Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte
| Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte Busch & Ludescher
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| founding | 1908 |
| resolution | 1930–31 (compensation), 1940 (deletion in the company register) |
| Seat | Vienna , Austria |
| management | Robert Busch, Heinrich Ludescher (until 1909) |
| Branch | Arts , crafts |
The Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte Busch & Ludescher was a ceramics factory that emerged from the insolvent A. Förster & Co. factory through purchase by former employees Robert Busch and Heinrich Ludescher.
A. Forster & Co.
In 1899 the A. Förster company was founded by Alexander Förster in Vienna. The talented leather goods manufacturer was able to raise the capital for such an undertaking by marrying a daughter of the Stölzle family (glass manufacturer, Vienna), among other things . The company headquarters was Landstraßer Hauptstrasse 50 in Vienna III. In 1900 they won a silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition and from the same year they regularly took part in the Leipzig trade fairs. In 1900 and 1905 they took part in the winter exhibitions of the Austrian Museum. In 1905 the company was changed to Kunstkeramische Fabrik A. Förster & Co. , the new company was Rudolf Schaller. In 1907 they had a sales point in the I. District Kohlmarkt 5, the company produced art objects in porcelain, stoneware, faience and biscuit porcelain. The focus was on art objects for electrical lighting, jardiniers for flowers, clock stands and knickknacks. A. Förster had his own painting and 23 skilled workers. Artistic collaborators included R. Marschall, Blondat, Doblinger, Fecht, F. Gornik, Hermann Klotz , Josef Lugert, Meyer, Mörtl, Pendl, Schlermann and Tautenhayn. In 1908 A. Föster was finally liquidated.
history
After A. Förster & Co. was in liquidation, the company was taken over by the two former employees Heinrich Ludescher and Robert Busch and re-established in the same year as Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätten Busch & Ludescher , with Ludescher leaving the company in 1909 . The company headquarters remained that of A. Förster and most of the employees were also taken over. Between 1909 and 1915 there were again several participations in winter, fashion and spring exhibitions in the Austrian Museum. In 1910 they took part in the Brussels World Exhibition with grotesque animals and crystal glazes, in 1919 in the Austrian arts and crafts exhibition with costume figures, and in 1922 in the German Trade Show in Munich with art and luxury faience. The new company headquarters was now at Mollardgasse 39. In 1924 the company took part in the anniversary exhibition of the Vienna Arts and Crafts Association. Like so many ceramic manufacturers, the company got into financial difficulties due to the global economic crisis. In 1930, a settlement procedure was opened that was canceled in 1931. In 1932 the company is back in Vienna III. Parkgasse 15. 1940 the deletion takes place due to the cessation of operations.
Contemporary voices
“The Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätten were among the most important and versatile representatives of art ceramics. The forgotten Viennese small porcelain sculpture, the masterpiece of the former state manufactory, had matured the plan to set up a modern art establishment for figural sculpture in the way that well-known artists had founded in Paris, Florence or Rome. This program was fully implemented. The production of the crystal glazes requires great skill and experience. The presented vases and jardinieres show the WKKW an excellent mastery of technology. Light blue with yellow crystallizations is preferred, as are magnificent gold solutions. "
Employee
The following artistic employees worked for the Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte over the years: RW Basler, Robert Busch, Max Blondat , Collino, Gertrude Dengg, Ferdinand Doblinger, Anny Eichler, Bruno Emmel, Franz Fochler, Josef Humplik , Flora Kleib-Busch, Köveshazy -Kalmar, Hubert Kowarik, Hildegard Lang, Leo Langer, Hermine Lenz, A. Löwenthal, Emil Meier, Johanna Meier-Michel, Wilhelm Merten, Leo Miller, Michael Mörtl, Jakob Palme, Emanuel Pendl , (Karl?) Philipp, Friedrich Pollak , Anton Puchegger , Josef Riedl, Saxer, Schwinzhakl, Lise Simcik-Krämer, Olga Sitte, Michael Six , Socher, Josef Tautenhayn , Baronesse von Vranicany, Rosa Wachsmann, Lona von Zamboni
Awards
- Silver medal, Paris World Exhibition, 1900 (as A. Förster & Co.).
literature
- Waltraud Neuwirth: Viennese ceramics: Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Déco . Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1974, ISBN 3-7814-0163-4 .