Conrad Dressler (22 May 1856 – 3 August 1940) was an English sculptor and potter. Conrad dressler terracotta

Dressler was born in

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and studied sculpture at the

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. He was later influenced by the

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. In the 1880s, he worked at Cedar Studios in

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. He worked in partnership with Harold Rathbone between 1894 and 1897 at the

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, and then moved to Marlow Common in

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, where he established the Medmenham Pottery specializing in architectural tiles and large wall panels, created from small sections. The business was financed by Robert William Hudson until 1906 when it changed into the Dressler Tunnel Ovens Ltd, the Medmenham tile designs continued to be made by J. H. Barratt of

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. Dressler designed an industrial level tunnel kiln for the English pottery industry, for which he was awarded the

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of the

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. Later he lived in

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and the

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. He died at

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, Loire, France.

References

External links

The Sower, by Dressler

Lupercalia by Dressler, front view
- Flickr photo by Sheepdog Rex (Rex Harris)
Sculpture Room at Walker Art Gallery (Lupercalia by Dresssler, right view, is at left of photo, backlit and partly obscured by lens flares)
- Flickr photo by SomeDriftwood (Arthur John Picton) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dressler, Conrad 1856 births 1940 deaths English potters English male sculptors Alumni of the Royal College of Art 20th-century English sculptors 19th-century English sculptors 19th-century English male artists Sculptors from London 20th-century English male artists