Squirrels, Max Esser, Meissen, before 1948
Description
A huge porcelain group, signed.
Height: 55 cm
Max Alexander Wilhelm Esser (1885 - 1945 Berlin) German sculptor and medalist. Esser attended the teaching institute of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and the Berlin Art Academy in 1900/03. He studied under August Gaul, and later became his son-in-law. In 1906 Max began regular Exhibitions at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. From 1908 he was an employee in the Schwarzburg workshops for porcelain art in Unterweißbach. From 1920 he was based in Meissen, where he was employed at the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory from 1920 to 1931, including from 1924 as head of a master studio. Later he made porcelain models for Hutschenreuther, KPM Berlin and Rosenthal. Max Esser was best known for his animal sculptures and as a designer of porcelain figurines.
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