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Created for Eternity
Made from
800kg of gypsum during 3000 working hours –over a period of 15 months-artist
Ingo Koblischek has created the plaster model for a special statue: The bronze
statue of Hadban Enzahi.
Actually, it
all started in much smaller dimensions when artist Ingo Koblischek from
Friedrichshafen Germany created a sculpture of only 28 cm of the stallion Hadban
Enzahi in a limited edition- obviously this sculpture left a lasting
impression on the officials at Marbach State Stud and so Koblischek was
asked to create a life-size statue of the famous horse. That this would not be
an easy task 30 years after the stallion’s death was evident. But fortunately,
there were many historic photos of the horse, the body measurements
(153/177/19) were easily found in the files and last not least there were enough
people left who knew the horse by working with him in his living days. But most
important:: Koblischek knew Hadban Enzahi from his own experience. “You never
forget such a horse“,he says. He was very familiar with the stature, the bearing
and the very special expression of this original
Arab
stallion because he had frequently visited him at Marbach.
Fascinated by Horses
Even as a achild, Koblischek was
fascinated by horses, captured by their power,elegance and charisma.Later he
dedicated a great deal of his artistic work to these animals. Apart from the
race horses,Shergar, of Aga Khan´s stables, Northern Dancer, Pik König, the
Trakehner stallion Tempelhüter and in future the jumping wonder Milton, he
also created sculptures of other horses, some more some less famous. And
although there are other animal sculptures among Koblischek´s lifework, it is
the horse that takes a really prominent position.Today , the 70-years old
artist´s fame has long reached beyond the borders of Germany and he is well
known even abroad for his lifelike representations. This is especially true
for his motion studies, technically highly demanding, in which horses touch
the ground with only one leg and nevertheless the artist did not make use of a
„pillar“.
Exhibitions in the US and
numerous European cities, among them on invitation of star tenor Luciano
Pavarotti in Modena,were reason for several awards such as the listing in Who
is Who and the Euro Medal in gold for art and culture, given by the European
Cultural Circle in Baden-Baden. Among his admirers are the Duke Friedrich of
Württemberg and his wife, as well as Pince Philipp and other celebrities.
Hadban in
Six Pieces
The actual work
of the artist is to create the plaster model which is then cast as a bronze
sculpture at a 1:1 scale. For this master model, Koblischek has invested about
3000 hours of work and 800kg gypsum. But to transport the life-size statue to
the Strassacker foundry in Süßen,Southwest Germany, the horse had to be divided
into
six pieces. It was here that Hadban was cast in Bronze and welded together
– and on June 9, 2002, the great day had come when the finished bronze statue
was unveiled at Marbach State Stud and presented to the public under lots of
applause. Ingo Koblischek stroked Hadban´s smooth surface as if caressing the
live stallion- the artist and his work. Without his love for the object,
something like this would not be possible.
Those who do
not approve that Hadban is no longer of pure white may prefer the statue made of
porcelain, created by the Nymphenburg manufacturers in Munich. Here Koblischek
has exchanged his preferred material bronze and has for the first time created
Hadban and Northern
Dancer
in porcelain.
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