Friedrich Goldscheider
{{Short description|Bohemia-born Austrian entrepreneur, manufacturer (1845–1897)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Friedrich Goldscheider
| image = Döblinger Friedhof - Friedrich Goldscheider.JPG
| caption = Goldscheider grave stone at Döbling Cemetery in Vienna, Austria
| birth_date = {{birth date|1845|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Plzeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1897|1|19|1845|11|6|df=y}}
| death_place = Nice, France
| occupation = Entrepreneur, manufacturer of ceramics and bronze
| known_for = Decorative objects made by Goldscheider ceramics
| spouse = Regina Lewit
| website = {{url|https://goldscheider.de/}}
}}
Friedrich Goldscheider (6 November 1845 – 19 January 1897) was a Bohemia-born Austrian entrepreneur and manufacturer of ceramics and bronze.{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Judith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mWkHtxMt8s0C&pg=PA112 |title=Art Deco |date=2005-10-03 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-7566-4906-7 |pages=112–113|chapter=Goldscheider |via=Google Books}}{{Cite web |date=31 October 2011 |title=Goldscheider, Friedrich |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00076286 |url-access=subscription|website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00076286}} His business was Goldscheider ceramics (Goldscheider Keramik; formerly Goldscheider Porcelain Manufactory and Majolica Factory, {{langx|de|Goldscheider'sche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik}}).{{Cite book |last=Könecke |first=Gerald |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4M8AAAACAAJ |title=Goldscheider - West Germany: Figuren und Wandmasken 1953 – 1960 |date=2000 |publisher=Duehrkohp & Radicke |isbn=978-3-89744-122-4 |language=de |via=Google Books}} He specialized in porcelain, terracotta, faience, and bronze.
Biography
Friedrich Goldscheider was born 6 November 1845, in Plzeň, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). His father Moritz owned a haberdashery business in Plzeň, where he apprenticed in his youth. He later years he worked at a brickwork for the creation of fireproofing material.{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3Od9bcGus0C&pg=PA440 |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts: Two-volume Set |date=2006-11-09 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-518948-3 |page=440|chapter=Goldscheider, Friedrich |via=Google Books}}
In 1873, Goldscheider moved to Vienna after his marriage to Regina Lewit. In 1877, he started working in the porcelain industry in Vienna, and by 1885, he opened his ceramics factory. The business was successful and multiple locations were opened including a factory in Plzeň, and a painting studio in Karlsbad, Bohemia (now Karlovy Vary). Many of the works produced by his company were Orientalist, with depictions of Middle Eastern themes.{{Cite book |last=Haslam |first=Malcolm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAEjAQAAIAAJ |title=Marks and Monograms of the Modern Movement 1875-1930: A Guide to the Marks of Artists, Designers, Retailers, and Manufacturers from the Period of the Aesthetic Movement to Art Deco and Style Moderne |date=1977 |publisher=Lutterworth |isbn=978-0-7188-2291-0 |page=69}}
Goldscheider died on 19 January 1897 in Nice, France. After Friedrich Goldscheider death in 1897, his widow Regina and his brother Alois managed the business, and his sons Walter and Marcel managed the manufacturing and factories.
Friedrich Goldscheider's son, {{III|Arthur Goldscheider|de}} was an art publisher of sculptures in Paris during the Art Deco-era.
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External links
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- {{official|https://goldscheider.de/}}
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Category:19th-century Austrian people
Category:People from Austria-Hungary
Category:Austrian businesspeople
Category:German Bohemian people