One hundred years of Art Cast Foundry Noack represents four generations of business and family tradition in which the management has always been passed on from father to son. Starting with Traugott Noack (1865-1941) who founded this Foundry on 1st July 1899, followed by Fritz Noack (1904-1981), Gerhard Noack (born 1931) and Bert Noack (born 1964) who became the owner in 1992. The history of this unique foundry is marked by extraordinary assignments from outstanding artists, e.g. Carl Seffner, Max Klinger, Kurt Kluge, Matthieu Molitor, Hans Zeisig, Walter Arnold, Rudolf Oelzner, Theo Balden, Gerhard Geyer, Wieland Förster, Jenny Mucchi-Wiegmann, Wolfgang Mattheuer, and May Marx. Their beautiful works are now to be seen in the townscape of Leipzig and elsewhere. Besides their work as bronze casters, the Noacks have become an important partner in the preservation and restoration of bronze monuments since the end od World War II. It is also noteworthy that the Noacks still preserve and use historic casting techniques which are lost in other foundries. A lot of the works that were cast by the Noacks are museum pieces now. The exhibition and this publication show the large profile of Art Cast Foundry Noack and provide an opportunity to thank all its friends and its own team of skilled specialists for their excellent and constructive cooperation.

Art Cast Foundry Noack 1899 - 1999

Arman,
"Homage to Bach "
2000,
Guß von
Bert Noack

• of business and family traditon
• of artistic casting of bronze, silver, gold, aluminium, tin and other metals
• reliefs, busts, small monuments and sacred sculptures, fountains, badges, arts and crafts
• related to the history of business, culture and arts in Leipzig, Saxony and abroad
• entrusted by sculptors, cities, municipalities, museums, galleries and private customers

The firm
This Art Cast Foundry has built a solid reputation by carrying out large and small art casting assignments for more than one-hundred years. Best quality, variety, competence and continuity are characteristic for the Noacks in all four generations. The studio keeps high standards and owns highly skilled manpower by training their own mold-makers, engravers and patineurs. The Noacks have been entrusted to carry out the ideas of famous artists, nationwide and abroad. They especially preserve historic casting, like sand casting or the lost wax process, as well as filigree casting. Therefore, this Leipzig Art Cast Foundry is an important partner for the preservation, restoration and replication of any cast metal works of art from private and from public sources. In addition, innovative casting molds are designed and produced.