HUGO PELARGUS. BRONZE FIGURE, UNIQUE, EXPRESSIONIST DEPICTION OF A FEMALE NUDE WITH JUG, MONOGRAMMED HPS (HUGO PELARGUS STUTTGART) BY THE ARTIST AND FOUNDRY STAMP ON THE BRONZE PEDESTAL, AROUND 1910.

Bronze figure by Hugo Pelargus (* February 5, 1861 in Stuttgart; † December 18, 1931 there). One of a kind. With HPS (Hugo Pelargus Stuttgart) monogrammed by the artist and foundry stamp on the bronze pedestal.
Expressionist depiction of a female nude with a jug.
Around 1910.

He was a Royal Württemberg court caster in Stuttgart and belonged to the Pelargus family of art foundry. He learned the trade in his father's business from Wilhelm Pelargus. This was followed by studies at the School of Arts and Crafts in Stuttgart.
In 1885, he took over his father's workshop.
He became the “Königlicher Hoferzgießer” in 1889 due to his excellent work on his monument to Duke Christoph (Württemberg).
Over time, he received several honors, e.g. For example, the “Gold Medal for Art and Science on the Ribbon of the Order of Frederick” and the “Bene Merenti Gold Medal from Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern.”
Even at the beginning of the First World War, he had 35 employees and 5 melting furnaces. During the war, however, there were no orders and his son died during the war. In 1928, the Pelargus foundry ceased operations.

Height: approx. 39 cm

His works are highly traded. See:
https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/hugo-pelargus-1861-1931-1229298862/.