Rudolf Knörlein

Rudolf Knörlein (central) with workforce from the Scheibbs clay industry

Rudolf Knörlein (* 1902 in Vienna ; † 1982 in Alt Duvenstedt ) was an Austrian ceramist who made a name for himself in particular as the director of Gmundner Keramik and with work for the clay industry Scheibbs , Wiener Werkstätte , Friedrich Goldscheider and Carstens.

Life

Rudolf Knörlein male head

Knörlein began his training at Gmundner Keramik under Schleiß, then he attended Obsieger's Wienerberger workshop school for ceramics at the same time as Elisabeth and Adelgunde Krippel . From 1918 to 1920 he attended the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Witzmann (1918/19) and Schufinsky (1919/20). He then attended the Wiener Werkstätten-Schule under Obsieger for three years , from 1923 to 1924 he was the provisional workshop manager of the Scheibbs clay industry , three years with Schleiß in Gmunden, one year assistant in the East German workshops in Neusse, and then again at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna Vienna from 1927 to 1929 under Steinhof (1927/28) and Obsieger (1928/29). He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He made numerous works for the clay industry Scheibbs, Wiener Werkstätte, Goldscheider and Carstens. From 1937 to 1939 he was head of Gmundner Keramik and from 1947 had his own workshop in Germany.

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Wolfgang Born on Knörlein in German Art and Decoration (1931/32):

“He brought natural talent with him and, as a student of Robert Obsieger, he had a healthy, professional education that had been supported and expanded through practical work in various industrial companies in Austria and Germany. What is unmistakable in him is the urge to form a closed outline, to calmly round off, to simplify. The jewelry work is pushed back more and more. The taste for the flourish is still alive, but the free play of such ornamental structures is subordinate to nature, only to crown a head like a kind of snake wig like a medusa. It is not difficult to infer the nature of his attitude to the model from the restrained smile that the artist likes to give to his creations. Hair, eyebrows and other accentuated details are glazed in color, one time green, the other time red. The female head with the openwork eyes. "

Exhibitions

• Flower and sculpture , exhibition, Künstlerhaus Vienna, participation with flower pots and ceramics. 1922
• Christmas show in the Künstlerhaus, ceramics (made by Marcell Goldscheider). 1928
• Künstlerhaus exhibition, ceramic girl head. 1929
• Paris Arts and Crafts Exhibition. 1937

literature

• Hans Hagen Hottenroth: Tonindustrie Scheibbs 1923–1933, Scheibbser Keramik 1937. Scheibbs 1994, self-published.
• Hans Hagen Hottenroth: Ceramic Museum Scheibs - an introduction and overview of the museum. Scheibbs 2007.

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Knörlein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files