DOI Artikel:
Sager, Walter A. de: The Royal Nymphenburg porcelain factory
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Kunst und Handwerk
A.D. 1851
13
our time. He is the designer of the
greater part of 1he present German
coinage, as well as a painter of great
repute, being particularly well-known
for his frescoes in the beautiful chapel
in his birth-place, Partenkirchen, near
Oberammergau. Further, he haswon
renown through his many monuments
and statues, of which the best known
to Americans is, probably, 1hat ad-
mirablegroup," Europa, "on the steam-
ship of the same name. Indeed it is not
easy to suffice the scope of the numer-
ous materials with which this master
isfamiliarorto mention all theprojects
great and small which Prof. Wackerle
has executed up to the present with
such constantand brilliant success.
Just as to-day the master-pieces of
Bustelli possess as great a charm as
they did nearly two centuries ago, so
one can easily imagine future gener-
ations taking the same unaffecred
delight as her contemporaries in the
plastics of Luise Scherf, which have all
Bustelli's grace and fascination. Luise
Scherf's ebullient creative energy ex-
presses itself through the medium of
a variety of different materials; she
sketches with striking originality, and
has the same masterly touch in such
diverse branches of art as the creation
of glazed tiles,Ceramicsand bronzes.
Itis, however, her porcelain work which
Phot. Reidt, Mönchen
is mOSt Widely known, for the incom- Luise Schert • Porcelain Cockatoo Royal Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory
parable models with which she sup- T Porzellan-Kakadus Staatl. Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg
plies the Nymphenburg Factory have
won her recognition as an artist of rare distinction. The most according to my conceplion of the art of animal figures, ana-
fascinating of all her works are, beyond question, her studies tomical precision is a minor consideration; the vital thing is
of animal life, every one of which is executed with a wonderful to seize hold of 1he spirit."
freshness and sureness of touch. The ease and livelinessof her The power of seizing and re-creating the spirit is the secret
animal models, and the deft touch of humour with which she of the irresistible charm of Luise Scherf's animal studies. She
endows them make a special appeal to Americans, and quite never models an animal or even makes studies of it from
a number of striking specimens of this phase of her art have nature, lest the physical exterior should dull her expression
found a place among priceless porcelain collections across of the soul. She told me how she once waited for an hour,
the Atlantic Ocean. lying quietly on the grass at the Zoo, until an Ostrich which
The impression which her charming figures had made on so she was studying came to the spot, sat down in front of her,
many of my fellow-countrymen made me curious to see the gazed at her with its earnest brown eyes, and remained
artist herseif. When I visited Luise Scherf in her studio in Munich, there undisturbed, letting her talkto it and familiarise herselt
I found there a young lady possessing all the charm and with its every motion and expression. On another occasion
vivacity of her own work, who explained to me freely her she stood for a long time before a cockatoo confined in a
own peculiar method of modelling animals. small cage, and after marking a subtle change in its expression,
"You are, no doubt, surprised," she said, "that I have no returned to her studio, and modelled the bird as it would
model here to give me a Single line of anatomy. You see, have appeared in freedom perched on the bough of a tree.
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A.D. 1851
13
our time. He is the designer of the
greater part of 1he present German
coinage, as well as a painter of great
repute, being particularly well-known
for his frescoes in the beautiful chapel
in his birth-place, Partenkirchen, near
Oberammergau. Further, he haswon
renown through his many monuments
and statues, of which the best known
to Americans is, probably, 1hat ad-
mirablegroup," Europa, "on the steam-
ship of the same name. Indeed it is not
easy to suffice the scope of the numer-
ous materials with which this master
isfamiliarorto mention all theprojects
great and small which Prof. Wackerle
has executed up to the present with
such constantand brilliant success.
Just as to-day the master-pieces of
Bustelli possess as great a charm as
they did nearly two centuries ago, so
one can easily imagine future gener-
ations taking the same unaffecred
delight as her contemporaries in the
plastics of Luise Scherf, which have all
Bustelli's grace and fascination. Luise
Scherf's ebullient creative energy ex-
presses itself through the medium of
a variety of different materials; she
sketches with striking originality, and
has the same masterly touch in such
diverse branches of art as the creation
of glazed tiles,Ceramicsand bronzes.
Itis, however, her porcelain work which
Phot. Reidt, Mönchen
is mOSt Widely known, for the incom- Luise Schert • Porcelain Cockatoo Royal Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory
parable models with which she sup- T Porzellan-Kakadus Staatl. Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg
plies the Nymphenburg Factory have
won her recognition as an artist of rare distinction. The most according to my conceplion of the art of animal figures, ana-
fascinating of all her works are, beyond question, her studies tomical precision is a minor consideration; the vital thing is
of animal life, every one of which is executed with a wonderful to seize hold of 1he spirit."
freshness and sureness of touch. The ease and livelinessof her The power of seizing and re-creating the spirit is the secret
animal models, and the deft touch of humour with which she of the irresistible charm of Luise Scherf's animal studies. She
endows them make a special appeal to Americans, and quite never models an animal or even makes studies of it from
a number of striking specimens of this phase of her art have nature, lest the physical exterior should dull her expression
found a place among priceless porcelain collections across of the soul. She told me how she once waited for an hour,
the Atlantic Ocean. lying quietly on the grass at the Zoo, until an Ostrich which
The impression which her charming figures had made on so she was studying came to the spot, sat down in front of her,
many of my fellow-countrymen made me curious to see the gazed at her with its earnest brown eyes, and remained
artist herseif. When I visited Luise Scherf in her studio in Munich, there undisturbed, letting her talkto it and familiarise herselt
I found there a young lady possessing all the charm and with its every motion and expression. On another occasion
vivacity of her own work, who explained to me freely her she stood for a long time before a cockatoo confined in a
own peculiar method of modelling animals. small cage, and after marking a subtle change in its expression,
"You are, no doubt, surprised," she said, "that I have no returned to her studio, and modelled the bird as it would
model here to give me a Single line of anatomy. You see, have appeared in freedom perched on the bough of a tree.
(Con/inued on Page 36J