Wilhelm Karl Robra

A signature from Wilhelm Karl Robra

Wilhelm Karl Robra (born September 29, 1876 in Berlinchen , Neumark , † 1945 ) was a German sculptor .

life and work

Robra joined the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM) on October 10, 1890 as an apprentice modeller , where he worked until 1900. In 1902 he rejoined the company. He mainly produced designs of animal representations in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco style , which were handcrafted in bronze by foundries such as the Kraas Berlin art foundry and by porcelain manufacturers such as KPM or the Nymphenburg porcelain factory .

His works had titles such as:

Playing young lions , 1911
Vase with lid , 1909
Eagle with outstretched wings , 1900
Sooty Head Pair , 1913
Deer with antlers
Begging Dachshund , 1911
Parrot eating on mimosa , 1911
House peacock , 1911
Group of hares , 1912
Three birds on a branch
Standing roebuck
Seagull when hunting
Blue tit couple

literature

Gerhard P. Woeckel: Art Nouveau Collection: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, Department of Plastic and Crafts. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel , 1968, p. 11.
Judith Miller : Miller's Antiques Marks . Hachette UK, 2018, ISBN 1-84533-913-4 , p. 114.
H. Carl: Art Chronicle . Volume 25, Central Institute for Art History , Association of German Art Historians , Munich 1972, p. 179.

Web links

Wilhelm Karl Robra (German, born 1876). In: artnet , with pictures of Robra's work.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Wolfgang Scheffler: Works around 1900: Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin , Berlin 1966, p. 209.

^ WK Robra, Eagle, bronze, Kraas fine art foundry, Berlin, c. 1900. In: lot-tissimo.com

^ Germaine Goetzinger, Gast Mannes, Pierre Marson: Exilland Luxemburg 1933-1947: Writing, performing, making music, agitating, surviving. Exhibition and catalog. Center national de littérature, Luxembourg 2007, ISBN 2-91990-324-1 , p. 19.

↑ Gerhard P. Woeckel: The animal sculpture of Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory: Inventory Catalog 1905-1920. Research notebooks of the Bavarian National Museum Munich , Volume 5. Central Institute for Art History , Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-42200-696-6 , pp. 30, 188, 199.

personal data
SURNAME	Robra, Wilhelm Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Robra, Wilhelm Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 29, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlinchen , Neumark
DATE OF DEATH	1945

[Scheffler-1] A ^b Wolfgang Scheffler: Works around 1900: Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin , Berlin 1966, p. 209.

[2] WK Robra, Eagle, bronze, Kraas fine art foundry, Berlin, c. 1900. In: lot-tissimo.com

[3] Germaine Goetzinger, Gast Mannes, Pierre Marson: Exilland Luxemburg 1933-1947: Writing, performing, making music, agitating, surviving. Exhibition and catalog. Center national de littérature, Luxembourg 2007, ISBN 2-91990-324-1 , p. 19.