BRONZE SCULPTURE "THE JAVELIN THROWER" BY WILHELM WANDSCHNEIDER (1866-1942)

A patinated bronze sculpture depicting a Roman warrior throwing a javelin, on a pink marble base. The javelin is gilded bronze. The shield is sculpted with animals and battle scenes. Signed on the base: "W. WANDSCHNEIDER". German work from the late 19th century. Wilhelm Wandschneider (1866-1942), a German sculptor, attended the school in Plau am See and continued his training in Berlin from 1885. In 1886, he entered the School of Fine Arts, where his teachers included Albert Wolff. He subsequently won a prize that enabled him to travel. He went to Paris, then to Rome (1895). Wandschneider participated in numerous competitions and received several commissions, notably for a monument to Werner von Siemens. Thanks to the patronage of Johann Albrecht, Regent of Mecklenburg, he received numerous commissions and established a reputation that allowed him to make a living from his art. He participated in numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad. At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, he won a gold medal for his sculpture "Coriolanus." He created many public monuments, notably the equestrian statues of Louis Botha (Cape Town) and Simón Bolívar (Quito). In 1915, Kaiser Wilhelm II commissioned him to create a war memorial (Saint-Quentin). Late 19th century, circa 1890. Dimensions: W: 36cm, D: 12cm, H: 53cm.