Artist: Caspar Gras (1585 - 1674)
Nationality: German
Movement: Baroque
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Caspar Gras was trained as a goldsmith by his father and then became an apprentice embosser at the court of Archduke Maximilian III in Bad Mergentheim. In 1610, he was appointed Court Embosser and received most of the commissions from the court, which included relief sculpture, life-size figure, equestrian statues and fountains. Gras also produced small-scale works called Kunstkammer pieces that were created for collection. After the death of Emperor Leopold V and the Thirty Years’ War, Gras received little business as a result of his country’s financial depression.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (33)
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Kicking Horse
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Joseph Stella - Abstraction Mardi Gras 1914 watercolor on paper Hirshhorn Museum American
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Franciszek Starowieyski, King of the Mardi Gras, 1971
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HonorÈ Daumier, Le boeuf gras no. 89 of the series Caricatures du jour, 1843
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Caspar Luyken, Acts IX, 17th - 18th century
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Caspar Luyken, Matthew XXV, 17th - 18th century
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Caspar Luyken, Mark XVI, 17th - 18th century
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Paul Gavarni, Paris Le Soir. N"y a pas gras!, 19th century
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Paul Gavarni, Comment! y avait gras et rien..., 19th century
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Caspar Auer, [Rooster and hen], 18th - 19th century
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Joseph Stella - Study For "Battle of Lights, Coney Islands, Mardi Gras" 1913 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Caspar Luyken, Matthew XVIII, 17th - 18th century
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HonorÈ Daumier, Promenade de b¶uf gras published in La Caricature 17 February 1839, 1839
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Paul Pontius, Caspar de Crayer, (after van Dyck"s Iconographia), 17th century
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Caspar Clofigl, A Meeting of Royal Personages, 16th century
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Wilhelm Arndt, Caspar Ruef, 18th - 19th century
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Cham (AmÈdÈe Charles Henri de NoÈ), Actualites: Char Du Boeuf Gras De 1857., 19th century
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William Blake , Democritus; Plate 25 from Essays on Physiognomy by John Caspar Lavater, 1789
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Jacob Andreas Friderich (Fridrich), Caspar Jacob Huth, 17th - 18th century
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John Faber the Elder, Portrait of Johann Caspar, Count Bothmer, ambassador to England, 1717
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The Card Party, 1660s Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1639-1684)Oil on canvas; 19 3/4 x 17 3/4
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Gaspar (Caspar) Netscher, La Mauvaise Nouvelle ( bad news )...fortieth plate in the book... Le MusÈe royal (Paris: P. Didot, l*ainÈ, 1818), vol. 2, 17th century
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Mel Chin - Spirit 1994 white oak, tall gras Columbus Museum of Art American
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Gaspar (Caspar) Netscher, Portrait de deux jeunes gens (portrait of two young people)...forrty first plate in the book...Le MusÈe royal (Paris: P. Didot, l*ainÈ, 1818), vol. 2, 17th century
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Blanding Sloan, "Drip Coffee, Mardi Gras and Gumbo Filet", head piece vignette for New Orleans on page [81] in the book Way Down South by Clarence Muse and David Arlen , woodcuts by Blanding Sloan (Hollywood, CA: David Graham Fischer, [1932]), 1932
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John Caspar Wild, American, 1804-1846 View of Cincinnati about 1835 Opaque watercolor (gouache) on paper
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Two Men Contemplating the Moon, ca. 1825-30 Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774-1840)Oil on canvas; 13
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Caspar David Friedrich - A Mountain Peak with Drifting Clouds c. 1835 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum German
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Monument to Niépce
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Landscape with Forest Chapel
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Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615 Frans Hals (Dutch, born after 1580, died 1666)Oil on canvas;
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Meeting of Three Kings
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Alfred Sisley, British (active in France), 1839-1899 Early Snow at Louveciennes about 1870-71 Oil on

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Australian Centre for Photography: MOBILE: DI BARRETT ANN SHELTON REBECCA SWAN
Challenging the notions of the typical, Mobile crosses borders, investigating psychological and physical spaces, through work that asks questions as often as it answers them. Perhaps the memory will always evade me, because I cann...
Museum of Fine Art Houston: Masks: Faces of Culture
Masks are used in all sorts of human drama. Throughout history, societies have incorporated masks into both initiation and burial rites. Shamans use masks and costumes as a kind of ar...
Skirball Cultural Center: Shalom Yall: Images of Jewish Life in the American South
Bill Aron and Vicki Reikes Fox will discuss what they learned traveling together on back roads through five states to gather stories and photographs documenting Southern Jewish communities at ...
Lola Gallery Art and Design House: Mischief : 20 Artists from the Bay Area
The most important of these holidays to influence later Halloween customs was Samhain, a holiday observed by the Celts. British settlers in the United States successfully transplanted Halloween traditions to southern colonies such as Virginia and ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Caspar Gras Online
Caspar Gras (Getty Museum)
Caspar Gras (1585 - 1674) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
SAMMELLUST - 180 Jahre Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
Kicking Horse (Getty Museum)
artnet.com: Resource Library: Gras, Caspar
Bibliothek der Freien - Rezensionen libertärer Publikationen
Intirol
Leopoldsbrunnen
Panorama Domplatz

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