SCULPTURES

Title: The Friends (1951)
Object Name: Sculpture
Maker: Charoux, Siegfried 1896 - 1967 (Primary maker)
Charoux, Siegfried 1896-1967 (artist)
Date Made: 1951
1951
Description: Charoux was born in Vienna, but settled in England in 1935. While in Austria he executed a number of public monuments and indeed a feeling of monumentality, often combined with tranquility, exists in all his work. Charoux stated (letter of late February 1953 to the museum) that this piece is a unique cast. His move to England from Austria in the thirties gave him a spiritual rebirth and enabled him to work without fear of political persecution.
Materials: bronze
Catalogue Number: BELUM.U970
Copyright: National Museums NI

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