Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach
Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach , also Lucas Sunder, (born September 27, 1861 in Stargard ; † March 31, 1918 in Berlin ) was a German painter , etcher , architect and one of the leading German art nouveau jewelry designers .
Cranach came from the well-known family of artists and studied at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar . After a stay in Paris he settled as an artist in Berlin in 1893 . In addition to landscapes and portraits, he designed furniture and from the 1890s jewelry. He is known for jewelry design in the Art Nouveau style, mostly carried out by the Berlin court jewelers Gebrüder Friedländer and Louis Werner . In 1900 he won a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris for jewelry by Werner.
His monogram on the jewelry was WLC
He wrote a book Works of Modern Goldsmithing (Leipzig: Scholtze 1903, Introduction Wilhelm von Bode ).
gallery
Jellyfish-shaped plug comb, Friedländer Brothers, Bayr. National Museum
Rooster and Hen, around 1900, Victoria and Albert Museum
Snake's Nest, 1917, designed on behalf of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Golden pendant with iron cross, 1914, company Wilhelm Schwahn in Hanau
Individual evidence
- ^ Evangelical Church, Germany, Selected Evangelical Church Books 1500–1971, film number 70651, Lucas von Cranach, In: Ancestry.com, accessed on October 3, 2019
Web links
- German biography
- artnet
- Rooster and Hen Brooch , bada.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cranach, Wilhelm Lucas von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sunder, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and jewelry designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stargard |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1918 |
| Place of death | Berlin |