Discover sculptor, construction sculptor, teacher Erich Schmidt-Kestner

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: Kestner, Erich Schmidt-

Qualifications: sculptor, construction sculptor, teacher, draftsperson, etcher, model maker

Nationality/school: German

Born: Berlin (city) 1877-01-15

Deceased: Kassel (city) 1941-11-20
Saur 1992-

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1892 - 1941
ca. 1892-1941

Education: Königliche Akademie der Künste (Berlijn)
Königlich-Preußische Kunstakademie (Düsseldorf)

tot 1905 (volgens lemma Wikipedia)

Active in

Italië 1905
1905 Rome-prijs; woont en werkt twee jaar in Italië
Berlijn (stad) 1908 - 1926
atelier in de Offenbacher Straße in Berlin-Friedenau
Kaliningrad (stad) 1926 - 1935
vanaf 1926/1927 leraar aan de Kunst- und Gewerkschule; tot ca. 1935
Kassel (stad) 1935 - 1941
ca. 1935-1941 (alle gegegevens over plaatsen van werkzaamheid ontleend aan lemma Wikipedia)

Teacher at academy/university: Kunstgewerbeschule (Kassel)
vanaf 1935 (volgens lemma Wikipedia)

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Connections with other artists

Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Wüpper, Detlev

volgens lemma Wikipedia

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: Christian religious scene, mythology, allegory, peasant genre, history (genre), nude figure, equestrian painting, animal painting (genre), portrait
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Medium/technique: bronze, stone (worked rock), moulding plaster, etching (printing process), porcelain (material), clay
Product: monument, war memorial, statue, fountain, relief, bust (sculpture), design for porcelain decoration

Literature

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 30 (1936), p. 169 (as: Schmidt-Kestner, Erich)
Saur 1992- , AKLONLINE (november 2010) (as: Schmidt-Kestner, Erich)

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Schmidt-Kestner (december 2013)

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