Paul Walther (sculptor)

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Paul Walther (born October 28, 1876 in Meißen ; † 1933 there ; full name: Louis Clemens Paul Walther ) was a German sculptor and animal sculptor from the Meissen porcelain factory .

Life

Paul Walther studied one semester at the art academy in Dresden and was otherwise self-taught . From 1891 he worked at the Meissen porcelain factory. Numerous models of animal figures come from him, also in connection with vessels. He was one of the most productive modellers at the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory: 196 models from the period from 1904 to 1933 were made by him. Paul Walther was a member of the Dresden artist group in 1913 .

Works (selection)

  • Paul Walther, Pfefferfresser, model number Y 177, 1908

  • Paul Walther, Kingfisher, 1910

  • Paul Walther, Bird of Paradise, model number E 275, 1916

literature

  • Walther, Paul . In: Sabine and Thomas Bergmann (eds.): Meissen artist figures: model numbers A 100 - Z 300. This reference work appears on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Bergmann auction house in Erlangen . Götz, Karlsruhe 2010, p. 673 .
  • Walther, Paul (Louis Clemens P.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 131 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walther, Paul . In: Sabine and Thomas Bergmann (eds.): Meissen artist figures: model numbers A 100 - Z 300. This reference work appears on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Bergmann auction house in Erlangen . Götz, Karlsruhe 2010, p. 673 .
personal data
SURNAME Walther, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walther, Louis Clemens Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and animal sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH 1933
Place of death Meissen