Rosenthal & Maeder

Example of a foundry signature from Rosenthal & Maeder, abbreviation R.uM.

Different foundry signature from Rosenthal & Maeder, abbreviation RM

Rosenthal & Maeder (also Rosenthal and Maeder , abbreviated also RuM or RM ) was a German foundry in Berlin .

history

Rosenthal & Maeder produced decorative bronze and ivory figures in the Art Deco style in the mid-1920s . The company was located at Dresdner Straße 88/89 and had an exhibition room at Ritterstraße 59.

The company implemented works by sculptors such as Franz Peleschka , Anton Puchegger , Hans Harders , Ernst Beck , Dorothea Charol , Otto Poertzel , Paul Phillipe and Richard Lange .

In 1929 the company was merged into Preiss & Kassler , which the artists from Rosenthal & Maeder took over in large numbers and many of them continued to publish their works.

literature

• Victor Arwas : Art deco sculpture . Academy Editions, 1992. p. 251.
• Mike Darton: Art Deco. An Illustrated Guide to the Decorative Style 1920-40 . Wellfleet Press, 1989. ISBN 1-55521-571-8 , p. 28.
• Alastair Duncan : The Encyclopedia of Art Deco . Knickerbocker Press, 1998. ISBN 1-57715-046-5 , pp. 29, 38.
• Alberto Shayo : Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor. The Fire and the Flame. Antique Collectors' Club, 2005. ISBN 1-85149-482-0 , p. 38.

Web links

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