Hand painted porcelain, signed.
Dimensions: approx. 33x40x18 cm
Attribution: Erich Hösel (1869-1953) was a German sculptor and model maker. He began his studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1886. From 1889 he studied under Johannes Schilling , and from 1892 to 1895 in the studio of Robert Diez. From October 1899 to August 1903, Hösel worked as a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kassel. In 1904 he was appointed professor. From 1903 until his retirement in 1929, Erich Hösel worked at the Meissen porcelain manufactory , and in 1912 became head of the design department. Between 1904 and 1918 alone, he created one hundred models depicting animals, children and Native American figures, as well as portraits and genre scenes. Erich Hösel made study trips to Greece , Constantinople and Asia Minor in 1898-1899, later to Belgium , France, Denmark, Sweden and Great Britain, and in 1904 to North America. In 1913, Hösel was a member of the Dresden Artists Group, as well as the Economic Association of Artists in Dresden.
