Torso of a Man
Torso of a Man
Published 2017-02-21T11:21:42+00:00
After 1900 Minne received various assignments for portraits and monuments. The funerary monuments for the Osthaus family and the drawings from the period 1906-1909 already show a clear change in style towards a more true-to-nature depiction. Between 1910 and 1913 the artist abandons any form of stylising. He follows anatomy lessons at the University of Ghent and begins to work with a live model. A certain Lacaege stands as model for him and lives with the artist. During three years time, Minne studied with a resolute determination to achieve perfection in the realistic rendering of the body of the man. That results in Head of a Man from 1910, a bust from 1911 and a torso (The Docker), from 1911-1912. Lacaege also stood as model for The Ship Unloader from 1913.
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Date published | 21/02/2017 |
Time to do | 85 - 170 minutes |
Material Quantity | 11 |
Dimensions | 33×83×91 |
Technology | FDM |
Complexity | Medium |
Title | Torso of a Man |
Date | 1911 |
Dimension | 99.5 x 89 x 38.5 |
Accession | Inv. 4029 |
Period | Realism |
Medium | Bronze |
Credit | laster copy purchased at the Salon of the Société des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1912 |
Artist | George Minne |
Place | Brussels |