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Item:276191377822🔥 Fine Antique 19th c. German Richard Wagner Iron Relief Plaque, Lauchhammer. This is a historic and Fine Antique 19th c. Imperial German Iron Relief Plaque, depicting the legendary German opera composer, Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883.) The composer's profile portrait is rendered in very fine detail, with lifelike features and attention to detail in the face, hair and clothing. This artwork likely dates to the second half of the 19th century, and was created by Foundry Lauchhammer, which traces its origins to 1725, in a small town on the border of Saxony and Prussia. The portrait is framed by an elegant Rococo style border, with the name: "Wagner" written at the lower edge. Approximately 14 1/4 x 19 inches, and 1 inch thick. On the verso, there are several stamps which read: "Gesetlich Geschutzt ," and the crossed hammer and crown logo of the foundry, along with the number: "3840." Good condition for over a century of age, with mild oxidation along the edges, and several scuffs and scratches to the painted surface (please see photos.) Acquired from an old collection in Pasadena, California. This would be the perfect addition to any Opera lover's collection, or Wagner aficionado. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About Richard Wagner: Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Weber and Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"), by which he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama, and which was announced in a series of essays between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. His advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music.
Wagner had his own opera house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which embodied many novel design features. It was here that the Ring and Parsifal received their premieres and where his most important stage works continue to be performed in an annual festival run by his descendants. His thoughts on the relative contributions of music and drama in opera were to change again, and he reintroduced some traditional forms into his last few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg).