Figured table lamp patinated bronze ivory glass, height 32 cm, 20th century.
Artist Metal Sculpture

Vienna bronze. Peter Tereshchuk

Table lamp patinated bronze iridescent Loetz glass, height 37.4 cm. Piotr Tereshchuk. 1900 1901 from the collection of the Vienna Museum of Applied Arts.
Table lamp patinated bronze iridescent Loetz glass, height 37.4 cm. Piotr Tereshchuk. 1900 1901 from the collection of the Vienna Museum of Applied Arts.

The famous Viennese sculptor Peter Tereshchuk (1875-1963) specialized in creating cabinet sculpture: statuettes made of bronze and ivory. Tereshchuk was born in the small town of Vybudov on the territory of Galicia, which at that time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His creative path began in Vienna, where he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts (1893-1899). Qualified as a sculptor, he spent some time teaching. In 1903, Peter Tereshchuk married and settled in a house with his own workshop in one of the artistic districts of Vienna.

Figured table lamp patinated bronze ivory glass, height 32 cm, 20th century.
Figured table lamp patinated bronze ivory glass, height 32 cm, 20th century.
Figured table lamp patinated bronze ivory glass, height 30 cm, 1900.
Figured table lamp patinated bronze ivory glass, height 30 cm, 1900.

Fame came to the master when he took up creative work in partnership with Ulman Ulrich, the owner of the foundry. Not only his figurines of girls and children were popular, sometimes in ancient clothes or in the images of the characters of the commedia dell’arte. Often these were functional objects: table lamps, inkwells, writing instruments, figured dishes and vases made of bronze, which were in vogue at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Three children of the sculptor often acted as models for children’s characters: two twin daughters and a son.

Table lamp patinated bronze, height 59.5 cm, 1905.
Table lamp patinated bronze, height 59.5 cm, 1905.
Pierrot and Pierrette patinated bronze ivory onyx, height 21 cm, 1900.
Pierrot and Pierrette patinated bronze ivory onyx, height 21 cm, 1900.

Throughout his long life, Petr Tereshchuk was engaged not only in sculpture, but also in painting and restoration of cultural monuments destroyed during the Second World War.

Girl putting on a stocking patinated bronze ivory marble, height 16 cm.
Girl putting on a stocking patinated bronze ivory marble, height 16 cm.
Figured table lamp patinated bronze cold staining ivory, height 33 cm.
Figured table lamp patinated bronze cold staining ivory, height 33 cm.
Dancing couple patinated bronze ivory onyx, height 27 cm, 1918.
Dancing couple patinated bronze ivory onyx, height 27 cm, 1918.
Lovers patinated bronze ivory, height 21 cm.
Lovers patinated bronze ivory, height 21 cm.
Girl putting on a shoe patinated bronze ivory marble, height 20 cm, circa 1910.
Girl putting on a shoe patinated bronze ivory marble, height 20 cm, circa 1910.
Chess players patinated bronze ivory, length 23 cm.
Chess players patinated bronze ivory, length 23 cm.
Very scary mouse patinated bronze ivory, height 26.5 cm, circa 1900.
Very scary mouse patinated bronze ivory, height 26.5 cm, circa 1900.
Figurine of a dancing girl patinated bronze ivory onyx, height 29 cm.
Figurine of a dancing girl patinated bronze ivory onyx, height 29 cm.
Oriental dancer patinated bronze ivory, height 23 cm.
Oriental dancer patinated bronze ivory, height 23 cm.
Rococo dancing couple patinated bronze ivory marble, height 26.5 cm, circa 1910.
Rococo dancing couple patinated bronze ivory marble, height 26.5 cm, circa 1910.
Pierrot with a lady of the heart patinated bronze ivory, height 21 cm, circa 1905.
Pierrot with a lady of the heart patinated bronze ivory, height 21 cm, circa 1905.
Paperweight and ashtray with figures in the Biedermeier style patinated bronze ivory, circa 1910.
Paperweight and ashtray with figures in the Biedermeier style patinated bronze ivory, circa 1910.
Figurine of a reading girl in an ancient costume patinated bronze ivory, height 14, 1900.
Figurine of a reading girl in an ancient costume patinated bronze ivory, height 14, 1900.
Figurine of a dancing girl patinated bronze ivory, height 30 cm, circa 1905.
Figurine of a dancing girl patinated bronze ivory, height 30 cm, circa 1905.
Biedermeier girl playing the lute patinated bronze ivory marble, height 20.5 cm, 1910.
Biedermeier girl playing the lute patinated bronze ivory marble, height 20.5 cm, 1910.
Girl holding a tray with a pearl necklace gilt bronze, height 21.5 cm, circa 1900.
Girl holding a tray with a pearl necklace gilt bronze, height 21.5 cm, circa 1900.
Figurine of a girl patinated bronze ivory, height 13 cm.
Figurine of a girl patinated bronze ivory, height 13 cm.
Horsewoman figurine patinated bronze ivory Pyotr Tereshchuk Vienna.
Horsewoman figurine patinated bronze ivory Pyotr Tereshchuk Vienna.
Figurine of a girl patinated bronze ivory marble Peter Tereshchuk Vienna circa 1910.
Figurine of a girl patinated bronze ivory marble Peter Tereshchuk Vienna circa 1910.
Figurative lamp in Art Nouveau style patinated bronze Peter Tereshchuk Vienna.
Figurative lamp in Art Nouveau style patinated bronze Peter Tereshchuk Vienna.
Figured table lamp patinated bronze glass height 37 cm Peter Tereshchuk Vienna circa 1900.
Figured table lamp patinated bronze glass height 37 cm Peter Tereshchuk Vienna circa 1900.