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Prof. Otto Poertzel, oversized pair of pheasants Late 19th century, signed Prof. Otto Poertzel-Weissbrodt and stamped letters EF on the plinth, dark and green patinated bronze, depicting two pheasants on an oval plinth with a naturalistic surface, on a marble base, one tail slightly bent, L 109 cm. Artist information: actually Prof. Hermann Hugo Otto Poertzel (1876 Scheibe - 1963 Coburg), primary schools in Scheibe, private lessons with cantor Sichert and pastor Henkel, apprenticeship at the porcelain factory A. W. Fr. Kister as a mould and model caster, then as a porcelain modeller, his father was already a designer for porcelain sculptures there, from 1893 at the Sonneberg Industrial School, then specialisation at the Technical Academy for Porcelain under Reinhard Möller, then brief collaboration in the studio G. Stellmacher in Gotha, from 1900 freelance in Coburg, from 1908 in Munich, received numerous state commissions from municipal and state authorities, studied in Munich at the art academy under Erwin Kunz, took part in numerous international art exhibitions, received the title "Professor" from Duke Carl Eduard in 1913, He was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Ernestine House Order, a founding member of the Coburg Art Association, a member of the Reich Association of Visual Artists in Germany, for many years Chairman of the Industrial and Journeymen's Examination Commission and Honorary Chairman of the Association of Visual Artists, and became particularly well known for his Art Deco figurines. Source: Wikipedia.de.

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Prof. Otto Poertzel, oversized pair of pheasants Late 19th century, signed Prof. Otto Poertzel-Weissbrodt and stamped letters EF on the plinth, dark and green patinated bronze, depicting two pheasants on an oval plinth with a naturalistic surface, on a marble base, one tail slightly bent, L 109 cm. Artist information: actually Prof. Hermann Hugo Otto Poertzel (1876 Scheibe - 1963 Coburg), primary schools in Scheibe, private lessons with cantor Sichert and pastor Henkel, apprenticeship at the porcelain factory A. W. Fr. Kister as a mould and model caster, then as a porcelain modeller, his father was already a designer for porcelain sculptures there, from 1893 at the Sonneberg Industrial School, then specialisation at the Technical Academy for Porcelain under Reinhard Möller, then brief collaboration in the studio G. Stellmacher in Gotha, from 1900 freelance in Coburg, from 1908 in Munich, received numerous state commissions from municipal and state authorities, studied in Munich at the art academy under Erwin Kunz, took part in numerous international art exhibitions, received the title "Professor" from Duke Carl Eduard in 1913, He was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Ernestine House Order, a founding member of the Coburg Art Association, a member of the Reich Association of Visual Artists in Germany, for many years Chairman of the Industrial and Journeymen's Examination Commission and Honorary Chairman of the Association of Visual Artists, and became particularly well known for his Art Deco figurines. Source: Wikipedia.de.

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Prof. Otto Poertzel, pair of pheasants Late 19th century, signed Prof. Otto Poertzel Möller on the plinth, plaque with engraving on the base: "Fasanengruppe von Prof. Poertzel", green patinated bronze, depiction of two pheasants on an oval plinth with naturalistic surface, on a multi-part base made of garnet serpentine, partially very slightly rubbed, otherwise in good condition, l 50 cm. Artist information: actually Prof. Hermann Hugo Otto Poertzel (1876 Scheibe - 1963 Coburg), primary schools in Scheibe, private lessons with cantor Sichert and pastor Henkel, apprenticeship at the porcelain factory A. W. Fr. Kister as a mould and model caster, then as a porcelain modeller, his father was already a designer for porcelain sculptures there, from 1893 at the Sonneberg industrial school, then specialisation at the Technical Academy for Porcelain under Reinhard Möller, then brief collaboration in the studio G. Stellmacher in Gotha, from 1900 freelance in Coburg, from 1908 in Munich, received numerous state commissions from municipal and state authorities, studied in Munich at the Academy of Art under Erwin Kunz, took part in numerous international art exhibitions, received the title "Professor" from Duke Carl Eduard in 1913, He was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Ernestine House Order, a founding member of the Coburg Art Association, a member of the Reich Association of Visual Artists in Germany, Chairman of the Industrial and Journeymen's Examination Commission for many years and Honorary Chairman of the Association of Visual Artists, and became particularly well known for his Art Deco figurines. Source: Wikipedia.de.