Franz bergman bio

          Franz Xavier Bergman(n) (July 27, – January 1, ) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes.

        1. Franz Xavier Bergman(n) (July 27, – January 1, ) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes.
        2. Franz Bergmann was famous for his boldly painted modernist murals and oil and watercolor paintings.
        3. Franz Xaver Bergman (or Bergmann) was.
        4. Franz Xavier Bergman was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes, Oriental, erotic, and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objets d'art.
        5. Franz Xaver Bergmann ( - ) was active/lived in Austria, United States.

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          KNOW YOUR ARTISTS: FRANZ XAVIER BERGMAN

          Franz Xavier Bergman, 1861 – 1936, is the most famous of the Viennese ‘cold painted bronze’ artists. Recognised for his great attention to detail and use of wonderfully vibrant colours, works from Bergman’s foundry are highly prized today by collectors worldwide.

          History

          Franz Bergman senior was born in Gablonz, Northern Bohemia, where he worked as a metalwork chaser and finisher.

          In 1860 he came to Vienna and founded a small bronze factory. At the turn of the Century his son, Franz Xavier Bergman, inherited the company and opened a new foundry, basing many of his early bronzes on designs from his father’s workshop.

          Style

          The Franz Xavier Bergman foundry produced an eclectic mix of Oriental, erotic and animal figure bronzes.

          Bergman used a cold painted technique, whereby cast bronzes were decorated in several layers of polychrome ‘dust paint.’ These layers were not fired to fix them to the bronzes, hence they are ‘cold painted.’