# Franz Xavier Bergmann artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T21:54:35.062Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1861-07-27
- Death date: 1936-01-01
- Nationality: Austrian
- Movements: Viennese bronze tradition, Aestheticism
- Common media: Cold-painted bronze, Patinated bronze

## About Franz Xavier Bergmann

Franz Xavier Bergmann, also recorded as Franz Xaver Bergmann and Franz Xavier Bergman, was an Austrian art caster and the owner of a Viennese foundry active in the production of decorative bronzes. Public identity sources give his dates as 1861–1936 and associate his name with the Viennese bronze tradition. The foundry became particularly known for patinated and cold-painted bronze figures. Its repertory included Orientalist subjects, animals, erotic figures, and humorous compositions in which animals were sometimes given human characteristics. Collectors therefore encounter the Bergmann name across a varied group of small decorative objects rather than within a single narrowly defined subject or series. Attribution requires care: the available sources describe Bergmann as the owner and producer behind a foundry, so a work associated with his name should not automatically be presented as a model personally designed by him. Alternate spellings of both his middle name and surname can also appear in reference records and cataloguing.

## Common works and media

Works encountered under the Bergmann name are most often decorative bronzes with either cold-painted color or a patinated surface. Recorded subjects include Orientalist figures, erotic compositions, animals, and whimsical or anthropomorphic animal scenes. The available sources support describing these as products associated with a Viennese foundry; they do not establish that Bergmann personally designed every model.

## Market and appraisal context

Bergmann-related auction material commonly includes cold-painted or patinated bronze figures, especially animal, Orientalist, humorous, and erotic subjects. An appraisal should first establish what kind of object is present and whether its cataloguing refers to the Bergmann foundry, to Franz Xavier Bergmann personally, or only to a stylistic association. The surviving painted or patinated surface is relevant because these finishes are defining features of the documented production. Condition, dimensions, marks, casting quality, restoration, and date may also need examination, but the collected source pack does not document how those factors affect prices. Public auction comparisons should be matched by subject, form, attribution language, sale date, and condition rather than treated as interchangeable examples.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5493019
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/433302
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/bergman-franz-xaver-18611936
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Bergmann
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Bergmann
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/franz-xavier-bergmann/