Josef Wackerle

It was integral in securing a place of honour in the history of European art for the South German Rococo beyond the Bavarian borders

With the hippopotamus Mathilda

the curved shapes find refererence in found objects of marine life: corals

Konstantin Grcic picks up on a specific detail from the process of porcelain production: All products from Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg that cannot be shaped on the potter's wheel are poured by hand from a liquefied porcelain mass called "slip"

10001009 Kollektion Josef WackerleThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures was initiated at the beginning of the 20th century. Artists such as Theodor Krner, Josef Wackerle, August Ghring and Luise Terletzki Scherf shaped the unmistakable style of the manufactory the first giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be