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.
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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 |