Stephan Dakon
Stephan Dakon (born November 14, 1904 in Vienna ; † February 27, 1997 ibid) was an Austrian sculptor and ceramist of Art Deco .
Life
Stephan Dakon attended a sculpture school and did an apprenticeship at the Kunstzgießerei Vienna and worked from 1924 through the ceramist Josef Lorenzl at the Vienna manufactory of Friedrich Goldscheider , for which he created numerous models in the Art Deco style. Between 1925 and the mid-1950s, he developed into one of the most important and creative designers for Goldscheider. His specialty was the figurative representation of dancers and actresses a. a. Dolly Sisters , Rita Zabekov , Lilian Harvey , Louise Brooks and the shaping of female wall masks as well as depictions of children. Dakon also provided designs for the Viennese ceramic company Keramos and the German manufacturers Goebel / Oeslau and porcelain factory Hertwig & Co. / Katzhütte.
Stephan Dakon's ceramics are still traded at international auctions. Works by Dakon (ceramics and bronzes) are in numerous private collections and in the Wien Museum .
literature
- 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 .
- Uta M. Matschiner: Viennese ceramic art and porcelain manufacture Keramos. Self-published, St. Valentin 2010, ISBN 978-3-200-01817-4 .
- Uta M. Matschiner: Naked - Aesthetics of Nudity in the 50s. Self-published, St. Valentin 2006
- Gerald Koenecke: Goldscheider - West Germany. Figures and wall masks 1953–60. Edition Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-89744-122-4 .
- Horst Makus: 1950s ceramics. The everyday life of modernity. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 978-3-925369-69-8 .
- Bryan Catley: Art Deco and other Figures. Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1978.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Judith Miller : Miller's Art Deco. Living with the Art Deco Style. Hachette UK, 2016. ISBN 1-78472-278-2 , p. 86.
- ↑ Brief bio about Stephan Dakon on nostalgiecorner.at
- ↑ Horst Makus: 50s wall masks: Beauty and exoticism (Germany and Austria ), Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2000 ISBN 978-3-89790-153-7 , p. 186
- ^ Figure Viennese waltz on auctions-fischer.de
- ↑ Stefan Dakon (Austrian, 1904 - 1992) In: artnet
- ^ Wien Museum : Catalog "With skin and hair". Metro Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-9930-0322-7 , p. 26.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dakon, Stephan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sculptor and ceramist of Art Deco |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1997 |
Place of death | Vienna |