a bronze plaque with a woman on it on a white surface
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Estimate €300 - €600
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Wilhelm Hejda (Vienna 1868 – 1942 Vienna) Nymph with goat bronze 20 x 10 cm signed W Hejda ESTIMATE °€ 300 – € 600 STARTING PRICE €300 The sculptor, craftsman, medallist and painter Wilhelm Hejda was often highly imaginative and even humorous across all artistic disciplines. Initially influenced by classicism, he gradually moved towards Art Nouveau. From 1887 to 1891, he studied sculpture at the Vienna Academy under Kaspar Ritter von Zumbusch and Edmund Hellmer, and in 1891–1892 in Paris as a painting student (visiting student) at the Académie Julian under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. From 1892 to 1894, Hejda worked in Budapest, after which he returned to Vienna. Hejda was initially a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus, and from 1900 to 1912 he was a founding member of the Hagenbund. Even before 1900, he belonged to the circle of ‘Ringstraße sculptors’. Numerous works by him were installed in public spaces: in 1902, the sculpture ‘Volcano’ on the garden façade of the Vienna Hofburg; in 1910, a relief on the Vienna Urania; in 1912, soldiers’ heads and double-headed eagles at the War Ministry on Vienna’s Ringstraße; in 1911/1912, figural decoration at the Technical Museum in Vienna; two stone figures above the portal of the Landesbank at Vienna 1, Am Hof (now the Park Hyatt Hotel); atlases in the teller’s room of the Creditanstalt-Bankverein at Vienna 1, Schottengasse; figurative decoration at the central baths in Marienbad/Mariánské Lázně; figures at the Kurhaus in Merano; figurative decoration at the ‘Meinl-Haus’, Vienna 1, Fleischmarkt 7. He also worked on the imperial anniversaries in both 1898 and 1908 (in collaboration with Josef Urban and Heinrich Lefler) and, in 1906, on the artistic furnishings of the Vienna River Portal (architects Friedrich Ohmann and Josef Hackhofer). In 1902, Hejda created the arched relief (Pallas Athena) around the entrance to the Hagenbund exhibition hall, which had been converted by Urban. At the Hagenbund exhibitions, Hejda was noted primarily for his small sculptures, medals and pastels. He exhibited his works in Berlin, Munich, Paris and Venice, as well as other cities. After 1918, he hardly exhibited at all and worked primarily for private clients instead. In 1922, Hejda took part in the architectural competition for the ‘New Building for the Chicago Tribune’. Some of his works are held in the Vienna Museum and the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Prizes and honours (selection): 1899 Karl Ludwig Medal; 1900 Dobner Prize; 1905 First Prize for the promotion of medal art and small sculpture; 1922 Medal of Honour, Chicago; 1923 Salo-Kohn Promotion Prize. Further artists and styles: Edmund Hellmer, Caspar von Zumbusch, Lefebvre, Deloye, Paris, Budapest, Academy of Fine Arts, sculptor, medallist, pastel, polychrome sculpture, decorative sculpture, Art Nouveau, Hagenbund PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee. The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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