1971 Bernhard Rohne for MD Studio Acid Etched Bronze & Burnished Brass Abstract Wall Sculpture

This an Original - One of A Kind - Hand Signed & Dated by the Artist

Original Frame and tags - Space Age Brutalist Abstract Style 

Looks like something out of Star Wars! Very Cool Piece!

Minor scratches on frame - Art work in excellent condition

Hand Signed: Bernhard Rohne and Dated: 1971

Measures: 24"W x 24"H x 3"D (60.96cm x 60.96cm x 7.62cm)

Weighs: 10 lbs

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Shipping Info: 30"H x 24"W x 5"D    16 Lbs.

German, Canadian, b. 1944
Widely acclaimed for the range of case pieces he designed for Michigan manufacturer Mastercraft during the 1970s, metal artist and furniture designer Bernhard Rohne has been creating distinctive acid-etched brutalist furnishings, home accessories, sculptures and other works for decades. The German-born Vancouver-based designer’s cabinets, coffee tables, credenzas and more are statement pieces in any interior and can introduce contrast and vigor into living rooms and dining rooms.

Born in Peine, Rohne attended the WKS Hanover art school. It was in his material science class that Rohne immersed a small painted copper plate into a container of acid. After some time, he couldn’t detect whether or not any kind of chemical reaction had taken place, so he left the plate in the acid and went to lunch. 

When Rohne returned, yellow clouds had filled the room and the school had to be evacuated. However, when he was able to retrieve the copper plate, Rohne saw that there had indeed been a reaction between the metal and the chemical. The incident, while most definitely dangerous, sparked his interest and set him on a path of material exploration and design that collectors and art enthusiasts continue to celebrate to this day.

Rohne moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1967. During the 1970s, Grand Rapids-based furniture manufacturer Mastercraft — known to collectors of mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency design — partnered with Rohne and produced a large group of case pieces featuring applied brass plaques and panels, acid-etched with forms and patterns that are marked by the influence of Abstract Expressionism and Geometric Abstraction. 

For his best known pieces, Rohne worked with brass, aluminum, copper and zinc metal sheets, which he oxidized and etched in order to create fascinating surface panels for his walnut console cabinets and sideboards that, with their patinated bronze and black lacquer doors, are sculptural attention-grabbing works in today’s interiors.

Rohne’s work, like many pieces of brutalist furniture and sculptures designed by him or like-minded metalworker Paul Evans, remains popular with interior designers and can lend unique, eccentric, human notes to an art and design collection in any home.

1969 Beginning of Metallic Design Studio. Developed new techniques for original etched and oxidized metal plates. Canadian Guild of Crafts prize for excellence and Adelaide Marriot Award.
1969 – 1981 Exhibited extensively in Canada, the USA (Baker Showrooms),
Great Britain (Harrod’s of London) and Germany.
1981 – 2000 Various commissioned projects for clients such as; BC Hydro, CN Rail, RCMP and Motorola, including the entrance sculpture at Canada Place in the Vancouver downtown area.