Anton Carl Luplau

"The four parts of the world"

"The four parts of the world"

Anton Carl Luplau (* 1745 in Blankenburg , Harz , † 1795 in Copenhagen ) was a German porcelain embossing and modeller. He worked at the porcelain factories in Fürstenberg and Copenhagen .

Life

The son of a ducal-Braunschweig pheasant master began an apprenticeship as a bossier under Hans Simon Feilner in 1759 at the porcelain factory in Fürstenberg, where his brother Christian had been an apprentice painter from 1757 . In 1762 he worked in the branch for colored painting in Braunschweig , before continuing his apprenticeship as a bossier in Fürstenberg in July 1763. In 1766 Luplau fled to Kassel, but could not find a job at the newly founded porcelain factory there. He returned to Fürstenberg and completed his apprenticeship there in 1767. During his apprenticeship, Luplau dealt in particular with the downsizing of existing series of figures, including the Great Mountain Gang by Hans Simon Feilner. He worked for the manufactory in Braunschweig in 1774. On January 15, 1776, Luplau sent an application for employment to the Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, which was approved. There he created groups of figures, magnificent vases, potpourri vases and probably also models for the Flora Danica service.

Work (selection)

During his activity in Fürstenberg, Luplau designed around 100 figures, including copies of models from Meißen and Sèvres . Ivory and bronze sculptures from the ducal art collection also served as models. The themes of his groups of figures included Roman and Germanic soldiers, shepherd scenes , seasons, children, gods and comedians. He modeled exotic figures such as B. a sultan and a sultana, a Japanese couple with monkeys and parrot and a series of figures in Russian costume. One of his most famous and original models is the flea seeker .

• Two Germanic princes playing chess , 1772, LWL Museum for Art and Culture , Münster
• Two old German soldiers with a chess game (named after the fire list), 1772, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum , Braunschweig
• The four parts of the world, Europe, America with the crocodile , model No. 250, group of figures from the series The four parts of the world , 1773, Museum Schloss Fürstenberg
• Bust of Vespasian , bisque , 1774, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
• Portrait bust of Sophie Caroline Marie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , 1774, Klassik Stiftung Weimar , art collections
• Portrait medallion of Moses Mendelssohn , 1776
• Bust of Voltaire , miniature bust , bisque, 1786, Kulturgeschichtliches Museum Osnabrück

literature

• Martin Eberle : Luplau, Anton Carl. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 468 .

Web links

• Works by Anton Carl Luplau on artnet
• Works by Anton Karl Luplau in the Victoria and Albert Museum
• Works by Anton Carl Luplau at museum-digital