Tommi (Anton) Parzinger - Artist Info

About Tommi (Anton) Parzinger

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Anton (Tommi) Parzinger
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    Anton (later "Tommi") Parzinger was born in Munich, Germany in 1903. He studied at the Munich Kenstgewerbeschule, or School of Applied Arts in 1920. The school was renowned for attracting talented individuals in the fields of industrial design and applied arts and was known for promoting artistic objects for everyday living.(1)

    At the Munich Kenstgewerbeschule, Parzinger produced a wide range of decorative arts, experimenting with furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, modeling, joinery, and gilding. (2) Upon leaving the design school, Parzinger worked designing porcelains for the Royal Porcelain Manufacturer, or KPM in Vienna and Berlin from 1923 to 1928.

    Parzinger came to New York City in 1932 aboa...

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