Bidspirit auction | Liegender Terrier - Theodor Kärner.

Liegender Terrier - Theodor Kärner. Philipp Rosenthal & Co., Selb 1946. - Reclining terrier - Theodor Kärner Philipp Rosenthal & Co, Selb 1946, porcelain, white, glazed. Polychrome painted under the glaze. Green mark under the glaze: Rosenthal GERMANY KUNSTABTEILUNG SELB and hand-painted. One grinding stroke. Impressed: Th. Kärner and 1122 (model no.). H. 5,5 cm, l. 16,5 cm. - Lit.: E. Niecol, Rosenthal. Kunst- und Zierporzellan 1897-1945, vol. 2, cat. no. 3.0545. Model by Theodor Kärner (1884-1966) from 1930. Sculptor, porcelain modeller, painter, draughtsman, poster artist and etcher. From 1905 to 1912, he was a trainee under Prof. Heinrich von Zügel at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Already employed as a sculptor at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Nymphenburg from 1905 to 1918. From 1919 to 1934, Kärner worked as a freelance sculptor for the porcelain factory Philipp Rosenthal & Co. AG, Selb and the Rosenthal porcelain factory Bahnhof-Selb. From 1935 to 1944/45, Th. Kärner was the artistic director of the Allach porcelain factory. Even at the beginning of his career, the faithful depiction of animals in posture and movement was appreciated.