Carl Christoph Point

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Carl Christoph Punct († August 5, 1765 in Meißen , Electorate of Saxony ) was a German porcelain artist .

Life

In 1761, Johann Joachim Kändler , who was head of the plastic department of the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen during and after the Seven Years' War , appointed Punct as the successor to the sculptor and porcelain modeler Friedrich Elias Meyer the Elder , who ran the manufacture had left the same year. The monthly salary was 33 thalers and 8 groschen. During his work here he proved to be "very hardworking and capable". As a sign of special recognition, he was appointed court sculptor in 1763. After his death in 1765, his successor was the sculptor Peter Reinicke , with whom he had already worked during his lifetime.

Works (selection)

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Drafts puncts in the Indianapolis Museum of Art .

Punct also independently modeled figures, which he placed on high, openwork rocailles . The elongated faces with high foreheads are characteristic of his work. The transition from rococo to Louis-seize style can be seen in his designs . In 1760 he designed his work Diana and Actaeon for Frederick II of Prussia . He is also known for his children's groups from 1764, which symbolize the elements. His designs were titled like

  • The Cavalier and the Lady , 1765
  • Lady in Ball Costume , 1765
  • Hunting group
  • shepherdess
  • Cavalier with flower girl
  • Dancing Shepherd
  • Young man with hunting dogs , around 1762
  • Groups of figures with allegories of the seasons

literature

  • Karl Berling : Meissen porcelain and its history. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1910, pp. 57, 66.
  • Abraham Lambertus den Blaauwen: Meissen porcelain in the Rijksmuseum . Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Waanders, 2000, pp. 334-335, 337, 419.

Web links

Commons : Carl Christoph Punct  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Berling : Meissen porcelain and its history. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1910, pp. 57, 66.
  2. ↑ Pauline Gräfin von Spee: The classical porcelain sculpture of the Meissen manufactory from 1764 to 1814. Dissertation of the Philosophical Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , Bonn 2004, pp. 30, 70.
  3. ↑ Tom Hudgeons: The Official Encyclopedia of Antiques and Collectibles. House of Collectibles, 1983, ISBN 0-87637-365-1 , p. 324.
  4. ↑ Ian Cameron, Elizabeth Kingsley-Rowe: Collins encyclopedia of antiques . Collins, 1973, ISBN 0-00435-022-7 , p. 278.
personal data
SURNAME Punct, Carl Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German porcelain maker
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1765
Place of death Meissen , Electorate of Saxony