Fury

Ludvik Durchanek

1958

A patinated bronze sculpture that reduces human bodies to blocky, totem‑like volumes so that the physical presence of a towering figure carrying a limp smaller one becomes a distilled expression of raw emotion.

What strikes you is the archaic, almost masklike head and broad, draped torso—a heavy silhouette with a small, sagging figure under one arm and a rough green‑brown surface that reads like an ancient relic caught in motion.

Created in 1958, this work links midcentury modernist figuration with primitivist and expressionist traditions, using simplified, monumental forms to make postwar anxieties and psychological states palpably visible.

Palette

Art Terms

Sculpture Cast Patina Figurative Expressionism Primitive art Modern art

Exhibitions

The Museum Collection of Sculpture

1946

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

1940

20th Century Sculpture and Constructions

1942

Sculptors' Drawings

1986