Gerhard Schliepstein - Artist Info

About Gerhard Schliepstein

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Gerhard Schlipstein
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    Gerhard Schliepstein (1886 in Braunschweig; † 1963 in Berlin) was a German sculptor and designer, as well as a porcelain modeller from the Art Deco period.

    Gerhard Schliepstein had his first education as a sculptor with Wilhelm Bayern, after which he visited the Acadamy for Plastic Arts in Berlin from 1907.

    After his study he started as free artist inBerlin-Friedenau and designed from 1911 naturalistic porcelain figures that were executed at KPM Berlin and later as well at Schwarzburger Werkstätten für Porzellankunst in Unterweissbach en Porzellanmanufactur Heubach in Lichte.? He worked mainly in porcelain and more rarely in bronze and alabaster. Until half way the 20s he designed mostly naturalistic animal figures.

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