with mystical-religious themes.

Apart from his graphic works, Ernst Fuchs worked as a stage designer, costume designer, singer and architect. His buildings are characterized by ornaments and colors, and can still be admired today. The Otto-Wagner-Villa built by Fuchs himself is today the Ernst-Fuchs-Museum.

Fuchs’ works are shown internationally in different retrospectives. In 2004 he received the First Class Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art. (fea)

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