Royal Danish Porcelain Factory, Copenhagen

Art Nouveau on Paper

After 1885 the factory, which had been founded in 1775, employed Arnold Emil Krog (1856-1831), a painter, architect, graphic artist, designer and ceramist all in one person, as art director. It was the chemical researcher Adolphe Clement (1860-1933) who perfected the technique of underglaze painting, which became a distinctive feature of the manufactory. The Grand Prix of the Paris International Exhibition of 1889 was an expression of the contemporary recognition enjoyed by the company. After 1892 the chemical researcher Valdemar Engelhardt employed a crystal glazing technique on the company’s products, which were usually designed by Krog. Krog’s sprightly animal designs of novel presentation won another Grand Prix, this time at the Paris International Exhibition of 1900, further boosting the company’s reputation.

Photograph - Porcelain vase with painted figural decoration
Photograph - Porcelain figurine, hippo, Turin International Exhibition of Decorative Art, 1902.
Photograph - Porcelain vases
Photograph - Porcelain bowl with painted and embossed swimming swans
Photograph - Vase, porcelain, with painted landscape and birds
Photograph - Porcelain vase, painted decoration, fish on top, waving seaweed underneath
Photograph - Erik Nielsen: Porcelain figurines, playing cat and a lying cat, Turin International Exhibition of Decorative Art, 1902.
Photograph - Vase, painted decoration, irises
Photograph - Vase, painted decoration, orcas
Photograph - Vase, painted decoration, grazing geese
Photograph - Vase, painted decoration with swans
Photograph - Vase, painted decoration, satyrs riding goats
Photograph - Decorative dish decorated with ducks
Photograph - Porcelain figurine, goat
Photograph - Porcelain vases
Photograph - Plate, painted decoration, small predatory bird
Photograph - New Year plate with painted embossed Viking ship
Photograph - Vase with two ears, painted decoration, stylized butterfly