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拍品專文
Weibliche Kathdrale marks a crucial moment in the career of Fritz Wotruba, both stylistically and in the wider context of his socio-political ideals. It was cast from the sandstone original Wotruba created in 1946 from found rubble of the cathedral Stefansdom in Vienna after its bombing in 1945. He created a female figure out of this most significant piece of war debris, deliberately keeping its characteristics of destruction and eschewing over-stylization.
Considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria, Wotruba was and is known for his radical slab like metal and stone sculpture, and for being intensely engaged with the social and political questions of his era. Wotruba felt that art was a vehicle of enlightenment, with a mission to renew culture and society - a view that no doubt fuelled his work with monuments and, later, architecture (the 1932 memorial Man Condemn War in Leobe, and the Church of the Holy Trinity he designed in 1971 are some notable examples).
Born in 1907, as the son of a poor tailor in Vienna, Wotruba initially worked as a metal grinder and engraver, taking up sculpture in 1925. He fled to Switzerland in 1939 to escape the Nazi invasion. While in exile, Wotruba met Marino Marini, Germaine Richier and Uli and Dana Becher who markedly influenced his work. When Wotruba returned to Vienna in 1945, he was given a post at the Vienna Art Academy and would increasingly emancipate his practice from anatomical realism and rather look to structural and tectonic considerations in his creation process.
Considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria, Wotruba was and is known for his radical slab like metal and stone sculpture, and for being intensely engaged with the social and political questions of his era. Wotruba felt that art was a vehicle of enlightenment, with a mission to renew culture and society - a view that no doubt fuelled his work with monuments and, later, architecture (the 1932 memorial Man Condemn War in Leobe, and the Church of the Holy Trinity he designed in 1971 are some notable examples).
Born in 1907, as the son of a poor tailor in Vienna, Wotruba initially worked as a metal grinder and engraver, taking up sculpture in 1925. He fled to Switzerland in 1939 to escape the Nazi invasion. While in exile, Wotruba met Marino Marini, Germaine Richier and Uli and Dana Becher who markedly influenced his work. When Wotruba returned to Vienna in 1945, he was given a post at the Vienna Art Academy and would increasingly emancipate his practice from anatomical realism and rather look to structural and tectonic considerations in his creation process.