Original Viennese Bronzes.
Handcrafted sculptures from a Viennese atelier.
Each figure is individually cast, chased and finished in cold painting,
a craft passed down almost unchanged since 1860.
Handcrafted sculptures from a Viennese atelier.
Each figure is individually cast, chased and finished in cold painting,
a craft passed down almost unchanged since 1860.
The surface of every single casting is chased by hand, line by line, pore by pore. Only a few true chasers remain in this craft; we keep it alive.
All Viennese bronzes are carefully cold-painted. The colours are mixed individually for each motif. That is why every figure is unique.
Each of our bronzes leaves the atelier with a signed certificate stating provenance, model number and the craftsman or craftswoman.
Completes his chaser apprenticeship under Josef Ott in Vienna. In 1884 he is initiated into the secrets of natural patination in Paris, fame and prosperity follow back in Vienna.
Inherits the company. Under his leadership the first naturalistically painted bronzes are created. In 1900 he founds the Krug foundry and is honoured at the Paris World Exhibition. Working with Bruno Zach, the erotic bronzes revered by collectors are produced under the signature NAM GREB.
The largest export company for arts and crafts of the Austrian empire until 1918. Run by Gustav and Franz Koschatko, the grandfather of Ilse Fuhrmann.
After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Gustav Koschatko continues the business and specialises in the distribution of Viennese bronzes. After the Second World War, Karl and Ilse Fuhrmann join the company of their great-uncle.
Karl learns the craft under Paul Ocenasek, a student of Kauba. In 1953 he founds his own company. Over the following years he acquires the original models of Bergmann, Kauba, Rinösl, Klar and many other Viennese houses, and in 1960 the remaining Bergmann models as well.
After Karl's death, Ilse Fuhrmann ran the business very successfully and handed it over to her granddaughter Rita Fuhrmann in 2010.
With the support of Mag. Harald Tremmel, Rita Peregi (formerly Fuhrmann) succeeded in continuing the tradition under the name BERGMANN WIENER BRONZEN. Her goal is to preserve this unique craft and bring it closer to future generations. Piece by piece, the original models are now being restored under the guidance of Franz Gugrel, one of the last Viennese chasers, making part of a treasure once thought lost accessible again.
