Female nude, Bronze sculpture in Altona, Hamburg, Germany
This is a bronze sculpture by Barbara Haeger that shows the female figure with its natural contours and proportions. The artist worked with metal to make the human form tangible and present.
Barbara Haeger created this bronze sculpture in 1957 when German artists were searching for new forms of expression. The work came into being right after World War II, when the artistic landscape in Germany was reshaping itself.
The sculpture is a female nude by Barbara Haeger, dated 1957 and cast in bronze. Haeger was among the Hamburg artists of the postwar years who modelled the body from life rather than from classical ideals, so the figure keeps the proportions and stance of a real standing woman. Visitors can walk around it and compare the front and back modelling of the metal.
This work is located in the Altona district of Hamburg and can be viewed from the outside. Since it is a bronze sculpture in public space, it is accessible regardless of opening hours.
The bronze surface displays different color tones depending on how natural light hits it and how time has changed it. These color variations come from special surface treatments and the patina that has formed over the decades.
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