Georg Holtzendorff
Georg Holtzendorff | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Other names | Georg Holzendorff |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Gladstone Dessert Service |
Count Georg Holtzendorff (also spelled Holzendorff) was a painter of Saxony, specialist in landscapes, figure subjects and cherubs, who sought refuge in England in consequence of the Franco-Prussian War.[1]
Works
Holtzendorff worked for the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company and has drawn sketches representing the landscape of Derbyshire that were applied to china.[2]
His main work was the decoration of the Gladstone Dessert Service, presented by the Liberal Working Men of Derby to Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1883. A watercolor by Holtzendorff (c. 1882), with a view of Becket Street, Derby, with the Derby Museum and Art Gallery in the background, is the only remaining study on paper linked to the Gladstone service.[3]
References
- ^ Margaret Sargeant (2000). Royal Crown Derby. p. 28. ISBN 9780747804437. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Edmund Burke (1884). Longmans (ed.). The Annual register of world events. Vol. 125. p. 52. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ artfund.org (ed.). "Becket Street, Derby". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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