Paul Wynand. - Reinhold merkelbach grenzhausen - Jugendstil beer carafe 'beerstein' with relief decor • 1900's • 2186

Beautiful Art Nouveau beer decanter designed by Paul Wynand for Reinhold Merkelbach Grenzhausen, early 1900. The beer mug is in excellent used condition.

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Reinhold Merkelbach Grenzhausen
decor/model 2186
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Paul Wynand (January 30, 1879 – March 2, 1956, Berlin) was a German sculptor, medalist and professor.
Born in Elberfeld, he first completed his studies at the School of Applied Arts in Berlin. From 1900 he studied briefly with Auguste Rodin in Paris.

From 1901 he was a teacher at the School of Applied Arts in Elberfeld. He worked on the coat of arms on the outer wall of the Bochum Council Chamber (destroyed during the war) . From about 1903 he supplied a number of large designs for Westerwald Pottery, initially mainly for the SP Gerz group, later for the Reinhold Merkelbach company, among others. This activity continued until the 1920s. Four ceramic objects that Wynand designed for Reinhold Merkelbach are in the collection of the British Museum.

In 1905 he became a teacher at the Ceramics School in Hoehr/Westerwald, which he took over from Ernst Barlach. In 1911 he moved to Berlin to continue his work as a sculptor. From 1934 to 1944 he taught fine arts at the Vereinigte Staatsschulen für freie und angewandete Kunst (United State School for Fine and Applied Art; reorganized in 1939 as the "National School of Fine Arts") in Berlin. Compared to his more classical work of the 1920s, the hallmarks of Wynand's sculpture come from the 1930s, particularly the bronze "Falconer" in the grounds of the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

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