Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736–1783: ... Unlike most traditional portrait sculptures, Messerschmidt’s figures seem also somehow to acknowledge the presence of the viewer.

This is a perfectly sane-looking 18th-century portrait sculpture. Placid expression, vacant gaze, ridiculous necktie — the normal nine yards. The following sculptures by Franz Xaver ...

Today Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's 18th century figurative sculptures look more modern than the modern art they inspired. With their grins and grimaces, his Character Heads are ageless and timeless.

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Character Head Number 33, “An arch villain” (1777/1783), pewter casting (79.9% tin, 18.8% lead), 39 x 26 x 25 cm, height above ground: 105 cm (all images courtesy ...

In conjunction with the Neue Galerie New York's upcoming exhibition, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783: From Neoclassicism to Expressionism, the museum Design Shop has collaborated with American ...

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was an Austrian Old Masters sculptor who was born in 1736. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Upper Belvedere have featured Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's work in the ...

When I take my two kids to the Museum of Fine Arts, I invite them to pose on either side of this sculpture, and to make an ugly face for the camera. Invariably, they accept. The work is by Franz ...

Anger, fear, disgust—depictions of extreme psychological states in Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s famous Character Heads remain an intriguing subject to this day. In 1781, the sculptor Franz Xaver ...

“Franz Xaver Messerschmidt 1736-1783: From Neoclassicism to Expressionism” remains though Jan. 10 at the Neue Galerie New York, 1048 Fifth Avenue, at 86th Street; neuegalerie.org.

These indelible heads all originated in the studio of a possibly mad, 18th-century sculptor ...

Obama PEZ; Franz Xaver Messerschmidt A new exhibition at London’s Halcyon Gallery sees Mauro Perucchetti reimagine the US head of state as a PEZ dispenser, while Franz Xaver Messerschmidt personal ...

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, 1736-1783: ... Much is made of Messerschmidt’s purported insanity (and with reason), but these sculptures, ...