Lot 373: Paul Aichele 1859-1910 A LARGE PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL CLOCK AND BAROMETER PARIS, CIRCA 1895-1900 Bronze

cast as a figure of Victory holding aloft a spherical clock, the twin train movement inscribed LENZKIRCH above a branch and letters A.U.G , numbered 195106, the figure signed AICHELE 95, raised on a Rouge griotte marble base.

measurements height 54 in. alternate measurements 137 cm

Though not much is known about Paul Aichele, his professional life is fairly well documented. He first exhibited at the Berlin Art Exhibition of 1891, and the following year he was made a member of the German Academy of Arts. He later exhibited in the Berlin exhibitions, the Crystal Palace exhibition in Munich, and the Dusseldorf Arts Exhibition. He was known for genre and allegorical figures and groups, such as Sacrifice, Girl with Snail, and Paradise Lost.