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Place of Origin: Austrian
Art Deco Josephine Baker Brass Sculpture Hagenauer Dancer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Hagenauer Bronze Figure of Josephine Baker, 20th century Impressed mark to foot: WHW
Hagenauer workshops were opened in Vienna in 1898 by Carl, the father of both Karl and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Josephine Baker Female Dancer Brass Statue, Austria 1930 Karl Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien, Karl Hagenauer
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Exceptional Karl Hagenauer statue of a female dancer sculpture, commonly titled as Josephine Baker, cast and nickel plated brass, circa 1930s. , manufactured by Werkstätte Hagenauer ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Dancing klown by Karl Hagenauaer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Dancing klown by Karl Hagenauaer. A wrought copper collar connects the bronze head with the metal body.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Karl Hagenauer Accordionist Austria 1930s Art Deco
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Oakland, CA
Circa 1930, the Karl Hagenauer Accordionist embodies the exquisite craftsmanship of Werkstatte Hagenauer in Austria. Carved from luxurious painted wood and accentuated with nickel-pl...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Chrome
Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine 'Tennis' Girl Holding Balls, Dakon, Vienna c 1939
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Young girl in tennis clothes: backless light-colored top, dark blue, wide, short pants and white tennis shoes, standing w...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine, Girl With Doll, by Claire Weiss, circa 1934
By Claire Weiss, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Little girl in a red short coat with a white collar, matching short pants and a red barge hat with a white ribbon, bending down towards the upright doll with a blonde pageboy head an...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Elegant Lady With Fox Terrier In A Boat, Dakon, Circa 1935
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and delicate Goldscheider Art Déco ceramic figurine of the 1930s:
Elegant young lady in a red off-the-shoulder trouser costume with red polka dots and a large hat on her blond c...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Group 'Jealousy' Lady With Two Pekinese Dogs, ca. 1935
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, Josef Lorenzl
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the 1930s:
Depiction of a standing, elegant lady in a long, red, checkered dress with tiered flounces, matching hat and red gloves, holding ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure Elegant Lady Posing, By Claire Weiss, c 1931
By Claire Weiss, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of an elegant young lady posing in a long, low-cut light gray wrap dress decorated with red flowers, a large red bow tied at the back, three-quarter sleeves with ruffles, t...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hagenauer Sculpture "Woman Walking Panther, " Vienna 1930s Art Deco
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Oakland, CA
This dynamic sculpture, “Woman Walking Panther,” is a striking example of Art Deco artistry from 1930s Vienna. Crafted by the renowned Austrian sculptor Karl Hagenauer in 1928, this ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Brass & Wood Figural Female Sculpture by Hagenauer Wien Austria 1930s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Troy, MI
Art Deco figurative sculpture by Hagenauer Werkstatte Wien Austria
Circa 1930s
Sculpted wood and brass silhouette of a female mounted to brass base
Signed to underside
3.5 inch dia...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Abstract Female Tribal Copper & Fiber Figural Dancer Sculpture Hagenauer 1950s
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Peoria, AZ
Stunning!
Natural Fiber & Copper
Tribal Figural Sculpture
Attributed to Franz Hagenauer
21" Tall
Here is a wonderful figural sculpture of a tribal female dancer with copper neck ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bauhaus Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Goldscheider Vienna Striding Lady With Cape And Muff, by Josef Lorenzl, ca 1934
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Young pretty lady with short hair and a red hat, a beige colored cape with wide puffed sleeves and a long, tight skirt with a la...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Small Cast Bronze Woman Sculpture by Oskar Bottoli on a Black Marble Stand, 1969
By Oskar Bottoli
Located in Berlin, DE
Created in 1969 by the renowned artist Oskar Bottoli, this small cast bronze sculpture captures the timeless allure of the female form.
Depicting a standing nude woman, the piece ex...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Art Ceramics Woman Buste in the style of Goldscheider, 1930's
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Art Deco Art Ceramics Woman Buste Figure in the style of Goldscheider. Made in the 1930's. Austria or Italy. Multi colored glazed woman head with luscious curled hair. A rare...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Figural Dog Coat Hook Walter Bosse Cast Brass / Bronze Mid Century Modern
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Iconic mid century modern black patinated brass or bronze figural dog coat hook, designed by Walter Bosse for Herta Baller in the 1950s/60s.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Figural Cow / Bull Coat Hook Walter Bosse Cast Brass / Bronze Mid Century Modern
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Iconic mid century modern black patinated brass or bronze figural cow or bull coat hook, designed by Walter Bosse for Herta Baller in the 1950s/60s.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure Posing Dancer With Cloth, by Lorenzl c. 1939
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite porcelain figurine of the 1930:
Aparte dancer in a tight-fitting dark blue costume with short trouser legs and ruff, gymnastic shoes on her feet, balancing on the ball of h...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Keramos, Austria. Rare Art Deco ceramic sculpture of a reclining nude woman.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Keramos, Austria. Rare Art Deco ceramic sculpture of a reclining nude woman. Hand-painted.
Approximately 1930.
Marked.
In very good condition with minor glaze chips on one big toe an...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Walter Bosse Hand Sculpture Figurative Ashtray Pin Dish Vide Poche c. 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A beautiful modernist vide poche or ashtray in the shape of a hand designed by Walter Bosse and probably executed by Herta Baller Austria in the 1950s.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine, 'Lady With A Heart', by Stephan Dakon, ca 1939
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare and exceptional Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
A young dancer with chin-length, curly, blond hair standing on the tips of her heels, wearing short brown...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Haguenauer Art Deco Sculpture
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Haguenauer art deco sculpture.
mother with child.
solid bronze and ebonized wood.
Sealed atelier Haguenauer.
Viennese session wHw.
patinated bronze base and wooden top.
The woman is copper colored.
original patina.
Only minor signs of use.
Karl Hagenauer (1898–1956) was an Austrian designer influential in the Art Deco style.
Goldsmith Carl Hagenauer...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Figure Lady With Hat And Guitar by Stephan Dakon, Vienna ca. 1934
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and exclusive Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine:
Posing young lady in a dark gray lace dress with a bustier attached to the front of the skirt, an elegant, wide-brimmed, li...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Midcentury African Warrior Bronze and Brass Sculpture by Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Austrian midcentury African warrior bronze and brass sculpture by Hagenauer.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure, Girl With Headscarf, by Stephan Dakon, ca 1933
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare art ceramic figurine of the 1930s:
Standing girl with a dotted headscarf tied to the back of her head in orange and brown tones, dressed in a sleeveless orange top with a w...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure, Girl With Pointed Hat, by Stephan Dakon, ca 1934
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare art ceramic figurine of the 1930s:
Standing girl with a pointed, sombrero-like hat on her chin-length brunette hair, dressed only in a black, short bolero jacket opened wid...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure 'Daisy' Young Lady With Guitar, Stephan Dakon 1930
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare art ceramic figurine from the early 1930s:
Standing young lady with a pullman cap and bob hairstyle, head turned to the left, in a long-sleeved shirt with wide sleeves and ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Viena Bronze Figure Statue on Alabaster Marble Base Antique Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A classic very decorative bronze statue by the sculptor C. BREHMER depicting a male sportsmen in traditional fashion sportswear of this time in excellent naturalistic pose. The bronz...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster, Metal
Keramos Art Déco Posing Dancer With Cloth by Stephan Dakon, Vienna ca 1945
By Stefan Dakon, Keramos Vienna Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Girl with shoulder-length, brunette hair in a gymnastic suit consisting of short trousers and a tight bustier tied crosswise at the front in gymnastic shoes balancing a step on the b...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Weightlifter Hagenauer Mid-Century / Art Deco Sculpture, Austria, 1930
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / Vintage liftweight sculpture.
Weightlifter Hagenauer mid-century / Art Deco Sculpture - Austria 1930
Franz Hagenauer sculpture of a weightlifte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Hagenauer Style Richard Rohac Austria (1906-1956) bronze African male hunters
By Richard Rohac
Located in Buffalo, NY
Hagenauer Style Richard Rohac Austria (1906-1956) bronze African male hunters..
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Karl Hagenauer bronze circa 1930 austrian Art Déco african dancer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Karl Hagenauer bronze austrian Art Deco circa 1930 representing "African dancer with bracelets"
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1930s Rudolf Knörlein _ Goldscheider Woman Pottery Vienna Austria Art Deco
By Rudolf Knörlein, GOLDSCHEIDERSCHE PORZELLAN-MANUFACTUR UND MAJOLICA-FABRIK (1885-1953)
Located in Brescia, IT
RUDOLF KNORLEIN / GOLDSCHEIDER
Art Deco Figure
Vienna, 1930
Polychrome Ceramics
Excellent condition
No breakage, No restoration
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure 'Nude With Fan', by Josef Lorenzl Ca. 1936
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare And Excellent Goldscheider Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Standing young lady with shoulder-length blond hair, dressed only in grey heels, looking over her shoulder to the left and holding a large fan covered...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Signed Dakon (Stefan))
By Stefan Dakon
Located in NANTES, FR
Cold-painted Austrian bronze.
Dancer with her hands raised on a port marble base.
Signed Dakon on the marble.
Total height: 47 cm
Width: 26 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Weight: 5 Kg
Stefan Dako...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brass Wood Sailing Ship Hagenauer Style 1950s Vienna
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage sailing ship from hammered brass and oakwood designed and executed in Vienna 1950 in the style of Franz Hagenauer.
This amazing sailing ship from stained o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Hagenauer Modernist Sculpture Josephine Baker Made in Vienna Rare
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Oakland, CA
Karl Hagenauer (Austrian, 1898-1956) statue depicting the dancer Josephine Baker, cast brass in chrome finish, circa the 1930s. Stamped ATELIER HAGENAUER WIEN, MADE IN AUSTRIA with W...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Viking Soldier Decorative Bronze Statue Sculpture, Vienna Austria 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous classic decorative Statue or Miniature Sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of metal, we think it's bronze or brass. Very decorativ...
Category
1950s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Popeye Sailor European Sculpture Ebony and Metal Art Deco Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Oakland, CA
Popeye the Sailor, a European Sculpture in the style of Hagenauer made of Ebony wood and Metal in the Art Deco style. We have had a few pieces in this treatment, style and materials. They are very rare to find. This one is particularly interesting since it is an homage to the character of Popeye. This sculpture has a slightly cubist feeling with the treatment of black ebony and silver including the navy anchor on its arm obviously inspired by the original Popeye.
It’s not a widely known fact that a real person inspired E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye. We have discovered was fashioned to resemble this man Frank “Rocky” Fiegel, whose parents immigrated from Poland to the United States. Rocky was born in 1868-1947 and as an adult he joined the navy. He was considered very strong and smoked a pipe, all characteristics of the cartoon Popeye which became such an important icon of protection, not allowing bullying or to be bulled.
This Popeye Sailor sculpture...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure Striding Dancer With Train, by Lorenzl c1930
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremeley rare porcelain figurine around 1930:
Elegant dancer striding to the side with her upper body turned forward, wearing a knee-length, shimmering gray-pink trouser dress with...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Marlene Dietrich, 'Fashion Lady', By C. Weiss, 1937
By Claire Weiss, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of an elegant fashionable lady in long, tight lace skirt in red with black and white, low-cut waisted top at the back, supporting her arms on her hips, her pointed black sh...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Vintage Limewood Carved Figurative Sculpture Lumpacivagabundus 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Vintage vintage hand carved sculpture from lacquered limewood 1930s Vienna.
A stunning figurative sculpture showing the main figure Lumpacivagabundus from a popular Viennese...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Sitting Lady With Two Terriers by Josef Lorenzl 1930
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Goldscheider Figure Group of the 1930s:
Young lady in rosé pantsuit with brunette short haircut sitting on a large stool with low back support, embracing with both hands tw...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Posing Figure, Dance Study by Stephan Dakon, ca 1937
By Stefan Dakon, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Gracefully posing dancer with head tilted to the right, tight-fitting top with bustier and floor-length, wide, front-slit, beige skirt with poppy decoration, holding it up with the a...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Spanish Lady Nude With Cloth by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1940
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Ceramic Figurine of the 1940s:
Standing young pretty lady with dark hair tied at the nape of her neck and ear jewelry in the style of a Spanish woman, presenting a ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Karl Hagenauer Art Deco bronze sculpture circa 1930 signed
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible bronze original Art Deco signed and numbered Franz Hagenauer circa 1930.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage 1930s Mountain Climber on Marble Base, Metal Statue , Vintage Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A classic decorative metal statue. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal, fixed on a marble base. It is a nice and beautiful sculpture of Mountain Climber....
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Goldscheider Vienna Art Deco Group, Russian Ballet, by Claire Weiss, ca 1934
By Claire Weiss, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant dance couple, performing a long dance step to the side: the leading figure with a black hat, red jacket with wide sleeves and matching red breeches hugs the dance partner from behind in a strapless, black and white lace dress...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer Posing In Gray-Blue Dress, by Josef Lorenzl, c 1932
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant Goldscheider Art Déco art ceramic figure from the 1930s:
Dancer with chin-length brunette hair in light gray-blue long dance dress with abstract floral decoration, posing wi...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Bronze Sculpture by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cold painted Austrian bronze sculpture by Franz Bergman depicting a carpet trader.
The piece shows great attention to detail and craftsm...
Category
1950s Moorish Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Bronze Sculpture by Franz Bergman, Signed
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cold painted Austrian bronze sculpture by Franz Bergman depicting a carpet trader.
Bears Franz Bergman foundry stamp impressed to under...
Category
1950s Moorish Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure, Japanese Woman With Lampion, Lorenzl, c1930
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, Josef Lorenzl
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and excellent Goldscheider art ceramic figure of the 1930's:
Young standing Japanese woman in traditional kimono with wide sleeves and colored floral decoration on dark blue ba...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sailing Boat Sculpture Wood Copper Austrian Midcentury Design, 1950s
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Sailing boat with two masts
Designed and executed by Werkstatte Hagenauer Wien, Vienna.
copper sails, brass anchor and masts, wooden boat deck
circa 1950s
marked undernea...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Brass
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure, 'Fan Dance', by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1939
By Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1930's:
Dancer with shoulder-length hair in a long, wide, gray skirt with floral decoration and a pink...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Red and Black, Style, Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Ceramic
Sign:
Made in Austria Keramos
2051
19/M
Wiener
Keramos, later Keramos AG or Keramos KG , was a Viennese ceramics manufacturer that made a name for itself especially in the interwar period . In addition to their own designs, designs from the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were also produced from 1932 onwards. In over 60 years of company history, around 3000 model designs have been produced by around 60 ceramists.
Keramos also carried out commissions from the Wiener Werkstätte, such as vases by Dagobert Peche .
History
The origins of the Keramos company lie in two companies with the same name. The company Keramos – Invalid Society for Viennese Art Ceramics was founded at the end of 1919 on the initiative of the three ceramists Rudolf Wolf, Heinrich Wolf and Ludwig Rys, who had become invalids in World War I. Production started in September 1920. Art-ceramic lamps, figures, vases and boxes were produced.
The company Keramos – Viennese art ceramics and porcelain manufactory was founded in 1920. Josef Hoffmann was a shareholder of Keramos for a long time, as was the sculptor Rudolf Podany, who was engaged from the start and created a large number of designs. From 1921 Anton Klieber was employed, who was also responsible for most of the models.
Around 1924 both companies were merged and converted into an AG, commercial director became Otto Köller, the technical directors were the brothers Rudolf and Heinrich Wolf.
"Some war invalid ceramists founded a workshop with the help of some artists, which was subsequently financed by the state and later enlarged with its participation and converted into a joint-stock company."
The company's headquarters were in the Hofburg , Schwarze-Adler-Stiege, the factory in the 10th district of Vienna, Schleiergasse 17. Artistic collaborators at that time were Eduard Klablena , Otto Prutscher , Karl Perl , Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , IDA Schwetz- Lehmann and Grete Fucik-Fischmeister. On February 23, 1928, the triangular mark was entered in the trademark register. It was now also produced for the Wiener Werkstätte.
Difficulties for the company arose from the Great Depression . Around 1932, 50 people were employed and a large number of models from Eduard Klabena and the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were taken over. The works created by Keramos were labeled with their company brands until after 1941. From 1939 the economic situation of the company was better managed by taking over the production of ceramic winter welfare organization badges, the so-called WHW badges.
Before 1941 the company is converted into a KG named Keramos, Wiener Kunstkeramik und Porzellanmanufaktur Brüder Wolf KG . Otto Köller was no longer active from this point on.
After the end of World War II, Robert Obsieger recommended Robert Mathis as the new head of Keramos, who took over the management of the ceramics manufactory in 1945. In 1949 Mathis introduced a new company logo, which was used alongside the existing triangle mark, the so-called coat of arms mark.
Anton Klieber and Rudolf Podany continued to work as ceramists, and new artists such as Josef Lorenzl and Stephan Dakon , both of whom had previously worked for Goldscheider , as well as Rudolf Chocholka, Karl Grössl and Ina Eisenbeisser were engaged. New models such as dancers, children's figures, animals and nudes were created, as well as the well-known wall masks, young people and poodles from the mid-1950s, which corresponded to the trend at the time. In addition, however, traditional designs such as Madonna statues and busts, saints and angels were still made.
Utility ceramics such as crockery, vases, lamp bases, candle holders and flower pots also became an important branch of production, and cooperation with the German manufacturer Carstens at the beginning of the 1960s was just as lucrative.
In the course of the 1960s, the sales markets for figurative ceramics became increasingly difficult. So until 1982, production was increasingly shifted to everyday ceramics, since ceramic figures were no longer modern due to changing tastes and the spirit of the times. Ultimately, the economic situation at Keramos became more and more difficult and Klaus Mathis, the son of Robert Mathis and then director, who succeeded his father at the helm of the company at the beginning of the 1970s, initiated the liquidation of the company at the end of 1982 .
Staff
The following artistic collaborators have worked for Keramos over the years: Hans Adametz , Franz Barwig the Elder , Franz Barwig the Younger , Andreas Beck, Hans Bolek, Angelo Bortolotti, Hertha Bucher , Rudolf Chocholka, Stephan Dakon , Ferdinand Doblinger, Eckstein, Franz Eggenberger , Ina Eisenbeisser, English, Stephan Erdös, Alois Feichtinger, Feyslitz, Hans Friedberger, Grete Fucik-Fischmeister, Kurt Goebel, Anton Grath, Karl Grössl, M. Günther, Otto Hafenrichter, Arnold Hartig , Friedrich Herkner, Trude Hillinger, Leopold Hohl, Hostasch, Karl Jamök, Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , Eduard Klablena, Klar, Anton Klieber, Maria Klinger, Josef Kostial, Josef Lorenzl , Wilhelm Otto Lugerth, Viktor Matula, Gusty Mundt-Amman, Novotny, Carl Perl, Rudolf Podany, Friedrich Pollak, Hugo Postl, Adolf Prischl, Otto Prutscher , Max Rieder , Elisabeth Rieger-Hofmann, Walter Ritter , Willibald Russ, Karl Sailer, Schönberg, Schwarz, Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , Sult, Robert Ullmann , Otto Weigand, IDA Weiss-Moricz, Rudolf Wolf.
Exhibitions
• Jubilee exhibition of the Wiener Kunstgewerbeverein, Austrian Museum , Vienna 1924.
• Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Paris, 1925.
• Exhibition of Austrian arts and crafts...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Beautiful Teddy Bear in Black Golden Line from the Famous Designer Walter Bosse
By Walter Bosse
Located in ARGENTEUIL, FR
Beautiful and charming little teddy bear in black golden line from the famous designer designer
Walter Bosse (1904 - 1979)
Beautiful original patina from the mid-20th century.
H...
Category
1940s Vienna Secession Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Hagenauer Austria White Metal Fox Figurine
Located in Vienna, AT
This sweet little fox miniature sculpture was made in 1940 by the Austrian Werkstätte Hagenauer. Usually these figurines would be made from brass, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Goldscheider Vienna Art Deco Figurine 'Ball Break' by Claire Weiss, ca 1938
By Claire Weiss, Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figurine:
Depiction of a seated dancer in a blue, strapless ball gown with lace flounces, the right leg folded over the left and the left arm on the knee, holding a ball mask...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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