Austrian Ceramics

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. ________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________________ Height: 21.0 cm (= 8.66 inches) Diameter of platter: 24.5 cm (= 9.64 inches) ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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...

Very rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine. The young lady with a brunette page-boy hair cut is wearing pink pajamas with blue-green hems and is sitting astride a white chair upholster...

Rare Goldscheider figurine of the 1930s Young lady with dark blond curly hair and a cap in a sporty costume with skirt and tie running two English pointer hounds. On a cream-colo...

Very large and rare Goldscheider ceramic figurine of the 1920's: Striding graceful young lady in oriental clothing, balancing an amphora on her head...

Excellent Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Ceramic Figurine: Dancer in Spanish costume: long skirt with slit above the knee and embroidered bolero jac...

MOST LOVELY ART NOUVEAU CHERUB FIGURINE ATTACHED TO LID OF BOX / BOWL MADE CIRCA 1910 MODELLED BY CARL KLIMT (BORN 1876 IN TEPLITZ - DIED 1945 IN ZINNWALD / BOHEMIA) ...

Bowl on an oval ground plan with flared, wavy and curved walls on four swept-out feet, fruit and leaf decoration in relief on the bowl base and on the outside, colored glazed in an e...

Rare Goldscheider ceramics of the 1930s The standing young variety dancer is only dressed in high heels. Looking to the left over her shoulder...

Excellent art ceramic figurine from the 1930s: Striding young lady with a cropped, delicate top and a large hat, holding up the long, wide skirt with a stylized floral pattern with both hands. On a black oval base, artist's signature 'Dakon' on the bottom. Based on the film 'The Blonde Dream', starring Lilian Harvey. Lilian Harvey (1906 - 1968) was a British-German actress, singer and dancer. From 1923 she attended the ballet school of the German State Opera and received first paid appearances as a dancer in Hungary and Austria. She made a total of 12 films with Willy Fritsch, and in 1930 came the decisive breakthrough with the romantic comedy film 'Liebeswalzer'. 1931 the film 'The Congress Dances' appeared, in which she appeared in a scene 'Christels Song', better known as 'Das gibt's nur einmal' that today still exists as an Evergreen. During the Nazi era in Germany Lilian Harvey's career stopped because of her opposition to the regime and she emigrated first to southern France and then to the United States. After the war she returned to Europe and took turns living in Germany and France, where she died in 1968. Designed by STEPHAN DAKON...

Majolica butterfly plate Josef Steidl Znaim, circa 1890.

Rare Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figurine of the 1920s: Standing young lady in a carnival costume inspired by the Rococo style with delicate straps and a low neckline, long skirt wi...

Rare Large Goldscheider Art Deco Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s: Young lady with short hairstyle in a short, low-cut strap dress with large floral decoration, posing lasciviously and...

Very rare Viennese ceramic figure from the late 1920s: Young, fancy dancer in a tight costume with a shoulderless and backless top held by a pearl necklace and short harem pants, bl...

Delicate Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s: A dancer posing gracefully with her head tilted to the right, wearing a close-fitting bustier top and a floor-length, wi...

Two graceful dancers in long, low-cut and high-slit red dresses with large floral decorations, posing facing each other with their upper bodies tilted backwards and holding the ends ...

Exceptional Art Déco model of the Goldscheider company, extremely rarely produced and not listed in the catalogue raisonné: Man in traditional Japanese costume – long coat with flora...

Goldscheider Spanish dancer with a fan signed by Joseph Lorenzl, Austria, 1922. Model 5232.

Enamel Ceramic vase signed Amphora. Austria, circa 1920.

A very amusing late 19th century terracotta group, in the manner of 'Goldscheider' of three young black boys sitting on a wall.

Pair of glazed ceramic woman. Art Nouveau period. Vienna, circa 1900.

Wonderful two-person set, consisting of a butter dish and two plates. The set is made of ceramic, glazed and hand painted, of the Art Nouveau period, made around 1910, in Austria. ...

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...

Rare Goldscheider Figurine of the 1930s The dancer has her hair covered with a headscarf and is wearing a bustier and a long, wide skirt with blue flowers and colorful butterflies...

Rare Goldscheider Ceramic Figurine Group: Boy in a sailor suit with shorts, long-sleeved top and sailor hat, carrying a school bag on his back, leading a smaller girl in a short, red...

A beautiful Art Deco tea pot with lid, dated circa 1940, made of pottery / stoneware with lovely brown glaze, designed by Vally Wieselthier. In very good ...

Representation of an elegant lady in a long, tight-fitting red dress with a white lace pattern and a wide swinging skirt part with a high slit at the front, a wide, black lace collar...

A turquoise crackle-glazed ceramic bowl with a matching lid, both finished in a crackle-glaze texture. The lid is topped with a sculpted female head which is the handle. The female's...

Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s: The young lady with artfully pinned up hair and headdress wears only an exotic-looking short skirt in the manner of a ro...

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...

Goldscheider Vienna Dancing Spanish Couple Clad in Spanish Garments. Model created by Karl Perl (1876 - 1965) / designed circa 1922. Mad...

Most elegant Art Deco figurine of the dancer 'La Jana' Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria Dating: circa 1933 Technique: Handcrafted ceramics, finest hand painting, gloss...

A beautiful glazed terracotta nude, shown in a contrapposto pose. She is both modern, with her stylish hair and classical, harking back to ancient Roman sculpture...

Most elegant mocha set for six persons made of cream white ceramics / glazed and partially black painted / very interesting stylized monochrome pattern: It is strongly influenced by designs created by Dagobert Peche ! We're presenting here: Lidded mocha pot...

Majolica butterfly plate Josef Steidl Znaim, circa 1890.

8x piano stabilizer ceramic to prevent the piano from sliding around 1920s Original condition One has a chip but no crack. ( see last photo )

Ceramic thermos can with brass cover around 1950s The ceramic lid has a small chip. ( see last photo ) Brass polished and stove enameled

Set of six country style hands-free painted ceramic dinner plates. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in blue. The g...

Set of six country style hands-free painted ceramic dinner plates. Glazed in sage green and decorated with a handpainted white pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painte...

Country Style set of six hands-free painted ceramic cereal dishes or soup dishes. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in blue. The garlande can be ordered in different colors. Produced in Austria in the typical Austrian country style. Bowls and diner plates...

A colorful porcelain enamel Austrian bowl, jewelry dish or vide-poche (catch-all), circa mid-20th century, Austria. Dish has detailed enamel design of flowers, leaves, and swirls. Ma...

Set of six country style hands-free painted ceramic dinner plates. Glazed in blue and decorated with a handpainted white pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garl...

Hands-free painted pottery mug from Austria in Black Forest style. Decorated with a hand-painted decor in green all around. Showing trees in the front and a handpainted fox in green ...

This is an antique wall charger. An Austrian, gilt ceramic decorative plate, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Striking classica...

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...

Country Style set of six hands-free painted ceramic cereal dishes or soup dishes. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center and a hands-free painted garlande in pink. The garlande can be ordered in different colors. Produced in Austria in the typical Austrian country style. Bowls and diner plates...

Large hands-free painted pottery dish in country style. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center with butterflies and a hands-free painted garlande in green...

Large hands-free painted ceramic bowl. Decorated with a handpainted green pomegranate decor in the center with butterflies and a hands-free painted garlande in pink inside and outsid...

Gmundner ceramic Bowl with top vienna around 1950s bowl gmundner cermic vienna Original condition

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This is a pair of antique display plates. An Austrian, ceramic serving charger with classical taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Wonderful European romanticism...

Art deco green colored glazed vintage tile, which shows a motif with a violinist. An amazing vintage tile designed by Michael Powolny, circa 1925, ...

Signed Wiener Werkstätte Lidded Glazed Earthenware Box, 1920's, Vienna Exquisite early Wiener Werkstätte box in glazed earthenware with embellis...

Circa 1910, by Robert Hanke for Royal Wettina, Austria. Spectacularly ahead of its time, this ultra-modern secessionist vase is bold in shape and subtl...

Goldscheider Art Deco relief in glazed ceramics with woman's face. Austria, 1950s. In very good condition. Measures: 19 x 13 cm. Stamped.

Bohemian Ceramic Vase Designed by Nikolaus Kannhäuser Manufactured by Amphora Riessner Stellmacher & Kessel, Turn-Teplitz circa 1898 "ivory p...

Exceptional Austrian Putto in the style of Michael Powolny with bow, arrow and quiver on his back sitting on a colorful bed of blue bubbles. Magnificent s...

vase, Paul Dachsel attr., Amphora-Werke Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel, ca. 1907-10 white shards, colourfully glazed

Very Rare Goldscheider Ceramic Figurine: Young female revue dancer with chin-length hair and bare torso in light blue short skirt, holding up the long trains with large-scale floral ...

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...

This very fine terra cotta sculpture was a high-end creation of the Keramos ceramic company in Vienna. Although the company produced its share of po...