Michael Powolny

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Photo by Ludwig Schwab (1930s)

Michael Powolny (born September 18, 1871 in Judenburg , Austria-Hungary ; † January 4, 1954 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ceramic designer and sculptor .

Terracotta relief (1952) on the house at Raxstrasse 6–8 by Michael Powolny
Honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Life

After completing an apprenticeship as a potter, Powolny attended the technical college for the clay industry in Znojmo from 1891 to 1894 , and then from 1894 to 1901 the Vienna School of Applied Arts . In 1906 he founded together with Bertold Löffler the Viennese ceramics , their distribution after about a year of the Wiener Werkstätte was acquired. In 1913 Wiener Keramik merged with Gmundner Keramik (Vereinigte Wiener and Gmundner Keramik and Gmundner Tonwarenfabrik Schleiss Gesellschaft mbH). Michael Powolny worked from 1909 to 1936 as a teacher at the arts and crafts school. His works, which can be assigned to Art Deco from 1929 , have been shown at numerous international exhibitions and fetch high prices from collectors. Powolny was consulted by Josef Hoffmann in furnishing the Fledermaus Cabaret and the Stoclet Palace and in the design of several large villa buildings in Vienna. Powolny also designed the new Austrian one-shilling coin from 1952.

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Powolny was awarded the Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna in 1951 .

Powolny was buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 13 B, Row 12, No. 7).

1965 in Vienna's 22nd district , the Powolnygasse named after him.

Works (excerpt)

  • Value side of the 5 Schilling silver coin Magna Mater Austriae 1934–36

  • 2 shilling coin 1946–52

  • Reverse of the 5 groschen coin 1948–94

literature

  • Elisabeth Frottier: Michael Powolny: Ceramic and Glass from Vienna 1900 to 1950. Monograph and catalog raisonné. Böhlau, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-205-05268-4 .
  • Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 .
  • Gregor Gatscher-Riedl: Michael Powolny. White gold from Perchtoldsdorf. In: Local history supplement [to the official gazette of the district authority Mödling], 46th volume, F. 1, (Mödling March 5, 2011), p. 5 f.
  • Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 138 f.
  • Powolny, Michael . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 330 .
  • Heinz P. Adamek : Artistic Chords - Diagonal. Essays on art, architecture, literature and society. Vienna: Böhlau 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-20250-9 , pp. 51–57.

Web links

Commons : Michael Powolny  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tulga Beyerle , Karin Hirschberger: A Century of Austrian Design: 1900-2005. Walter de Gruyter, 2006. ISBN 3-0346-0889-6 , p. 108 ( books.google.com.au ).
  2. ^ Vienna in retrospect - reports from September 1951.
  3. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: The images in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 138 f.
  4. ^ Austrian National Library - In Arthur Schnitzler's study. Retrieved April 26, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Elmar Fröschl: A biography of the sculptor and medalist Edwin Grienauer. Vienna 2014, p. 111 f.
personal data
SURNAME Powolny, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ceramic designer and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Judenburg
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1954
Place of death Vienna