Theodor Kärner (10.1.1884 Hohenberg - 6.9.1966, Munich) At the beginning of this article, I would like to note the fortunate circumstances for the sculptor that his family came from an old "porcelain dynasty." Theodor Kärner was born in Bavaria on January 10, 1884, in the small town of Hohenberg der Eger (Hohenberg on the River Eger). His father…

"A significant creative period in Theodor Kerner's life is associated with Porzellanfabrik Rosenthal A.G. The Royal Bavarian Secret Commercial Councilor, Doctor Philipp Rosenthal (1855 – 1937), who was a long-time friend of the sculptor Theodor Kerner, offered him a position as an external collaborator at the factory he managed in Upper Franconia.…

Almost 20 years later, at the age of 69, Kerner would once again make models for the Rosenthal factory, this time as a freelance employee. Starting in 1953, the sculptor made 28 models for them and, if we count all the works in general for the factory, their number would exceed 100. Allach store in Warsaw, Hotel Europa.

When the National Socialists came to power in 1933, they began to impose a new ideology in Germany. Strict regulation and tight control over every area of human life and activity led to the creation of an extraordinarily sharp structure of society, which found its reflection not primarily in monumental art but in the art of small forms, in decorative works,…