Early Meissen Porcelain: The Wark Collection from The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens - Couverture rigide

Pietsch, Ulrich

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1904832792 ISBN 13 : 9781904832799

Editeur : D Giles Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Featuring almost 700 pieces, the majority dating from the innovative early period of the royal factory, 1710-1740, this is a significant contribution to the study of Meissen porcelain.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida owns one of the finest and most comprehensive Meissen collections in the world, outside those of the Porzellansammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden and the Arnhold Collection in New York. Donated to the Museum by Ralph H. and Constance I. Wark in 1965, it features nearly 700 pieces of Meissen porcelain, including rare pieces from the earliest years of the royal factory, established in 1710. Author Ulrich Pietsch uses the fascinating history of the foundation of the Meissen factory in order to set the background for his essay on Wark's collection, and the surprising story of how it survived the Second World War in a Hamburg cellar before being shipped to America. The catalogue features notable examples by the leading sculptors and painters of early Meissen production including Böttger, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Johann Gregor Höroldt.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Urich Pietsch is the director of the Porcelain Collection, State Art Collection, Dresden. A leading expert on Meissen porcelain he is the author of most recently Passion for Meissen: Marouf Collection (2010) and Die Figuerliche Porzellanplastik Von Gottlieb Kirchner Und Johann Joachim Kaendler (Hirmer Verlag, 2006).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: D Giles Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1904832792
• ISBN 13: 9781904832799
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 576