Karl Himmelstoss

Karl Himmelstoss , also Karl Himmelstoss (born December 7, 1872 in Breslau , German Empire , † March 1967 in Munich ) was a German sculptor and porcelain maker .

Life

Karl Himmelstoss made architectural and small sculptures. From 1912 to 1938 he designed the second highest number of figures for the porcelain manufacturer Rosenthal , only Ferdinand Liebermann designed more figures in the founding years of the art department of the factory in Selb . In addition, Himmelstoss worked for Heinrich Porzellan , the porcelain factory Lorenz Hutschenreuther , the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin and the Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg . He found his final resting place at the Obermenzing forest cemetery in Munich.

Works (selection)

Hero figure by Karl Himmelstoss from 1929, Gauting

Himmelstoss became known for works such as Verliebt (Faun and Butterfly, 1912), Festreigen (base of a table lamp, model no. K210, 1917) and an ashtray with a Turk (model no. K 628, 1923). He was also known for his naturalistic depictions of animals. Other of his works were titled:

• Pearl seeker , 1917
• Girl figure lotus flower , 1922 '
• Girls in traditional Hessian clothes , 1913
• Bajazzo , 1917
• Spanish dancer Carmen , 1912
• Miracle bird
• Child in an Armchair , 1908
• Sparrow group , 1934
• French horn players , 1912
• Karl Valentin with flute and dachshund

There is a war memorial from 1929 made by Himmelstoss at Bahnhofstrasse 23D in Gauting . For the sculpting work on the war memorial on the Rohrbühl in Münchberg , models by Himmelstoss were used.

literature

• Susan D. Bagdade, Al Bagdade: Warman's English & Continental Pottery & Porcelain: Identification & Price Guide . Krause Publications, 2004, ISBN 0-87349-505-5 , p. 234.
• Karl H. Bröhan , Dieter Högermann, Reto Niggl: Porcelain: Fine arts and design 1889 to 1939. Bröhan Museum , Berlin 1993, pp. 83, 88f.
• Gerhard P. Woeckel: The animal sculpture of the Nymphenburg porcelain manufactory: inventory catalog 1905–1920. Bavarian National Museum , Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-42200-696-6 , p. 39.
• Bernd Fritz, Helga Hilschenz-Mlynek: Rosenthal: a hundred years of porcelain. Museum August Kestner , Union, 1982, pp. 10, 45

Web links

• Karl Himmelstoss (German, 1878–1967). In: artnet , with pictures of Karl Himmelstoss' work.
• A Rosenthal, Karl Himmelstoss, early vintage, '398' penguin. In: rubylane.com with biography
• Karl Himmelstoos gravestone at the Obermenzing forest cemetery