اختر الحالة المزاجية لتستجيب لك الغرفة ذاتها — فتخبو الإضاءة أو تزداد دفئاً، ويتغير إيقاع الهواء، ولا تبرز من عتمة الظلال إلا الأعمال التي تجسد ذلك الشعور؛ بينما يتراجع كل ما سواها إلى الظل.
The Sculptor of Viennese Elegance In the heart of mid-19th century Europe, a period defined by both romantic upheaval and neoclassical refinement, the works of Hanns Gasser emerged as a testament to the enduring power of classical form. Born in 1817 in Eisentratten, near Gmünd, Gasser’s artistic journey was deeply rooted in a lineage of craftsmanship. The son of Jakob Gasser, a master carpenter, he inherited a profound respect for the
structural integrity of materials—a quality that would later define his mastery over stone and clay. While his early years were spent as a woodcarver in Klagenfurt, his ambitions reached far beyond the borders of Carinthia, eventually leading him to the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1838. Gasser’s evolution from a skilled carver to a celebrated sculptor was marked by a transition from the tactile intimacy of wood to the m…
