Josef Lorenzl - Artist Info

About Josef Lorenzl

  • Biography

    When looking to the designs of the Art Deco* period one talented sculptor and ceramist that cannot be ignored is Josef Lorenzl. A master designer, he did bronze statuettes* and ceramic figural work which epitomized the era. As like Fritz Preiss, Demetre Chiaparus and Alexandre Kelety the other great sculptors from this period, Lorenzl was inspired by the female form and the new found freedom that women enjoyed, which he executed both in his bronze* and ceramic* designs.

    Although very little is known about Lorenzl's early life, it is known that he was born in Austria in 1892 and that he became one of the recognized sculptors of the Art Deco Period. He started by working for a bronze foundry* in Vienna , where he produced stunnin...

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