!!!Powolny, Michael

b. Judenburg (Styria), Sept. 18, 1871, 
d. Vienna, Jan. 4, 1954, potter and sculptor, most important Austrian 
representative of ceramic art at the beginning of the 20th century. 
Intensive artistic interchange with the Vienna  Secession and the 
Wiener Werkstaette  Wiener Werkstaette, he created designs for serial 
products as well as unique creations for his own workshop "Wiener 
Keramik", (founded in 1906, merged with "Gmundner Keramik" in 1913); 
in addition designed for the ceramics industry, also glass designs and 
later large-scale sculptures. From 1909 teacher at the Vienna School 
of Arts and Crafts.

!Literature
E. Frottier, M. P. Keramik und Glas aus Wien 
1900-1950, 1990.



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