Josef Zeutzius

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Josef Zeutzius (* before 1880 ; † 17th July 1917 in Dresden ) was a painter and formative artists in particular ceramic tiles .

Life

At the end of the 1870s, the director of the Dresden branch of the stoneware manufacturer Villeroy & Boch , which until then had mainly produced so-called “stacked goods”, was looking for ways to broaden the product portfolio. In particular, a greater variety of shapes and a refinement of the colored decorations should bring out a higher value of the Dresden feldspar stoneware. After visiting the Paris World Exhibition in 1878 , the Dresden director wanted to have decorative objects made and in 1880 hired the painter Josef Zeutzius, who had been known to him for many years, as the company's head of decoration.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Tonindustrie-Zeitung reported on a visit to Villeroy & Boch in Dresden, where the guests had the opportunity to see the tile paintings designed by Josef Zeutzius in weather-resistant frit painting (with colors burned in hot fire on sintered plates) on the front furnace hall " to visit.

In total, Josef Zeutzius worked for the Dresden stoneware manufacturer for around 37 years and played a major role in the economic boom of his employer before he died on July 17, 1917 after a short illness at his place of residence in the middle of World War I.

Famous works

  • The designs for tiles in the now listed building of the butcher shop Büchner, Bismarckstraße 3 in Görlitz are attributed to Josef Zeutzius.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Economic-commercial part / correspondence / Josef Zeutius † , in: SpeechSaal. Official newspaper for the Association of Ceramic Trades in Germany, the Association of German Glass Manufacturers, the Pottery Trade Association and their nine ... Founded by Fr. Jacob Müller in 1868 , 50th year (issue 30), pp. 221, 226; limited preview in Google Book search
  2. ↑ a b Tonindustrie-Zeitung . Specialist newspaper for the interests of brick, facing stone, chamotte, pottery, earthenware, porcelain, cement u. Kalkindustrie , Volume 31 (1907), p. 591; limited preview in Google Book search
  3. ↑ Consultation room… , year 39 (1906), part 2, p. 1310; limited preview in Google Book search
  4. ↑ Wilhelm Joliet: The history of tiles / Tile coverings worth seeing from Villeroy & Boch Dresden in the shop of the butcher shop Büchner in Görlitz on the page geschichte-der-fliese.de [undated], last accessed on March 4, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Zeutzius, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Painter and ceramic artist at Villeroy & Boch in Dresden
DATE OF BIRTH before 1880
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1917
Place of death Dresden