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Place of Origin: Austrian
Creator: Michael Powolny
Ceramic Writing Set 'Till Eulenspiegel' by Michael Powolny, Austria, 1919
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Till Eulenspiegel in a brown-red jester's costume with bells, sitting with outstretched legs on a rectangular flat base plate, an owl between his feet and a low, four-sided inkwell w...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Inkwell With Putti by Michael Powolny, Vienna Ceramics, 1910-1912
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Art Nouveau ceramic piece:
Cylindrical vessel with an openwork relief of running putti, in between colourfully glazed flower bouquets and golden cornucopias with blossoms, t...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Wall Mirror With Flowers And Cupids by Michael Powolny Vienna c 1913
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Oval mirror framed by a dense coloured floral wreath formed of ceramic, on the upper rim two winged putti, between them a bird in the middle.
By Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954)
Nowada...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Michael Powolny Art Nouveau Vienna Centrepiece with Three Cherubs, circa 1912
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Michael Powolny Art Nouveau centrepiece with three cherubs - most lovely ceramics item!
Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954), circa 1907.
Hallmarked:
Manufactured by Wiener Keramik (Vienna Ceramics) (WK / hallmarked).
Material is ceramics (multicolored painted / glossy finish).
Model 113 (model number is impressed / bottom glazed)
Monogram of "Michael Powolny (MP)" is impressed, too.
Made 1912.
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Subject:
Most lovely three naked male cherub's figurines holding a round plate attached to their heads / the mentioned plate is blue painted at bottom side / the surface of tiered round socle is partially moss green shaded.
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Height: 21.0 cm (= 8.66 inches)
Diameter of platter: 24.5 cm (= 9.64 inches)
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Bibliography:
Waltraud Neuwirth, Markenlexikon für Kunstgewerbe (3), Wiener Keramik / Modelle 1906-13; pages 100-101
Elisabeth Frottier, "Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900-1950", Vienna 1990, page 200, List of Work (= Werkverzeichnis) number W 113 (WV 61), Model 113
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Experts of Fine Arts assess Michael Powolny's work nowadays as result of activity of one the most important ceramics sculptors / designers of Austrian Art Nouveau. Most of Powolny's successors were strongly under his sway since Powolny had left 'large steps' in Viennese Art of Ceramics.
Excellent condition.
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About Michael Powolny (Sculptor).
As both a designer and a teacher, the Austrian ceramicist and glassware designer Michael Powolny was an important figure in the development of modernist aesthetics in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. His romantic sculptural pottery figures embrace the lush, dynamic stylings of Gustav Klimt and other progressive artists, while his functional pieces — such as glass bowls and vases — employ the simple linear and geometric ornamentation that marked the work of Josef Hoffmann and other members of the Wiener Werkstätte Community of designers and craftsmen.
Powolny received classical training in ceramics from his father, a potter, and at the Vienna School of Applied Arts, but later joined in the modernizing movement in the Austrian arts at the close of the 19th century. In 1897, Klimt, Hoffman, Koloman Moser and other artists and architects founded the Vienna Secession, a group that fought for freedom of expression against the city’s
tradition-bound arts establishment. Powolny’s work reflects the changing times. He used classical figures in his ceramics — female nudes, cherubs — yet would dress them in modern ornament such as garlands of abstract, geometric flowers. Pieces from Powolny’s ceramics company were sold through the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops) founded by Hoffmann and Moser, and Hoffman later hired Powolny to create ceramic ornamentation for his architectural masterpiece, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.
Powolny would go on to design glassware that combines elegant, tapering forms with precise linear decoration. His most influential work may have come as a professor at the School of Applied Arts, where he taught both Lucie Rie,
the great Austrian-British modernist ceramicist, and the American potter Viktor Schreckengost, creator of the “Jazz Bowl...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Green Colored Glazed Vintage Tile by Michael Powolny circa 1925 Austria
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Art deco green colored glazed vintage tile, which shows a motif with a violinist.
An amazing vintage tile designed by Michael Powolny, circa 1925, ...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Austrian Ceramics
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Art Nouveau Ceramic Centerpiece With Three Putti by Michael Powolny Vienna, 1919
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Three standing nude putti with floral decorations and yellow draperies carrying a shallow round bowl. Without base.
By Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954)
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H 6.3 in Dm 11.03 in
Four Seasonal Crinoline Figurines by Michael Powolny, Viennese Ceramics, c. 1910
By Viennese Manufactory, Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Four pedestal-less crinoline figures with seasonal attributes:
Spring: in a floor-length dress with a long scarf and poke bonnet, her head turned to the right to the pigeon sitting on her right arm, in her left hand hanging down a small wreath of flowers.
Model number: denotes 225 - error, correct: 223
Summer: in a dress with a large neckline, with a scarf around the waist,
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arm and holding a bouquet with ears of corn in front of her.
Model number: 224
Autumn: in a floor-length, checked dress with a light coat and a blue bow around her neck, her head with the pinned up, blond hair tilted to the left, holding green foliage with autumn fruits in her hands.
Model number: 225
Winter: with a long, ermine-trimmed coat and scarf, on her blond hair a hat with plumes, her head tilted slightly to the left and both hands buried in front of her in the large muff on which the presents are piled up.
Model number: 226
By Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954)
Nowadays, art experts attest Michael Powolny’s work as the work of one of the most important ceramic artists and designers of Austrian Art Nouveau. Powolny's companions and successors were significantly influenced by him, since he had left behind a work that was extremely important for Viennese ceramic art. Powolny's putti - many of them made on behalf of Wiener Keramik (WK) - are sought after by knowledgeable Art Nouveau collectors, both because of their modeling quality and
because of the endearing and distinctive appearance.
Manufactured by 'Wiener Keramik' (Viennese Ceramics)
ceramics, bright earthenware, glossy finish, multicolored hand-painting
designed ca. 1910, made circa 1910-1912
Marks:
WK+grapes - Wiener Keramik /= Viennese Ceramics
MP - signet for Michael Powolny
Dimensions:
height: ca 30.0 cm / 11.81 in
width: ca 20.0 cm / 7.87 in
depth: ca 18.0 cm / 7.08 in
Bibliography:
- Thomas Arlt / Arthur Weilinger, WIENER KERAMIK / VIENNA CERAMICS Bertold Löffler...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 39.38 in
Art Nouveau Wall Mirror with Flowers and Cupids by Michael Powolny, Vienna, 1915
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Oval mirror, framed by a dense, colored flower wreath made of ceramic, on the upper edge two winged putti, between them a bird in the middle.
By Michael Powolny (1871-1954)
Nowadays, art experts attest Michael Powolny’s work as the work of one of the most important ceramic artists and designers of Austrian Art Nouveau. Powolny's companions and successors were significantly influenced by him, since he had left behind a work that was extremely important for Viennese ceramic art. Powolny's putti - many of them made on behalf of Wiener Keramik (WK) - are sought after by knowledgeable Art Nouveau collectors, both because of their modeling quality and because of the endearing and distinctive appearance.
Manufactured by United Vienna and Gmunden ceramics
ceramics, bright earthenware, glossy finish, multicolored hand-painting
Designed circa 1912, made circa 1913-1919
Marks:
WK+grapes - Wiener Keramik /= Vienna Ceramics
KG+flower - Keramik Gmunden /= Gmunden Ceamics
Model number 287
Dimensions:
Height 29.5 cm / 11.61 in
Width 23.5 cm / 9.25 in
Depth 4.0 cm / 1.57 in
Bibliography:
- Thomas Arlt / Arthur Weilinger, WIENER KERAMIK / VIENNA CERAMICS Bertold Löffler...
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1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 11.61 in W 9.25 in D 1.57 in
Art Nouveau Ceramic Figure 'Snail Rider' by Michael Powolny, Vienna, 1913-1917
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Naked boy with blond curls riding on a black snail with a brown house, in his left hand holding the reins made of a garland of flowers.
By Michael Powolny (1871-1954)
Nowadays, art experts attest Michael Powolny’s work as the work of one of the most important ceramic artists and designers of Austrian Art Nouveau. Powolny's companions and successors were significantly influenced by him, since he had left behind a work that was extremely important for Viennese ceramic art. Powolny's putti - many of them made on behalf of Wiener Keramik (WK) - are sought after by knowledgeable Art Nouveau collectors, both because of their modeling quality and because of the endearing and distinctive appearance.
Manufactured by United Vienna and Gmunden Ceramics
ceramics, bright earthenware, glossy finish, multicolored hand-painting
designed 1907, made circa 1913-1917
Marks:
WK+grapes - Wiener Keramik /= Vienna Ceramics
GK+flower - Gmundner Keramik /= Gmunden Ceamics
Model number 81
Dimensions:
Height 18.0 cm / 7.08 in
Width 20.0 cm / 7.87 in
Depth 10.0 cm / 3.93 in
Bibliography:
- Thomas Arlt / Arthur Weilinger, Wiener Keramik / VIENNA CERAMICS, Bertold Löffler...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 7.08 in W 7.87 in D 3.93 in
Vienna Ceramics Art Nouveau Writing Set With Putto by Michael Powolny, 1910-1912
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau item by Michael Powolny
Manufactured by Wiener Keramik (Vienna Ceramics)
ceramics, bright earthenware, glossy finish, hand painted
Model number 140
Made circa 1910-1912
Marks:
WK - Wiener Keramik /= Vienna Ceramics
MP - Monogram of Michael Powolny
Subject:
Cube-shaped vessel with straight, openwork walls with flower tendrils in relief;
domed round lid with pearl cord and sculptural putto with cornucopia as lid knob;
painted in color, gold staffage; a small glass ink bottle under the lid.
Measures: total height 15.5 cm / 6.10 inches
width x depth 9.0 x 9.0 cm / 3.54 x 3.54 inches
Bibliography:
- Thomas Arlt / Arthur Weilinger, WIENER KERAMIK / VIENNA CERAMICS Bertold Löffler...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 6.1 in W 3.54 in D 3.54 in
Powolny Art Nouveau Vienna Wall Mirror Cherubs Flowers Model 287 VWGK, 1913-1919
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau item: Wall Mirror of Oval Form Type with Cherubs
Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871-1954), circa 1910.
Hallmarked:
Manufactured by Union of Viennese and Gmu...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 11.02 in W 9.05 in D 1.96 in
Michael Powolny Vienna Virgin Mary Christ Child Wiener Keramik WK Model 96, 1908
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Virgin Mary (Madonna) with Christ Child
Modeled by Michael Powolny (1871-1954) / circa 1907
Hallmarked: manufactured by Wiener Keramik / Vienna Ceramics (WK)
Material: Ceramics (glossy finish / multicolored painted)
model number 96
made circa 1907-1908
Subject:
We're presenting a stunning golden painted kneeling figurine of Holy Virgin Mary here:
The Madonna holds undressed christ child with both hands / the little Christ stands in front of Madonna's figurine.
SIZE:
height: 13.0 cm / 5.11 inches
measures of black flat base: 10.0 x 10.0 cm / 3.93 x 3.93 inches
Bibliography:
Waltraud Neuwirth, Markenlexikon für Kunstgewerbe (3), Wiener Keramik / Modelle 1906-13; page 91 Elisabeth Frottier, Michael Powolny / Monograph, published by Boehlau Vienna/Cologne 1990, WV 68
Experts of Fine Arts assess Michael Powolny's work nowadays as result of activity of one the most important ceramics...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 5.11 in W 3.93 in D 3.93 in
Powolny Michael Art Nouveau Vienna Wall Mirror Cherubs Flowers Model 287 GK 1920
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau item: Wall Mirror Of Oval Form Type With Cherubs
Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871 - 1954), circa 1910.
Hallmarked:
Manufactured by Gmunden Ceramics (GK): ...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 11.02 in W 9.05 in D 1.96 in
Powolny Art Nouveau Vienna Writing Equipment Till Eulenspiegel Model 109 GK 1919
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Michael Powolny excellent Art Nouveau item: Writing Equipment to which sculptured figurine of Till Eulenspiegel is attached - it is a quite rare ceramics item, indeed !
Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871-1954), circa 1907.
Hallmarked:
Manufactured by Gmundner Keramik (= Gmunden Ceramics).
GK / hallmarked (the mark is dimly visible at reverse side / original firm label still existing).
Material is ceramics (painted in rusty red, brown and black / glossy finish).
MODEL 109 (model number is impressed / bottom glazed)
Made circa 1919
Subject:
Most lovely sculptured figurine of Till Eulenspiegel* cowering on rectangular platter. There is an owl visible next to his feet / additionally, the holder for inkwell (inkpot) is attached beside the sculptured figurine.
Bibliography:
Waltraud Neuwirth, Markenlexikon für Kunstgewerbe (3), Wiener Keramik / Modelle 1906-13; page 98
Elisabeth Frottier, "Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900-1950", Vienna 1990, page 200, List of Work (= Werkverzeichnis) number W 109 (WV 58), Model 109
We read in wikipedia about Till Eulenspiegel:
Till Eulenspiegel was an impudent trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 6.29 in W 12 in D 6.29 in
Michael Powolny Art Nouveau Vienna Virgin Mary Jesus Child on Box Model 93, 1911
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Michael Powolny excellent Art Nouveau item:
Virgin Mary with Jesus Child attached to twelve-sided box. It is a most lovely ceramics item, indeed !
Modelled by Michael Powolny 1871 ...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 7.87 in Dm 6.29 in
Box Sparrow on Lid Michael Powolny Gmunden Ceramics Model 64, 1913-1919
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Detailed description:
Ceramics box (eight-sided), with sparrow holding a flower's twig in beak / the bird's figurine is attached to lid
DESIGN: Michael Powolny, circa 1907
crea...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Michael Powolny Art Nouveau Vienna Virgin Mary Jesus Child Model 96 c.1907-12
By Michael Powolny
Located in Vienna, AT
Michael Powolny Art Nouveau sculpture:
Virgin Mary with Jesus child, it is a most lovely ceramics item, indeed!
Modelled by Michael Powolny (1871-1954,) circa 1907.
Hallmarked:
Manufactured by Wiener Keramik (Vienna Ceramics) (WK / hallmarked.)
Material is ceramics (multicolored painted / glossy finish.)
Model 96...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Austrian Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
H 5.11 in W 3.93 in D 3.93 in
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