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Michael Croissant AUCTION RECORDS
1928 Landau - 2002 München. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Michael Croissant was born in Landau. In 1942 he began an apprenticeship there as a stonemason from 1943 to 1946 at the Schule des Handwerks in Kaiserslautern. After that he attended a private art... Read full biography
Michael Croissant was born in Landau. In 1942 he began an apprenticeship there as a stonemason from 1943 to 1946 at the Schule des Handwerks in Kaiserslautern. After that he attended a private art school in Munich for three years before he changed to the academy where the sculptor Toni Stadler was... Read full biography
Michael Croissant was born in Landau. In 1942 he began an apprenticeship there as a stonemason from 1943 to 1946 at the Schule des Handwerks in Kaiserslautern. After that he attended a private art school in Munich for three years before he changed to the academy where the sculptor Toni Stadler was his teacher. Afterwards he worked as freelance artist until he got a professorship at the Städelschule in Frankfurt in 1966 which he held until 1988. Croissant's work shows a figurative abstraction.... Read full biography
Michael Croissant was born in Landau. In 1942 he began an apprenticeship there as a stonemason from 1943 to 1946 at the Schule des Handwerks in Kaiserslautern. After that he attended a private art school in Munich for three years before he changed to the academy where the sculptor Toni Stadler was his teacher. Afterwards he worked as freelance artist until he got a professorship at the Städelschule in Frankfurt in 1966 which he held until 1988. Croissant's work shows a figurative abstraction. Together with the sculptor Franz Bernhard, Croissant is considered a pioneer of floor sculptures, as he placed his characters without base directly on the floor. Michael Croissant received many honors and awards, including the Order of Merit of the... Read full biography
Michael Croissant was born in Landau. In 1942 he began an apprenticeship there as a stonemason from 1943 to 1946 at the Schule des Handwerks in Kaiserslautern. After that he attended a private art school in Munich for three years before he changed to the academy where the sculptor Toni Stadler was his teacher. Afterwards he worked as freelance artist until he got a professorship at the Städelschule in Frankfurt in 1966 which he held until 1988. Croissant's work shows a figurative abstraction. Together with the sculptor Franz Bernhard, Croissant is considered a pioneer of floor sculptures, as he placed his characters without base directly on the floor. Michael Croissant received many honors and awards, including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition to public works, for example in Duisburg, Frankfurt and Cologne wo... Read full biography
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