Escutcheon (front)
Cyril Colnik (1871 – 1958)
Meta Description: Cyril Colnik (1871-1958), noto come "Il Tiffany del ferro battuto", è stato un maestro austriaco nella lavorazione metallica che ha rivoluzionato l'arte decorativa a Milwaukee grazie ai suoi monumentali sculture e agli intricati cancelli in ferro. Art Nouveau e pacifismo guidarono la sua carriera artistica.
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (Milwaukee, Stati Uniti d'America)
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, offre una splendida collezione di arte rinascimentale italiana e opere in ferro battuto di Cyril Colnik nel cuore della città sul Lago Michigan.
This iron coat of arms consists of a convex oval framed by scrolls, topped with a large crown, and flanked by two winged cherubs holding a wreath, and two faces in side profile. Vegetable and leaf forms decorate the lower corners.Colnik created this elaborate work during his time as a student at the Industrial Art School of Munich. One of only a few works signed by the artist (see lower-right corner), the escutcheron is executed in a technique called repoussé, in which a sheet of metal is hammered out from the back to create a bas-relief design.Photography by Kevin Miyazaki.
Informazioni sull'opera
- Titolo: Escutcheon (front)
- Artista: Cyril Colnik
- Anno: 1893
- Formato: Portrait
- Stato del copyright: Protetti da copyright
- Dove vederlo: Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
- Movimento: Mannerism
- Contesto del corpus: craftsmanship mastery , victorian ornamentation
- Colore principale: Espresso
- Parole chiave: cyril colnik art , iron repoussé sculpture , decorative ironwork