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Antonin Mara, small pheasant 1st half 20th century, signed MARA, dark green patinated bronze, naturalistic depiction of a pheasant, on a diamond-shaped onyx base with rounded top, in good condition for age, h bronze 5.5 cm, h total 8 cm, l total 14 cm. Artist information: Czech sculptor (1877 - 1947), son of the woodcarver Václav Mára, studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Prague under Klouček, later under Sucharda and Jenewein, travelled abroad to France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, England and the Nordic countries, active in Vienna from 1903, where he received commissions for the sculptural decoration of the new court palace and the Museum of Art and Industry in Magdeburg under the direction of the architect Ohmann, also produced medals and small sculptures, from 1909 back in Bohemia, until 1930 as a professor at the State Industrial School of Sculpture and Stonemasonry in Hořice, worked as a colleague of Novák, from 1920 created important designs for new Czechoslovak coins, in the post-war period mainly monuments, but also some portraits and busts. Source: Website Umělecká zahrada Prague.

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Antonin Mara, small pheasant 1st half 20th century, signed MARA, dark green patinated bronze, naturalistic depiction of a pheasant, on a diamond-shaped onyx base with rounded top, in good condition for age, h bronze 5.5 cm, h total 8 cm, l total 14 cm. Artist information: Czech sculptor (1877 - 1947), son of the woodcarver Václav Mára, studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Prague under Klouček, later under Sucharda and Jenewein, travelled abroad to France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, England and the Nordic countries, active in Vienna from 1903, where he received commissions for the sculptural decoration of the new court palace and the Museum of Art and Industry in Magdeburg under the direction of the architect Ohmann, also produced medals and small sculptures, from 1909 back in Bohemia, until 1930 as a professor at the State Industrial School of Sculpture and Stonemasonry in Hořice, worked as a colleague of Novák, from 1920 created important designs for new Czechoslovak coins, in the post-war period mainly monuments, but also some portraits and busts. Source: Website Umělecká zahrada Prague.

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