Walter Bosse

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Walter Bosse (born November 13, 1904 in Vienna , † December 13, 1979 in Iserlohn ) was an Austrian ceramic artist and designer.

biography

Bosse was born as the son of the painter couple Luise and Julius Bosse , the father was a portrait painter at the court of the Tsars before the First World War. After the First World War, Bosse completed an apprenticeship at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and then at the Munich School of Applied Arts. In 1953 he moved to Iserlohn. In 1979, Bosse died impoverished.

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Initially, Bosse designed ceramic figures that stood out for their grotesque note. Lips, eyes, fingers, a childish playfulness in the depiction of the facial expressions of his characters characterized these designs. In this style he worked for the Scheibbs sound industry . Around 1924, at least four figures were created for the Augarten porcelain factory in Vienna. From around 1926 to 1930, over 200 Bosse grotesques were formed in the Metzler & Ortloff porcelain factory in Ilmenau (Thuringia). Some of these figures were also featured in the trade journal Die Schaulade in 1926 and 1930 , although only one Viennese artist was mentioned as a sculptor. The company's model books, beginning around 1927, contain many sketches with model numbers of his grotesques. Some of these figures can also be found in ceramics at the Vienna manufactory F. Goldscheider. From 1928 to around 1932, Bosse designed a number of objects for the Viennese manufacture Friedrich Goldscheider . In the W. Goebel porcelain factory in Oeslau , around 26 Bosse designs were implemented in porcelain between 1940 and 1961. Reinhold Unger and Theo Menzenbach were the modelers. In the late 1940s he developed brass miniatures in the shape of animals. Bosses love for animals is expressed in it. Embers killers and talismans revived the Viennese bronzes anew. The models were created using models from the zoological gardens as elephants, bears, rabbits; the hedgehog ashtray was also created in this style. From 1950 to 1972 Walter Bosse was a freelancer at the State Majolica Manufactory Karlsruhe ; approx. 245 ceramic figures were created. From 1958 to 1961 he worked as a freelancer for the Achatit company in Cologne-Junkersdorf, over 20 grotesques as full and half sculptures. His oeuvre comprised around 8,000 models and designs, around 3,000 of which were ceramics.

Fakes

In the 1950s to 1970s, Bosses figures were offered in a wide range. However, they have also been counterfeited worldwide. He tried to market his designs and get royalties for them, but was cheated and began a grueling court case. Bosse is considered to be the founder of modern copyright law for designer goods and handicrafts .

literature

  • Schreyer-Hottenroth, Walter Bosse Life and Crafts 1904-1979 ; Brandstätter, Vienna 2000
  • Olga Kronsteiner: Walter Bosse in Collecting & Junk 2001 ; No. 258, pages 42–51
  • The Schaulade 4th year / 2 (1928) pp. 57, 59, 60 : The Daglodont .
  • The Schaulade 6th year / 3/4 (1930) S, 197: What my friend said about it .
  • 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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bosse-austria
  2. ↑ Walter Bosse's biography
  3. ↑ District Museum Inner City - Walter Bosse

Web links

https://www.flickr.com/photos/porzellinus/sets/

personal data
SURNAME Bosses, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bosse Vienna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1979
Place of death Iserlohn