Friedrich Goldscheider – A. de Ranieri – Buste, Polychrome Patinated Terracotta – 61 cm – Terracotta

A. De Remière, Friedrich Goldscheider Polychrome Patinated Terracotta SculptureFriedrich Goldscheider: polychrome patinated terracotta sculpture depicting the bust of a woman with flower.With signature, A. de Remière. Publisher’s stamp on back. Numbered edition 3032 7 26.Friedrich Goldscheider was an influential ceramics manufacturer. Born on November 6, 1845 in Plzen, Czech Republic, he is best remembered for his founding of the Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory in 1885 Vienna, which is a world-renowned producer of terracotta, faience, bronze, and alabaster ceramics and objects. Goldscheider's most recognized works are small, posed, ceramic figures which are influenced by turn-of-the-century artistic movements like Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Orientalism, featuring flowing lines and naturalistic decorative motifs. In 1889, he notably won the Bronze Medal for terra cotta pieces at the International Exhibition held in Paris. Goldscheider died in Nice, France on January 19, 1897.The "Goldscheidersche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik" was founded in 1885 by Friedrich Goldscheider in Vienna. Within a very short time, the manufactory won international awards with its works made of terracotta, ceramics and bronze and took the lead in historicism, orientalism and art nouveau, both in Viennese and in European ceramics.With branches in Paris, Florence and Leipzig, his sons Walter and Marcell were... lees verder bij Catawiki