Konrad Hentschel
Julius Konrad Hentschel (born June 3, 1872 in Cölln near Meißen , † July 9, 1907 in Meißen) was one of the most important porcelain models of the Meißen Art Nouveau .
Life
As the son of Julius Konrad, who played a key role in the development of the Pâte-sur-Pâte technique in the factory , and as the younger brother of the porcelain painter Hans Rudolph Hentschel , he attended the Meißen drawing school in 1889. After a year as a bossier's apprenticeship, he completed a two-year course at the Art Academy in Munich in 1891 . In 1894 he returned to the Meissen manufactory , where he worked as a bossier for two years. When the administration announced a competition to create a contemporary and cheap déjeuner in 1896 , the then 24-year-old designed with his so-called “Krokus- Dejeuner “the first significant tableware ensemble of Art Nouveau, which attracted great attention and also buyers at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. In the same year he went on a trip to Italy. He owes his current fame above all to the work that he created in the course of his activity as a modeller at the Meissen porcelain factory from June 1, 1897. In addition to other figurative representations, the Hentschel children named after him, a series of twelve children playing, gained some popularity not only with collectors. Apart from teaching at the Dresden Art Academy for two years (1899–1901), he stayed with the Meissen manufactory as a modeller until his untimely death in 1907.
literature
- Johannes Just: Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain . Leipzig: Edition Leipzig, 1983, ISBN 3-570-09020-5 .
- Hermann Jedding: Meissen porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries 1800–1933 . Munich: Keysersche Verlagbuchhandlung, 1981, ISBN 3-87405-133-1 .
- Otto Walcha : Meissen porcelain. From the beginning to the present . Dresden: Verlag der Kunst, 1986, 8th edition, ISBN 3-364-00012-3 .
- Günther Sterba : Utility porcelain from Meissen . Edition Leipzig, 1988, ISBN 3-361-00193-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Konrad Hentschel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hentschel, Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hentschel, Julius Konrad (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German porcelain modeler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cölln near Meißen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1907 |
| Place of death | Meissen |