{"title":"Emil POTTNER","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Salzburg Austria in 1872, Emil Pottner, grew up in a family of actors, apparently.  The young man soon took his artistic talents to Germany, studying in Munich at the Academy of Fine Arts and then subsequently with Paul Hoecker.  While it is unclear where Pottner learned to create ceramics, it is clear this part of his output became an important means to his artistic success.  Small scale polychrome glazed depictions of assorted birds are a well-known part of his oeuvre.  But Pottner also created vases and he painted.\u003cbr\u003e As a printmaker he is known to have etched black and white landscapes where birds again dominate the compositions.  He is, however, today best remembered for creating elegant color woodcuts, which have become very scarce.  Having settled in Berlin around 1900, Pottner became a board member of the Berlin Secession.  He built his life in and around Berlin, but tragically was forced to close his ceramic workshop in Pottsdam in 1933 and sell his home in Petzow in 1938.  Of Jewish descent, his life’s work was slowly taken from him, before he was deported in the summer of 1942.  He is thought to have been killed in September 1942 in the camp of Maly Trostinez, Belarus.  Every extant work by Pottner is testament to the beauty the artist brought into this world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"flowers-in-a-vase","title":"Flowers in a Vase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlumenvase\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (descriptive German title)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodcut printed in three primary colors on laid japon paper.\u003cbr\u003eTrial proof.  Edition unknown, but likely small, if any.  All color woodcuts by the artist are scarce.\u003cbr\u003eSigned and annotated “Probedruck” in pencil. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize given is the sheet.  This composition could be shown with the full sheet (as seen in the middle image), or focusing on the composition (seen in the main, rightmost image).  It's a lovely sheet of paper.  Both display choices would be attractive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"POTTNER, Emil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31172194762794,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Emil_Pottner_-_Blumenvase_-_Flowers_in_a_Vase_detail.jpg?v=1575764723"},{"product_id":"hanenkampf-cock-fight","title":"Hanenkampf \/ Cock Fight","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eColor woodcut on tissue-thin laid \u003ci\u003eJapan \u003c\/i\u003epaper, n.d. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdition unknown; scarce, as are all the artist’s prints. Faint scattered foxing in the bottom right corner. Printed to the sheet’s edges. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"POTTNER, Emil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47653557141740,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/EmilPOTTNER-Hanenkampf-CockFight-Colorwoodcutdetail.jpg?v=1779389042"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/emil-pottner\/subject_battle.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}