Friedrich Kastner
Friedrich Kästner (* 1855 ; † 1924 ) was a German porcelain manufacturer from Oberhohndorf near Zwickau in Saxony .
Life
In 1883 Friedrich Kästner took over the porcelain factory built by his father Florentin Kästner in 1882 with its own porcelain painting and a workforce of 100 workers. The Kästner family had achieved prosperity through the coal mining and were among the wealthiest citizens of Zwickau. She owned seven coal mines alone . Initially two crossed miners adorned the porcelain as coats of arms , and later mallets and iron until 1971 , as a symbol of the connection to the coal mining industry.
Kästner operated the porcelain factory using the latest technology of the time. In the founding years he limited the production of porcelain to tableware. The range was later expanded to include tableware and coffee tableware. The Kästner company was known for its hotel porcelain series.
In 1886 he enlarged and expanded the production facility. Due to the increased demand for Kästner porcelain, the workforce increased to 180 in 1886. He built additional sample warehouses and set up company agencies at home and abroad.
In 1905, Kästner also introduced Art Nouveau porcelain into its range. A high point in the development of porcelain art was the introduction of Copenhagen underglaze painting by Kästner. This type of porcelain painting was widely used. In addition to copies made by the Copenhagen porcelain factory, he brought his own animal motifs, flowers, landscapes and hunting pieces to the porcelain.
In 1919, Kästner converted his porcelain factory into a GmbH , and in the same year founded the arts and crafts college for porcelain together with the Fraureuther porcelain factory, the Zwickauer porcelain factory and the Zwickauer porcelain painting Karl Steubler . With this he initiated the artistic training of porcelain painters in Zwickau .
The collaboration with the Bunzlau form designer Professor Artur Hennig in the 1920s was of particular importance for Friedrich Kästner and his company .
Friedrich Kästner died in Zwickau in 1924.
Company history after Kästner's death
With Hennig's avant-garde tableware designs, the factory reached its artistic peak and at that time was one of the most innovative porcelain factories in Germany. Kästner porcelain achieved international fame, especially under the name "Kaestner Saxonia", which is still known today.
After 1945 Hennig continued to run the company with state participation and delivered dishes to the Soviet Union , Hungary , Canada and Greece . Kästner's company ended on July 14, 1971 after the application for liquidation was submitted at the shareholders' meeting and its dissolution was resolved.
Exhibitions
In the Municipal Museum Zwickau Friedrich Kastner's achievements in the field of porcelain art are well documented.
In the former Oberhohndorf town hall there is a permanent Kästner porcelain exhibition entitled “FORM AND PERFECTION - Harmony of the Moment”.
Factory brands
early factory brand Friedrich Kästner
Factory brand Friedrich Kästner
Factory brand Friedrich Kästner
literature
- Petra Zieger, Waltraud Westen, Imke Ristow: Porcelain from Zwickau . Friedrich Kästner - company and style history. City of Zwickau, Zwickau 2000, ISBN 3-933282-10-1 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kaestner porcelain permanent exhibition in Oberhohendorf / Zwickau. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 1, 2012 ; accessed on January 3, 2013 (Zwickau-Oberhohndorf, Wildenfelser Strasse 36). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
See also
Web links
- Zwickau Municipal Museums. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
- Porcelain factories in Zwickau. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kastner, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German porcelain manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1855 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1924 |