Bust of Brunhilde (from Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung cycle) after the model of Louis Robert Carrier Belleuse, terracotta, height 72 cm, Goldscheider.
The Viennese ceramics brand Goldscheider, founded by Friedrich Goldscheider in 1885, was at the height of its popularity at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The company was still producing classic terracotta figures with bronze and gold patination based on models by famous sculptors, but the subject matter was steadily changing – a new style was gaining popularity. A short but vibrant era of Art Nouveau was dawning.
Terracotta figure of a girl with a jug, height 112 cm, Goldscheider.
Collaboration with sculptors and ceramists such as Josef Lorenzl, Walter Bosse, Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, Dina Kuhn, Michael Powolny, Arthur Strasser and Wally Wieseltier contributed to the company’s success. Many of them were in direct contact with the Vienna Secession or the School of Applied Arts and ensured an artistic standard. In addition, Arthur Goldscheider, another son of Friedrich Goldscheider, was able to found a thriving sister company, La Stèle, in France.
Terracotta bust L’Orientale, height 72 cm, Goldscheider, 1894.
The success story of Goldscheider in Vienna was abruptly interrupted in 1938. The Goldscheider brothers were able to found new companies by emigrating to the United States and England. After World War II, Walter Goldscheider returned to Vienna, but was forced to sell the license for the Goldscheider brand to the German company Carstens in the 1950s for economic reasons. This put an end to the family business.
Bronze figure of a dancing faun after a model by Edmund Klotz, height 116 cm, Goldscheider, 1894.Large ceramic vase Adam and Eve by Stanislav Czapek for Goldscheider, height 93 cm, circa 1902.Bust of a young queen on a base decorated with mosaics, after the model of Pécher, height 63.5 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Figural vase ‘Joan of Arc’ after Kane, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Glazed earthenware clock, height 98 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Figurine of a girl with a hat after the model of Van der Straeten, bronze, ivory, height 38 cm, Goldscheider.Ceramic figural floor lamp based on a model by F. Gross in the form of a girl in the Art Nouveau style, her tiara and bodice decorated with rhinestones, height 114 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Large figural vase in Art Nouveau style with a girl at an easel, height 70 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Terracotta bust of a warrior woman after the model of Louis Robert Carrier Belleuse, terracotta, height 74 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Bronze figure of an Arab warrior, height 101.5 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Terracotta bust of a Nubian girl holding a dish, height 55 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Terracotta figurine of a boy seated on a chair after Scherk, height 117 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1900.Female bust, terracotta, height 68.5 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1910.Caught Bird after the model by Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider, circa 1923.Figurine Caught Bird after the model by Josef Lorenzl, height 38 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1925Figurine Ruth, height 54.5 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1911.The figurine Indian Dance depicts Ruth St. Denis in her dance Raja, height 48 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1920.Figurine with a pair of dancers in Venetian costumes, modeled after Josef Lorenzl, height 46 cm, Goldscheider, circa 1925.Statuette Spanish Dance after the model of Karl Perl, height 39.5 cm, Goldscheider. circa 1922.
