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Conrad Dressler (22 May 1856 – 3 August 1940) was an English sculptor and potter.
Dressler was born in London and studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was later influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement. In the 1880s, he worked at Cedar Studios in Chelsea, London. He worked in partnership with Harold Rathbone between 1894 and 1897 at the Della Robbia Pottery, and then moved to Marlow Common in
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 British sculptors 19th-century British sculptors 19th-century British male artists Sculptors from London
Dressler was born in London and studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was later influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement. In the 1880s, he worked at Cedar Studios in Chelsea, London. He worked in partnership with Harold Rathbone between 1894 and 1897 at the Della Robbia Pottery, and then moved to Marlow Common in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
, 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 Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...
. Dressler designed an industrial level tunnel kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay int ...
for the English pottery industry, for which he was awarded the John Scott Medal of the Franklin Institute. Later he lived in Paris and the United States. He died at Saint-Brévin l'Océan
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (; also ; br, Sant-Brewenn) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
It is known as the site of the serpent d'océan, a giant sea serpent sculpture by artist Huang Yong Ping.
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, Loire, France.
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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 British sculptors 19th-century British sculptors 19th-century British male artists Sculptors from London