Eduard Klablena

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Eduard Klablena (* 1881 in Bučany , Neutra county ; † 1933 in Langenzersdorf ) was a ceramist at the Wiener Werkstätte and later the Keramos .

life and work

Eduard Klablena was born in Bučany , Neutra County , (now Slovakia) in 1881 . In 1883 the family moved to Langenzersdorf. Klablena became a student in Karl Waschmann's studio. After studying at the Vienna School of Applied Arts , he worked in Austria and Germany. He was a member of the German Werkbund. In 1909/10 he created models for the Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin . In 1911 he returned to Austria forever and founded a workshop in Langenzersdorf. From 1911 he regularly took part in exhibitions at the MAK ( Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna) ), where he showed ceramic figures, people and animals.

Klablena created models for the Keramos company . Between 1912 and 1919, he delivered a total of 842 ceramic objects to the Wiener Werkstätte. The sacristy of the parish church of St. Katharina in Langenzersdorf was equipped with a stucco ceiling. Klablena died in 1933. His grave is in the local cemetery in Langenzersdorf.

Work examples

  • Bird fantasy “Lüstling”, designed in 1918 for the Wiener Werkstätte, ceramics, natural white body, painted in colors, underside with lig. black monogram EK, H 16.5 cm.
  • Animal fantasy: "Theater director" Design and execution: Eduard Klablena, Langenzersdorf 1915/1918. Model number of the Wiener Werkstätte: WW 885, H 20 cm.

Collections

  • Langenzersdorf Museum

literature

  • Austria - Viennese ceramics 1906 - 1913 , W. Neuwirth. ISBN 978-3-900282-37-0
  • Wiener Werkstätte ceramics. Volume 1: Original ceramics 1920-1931 , W. Neuwirth. ISBN 978-390-028217-2
  • Eduard Klablena and the Wiener Werkstätte Wien 2000, ill. P. 36. from Dorotheum catalog
  • 900 years of Langenzersdorf , published by the market town of Langenzersdorf 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Dorotheum catalog (accessed on August 25, 2009)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dorotheum.at
  2. ↑ Catalog of the Galerie Bel Etage Vienna (accessed on August 25, 2009; PDF; 1.7 MB)
  3. ^ Klablena ceramics in the Langenzersdorf Museum
personal data
SURNAME Klablena, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Bučany
DATE OF DEATH 1933
Place of death Langenzersdorf