CIRCA 1900-1930
JUGENDSTIL & ART DECO
| Julius Muller-Salem |
The jewels of Theodor Fahrner (Pforzheim, Germany ) are as fresh & vibrant today as they were a hundred years ago.
| THEODOR FAHRNER CIRCA 1900-1930 JUGENDSTIL & ART DECO |
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The jewels of Theodor Fahrner ( |
Fahrner (1859-1919) was a great artistic industrialist who bridged the gap between art and manufacture. The wealth of talent in |
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Designers included Georg Kleemann, Ludwig Knupfer, the sculptor Franz Boeres, the painter/architect Julius Muller-Salem and the writer/painter Ferdinand Morawe. Joseph Maria Olbrich, the co-founder of the Vienna Secession and the founder of the Darmstadt Colony, also designed for Fahrner. Other members included the sculptor Ludwig Habich and the architect Patriz Huber. The designs of architect/painter Max Gradl won a silver medal for Fahrner at the Paris 1900 World Exhibition alongside Rene Lalique, thus confirming the belief ‘that the value of a piece of jewelry depends not on the value of the materials but on the artistic design' |
After Theodor Fahrner died in 1919, the entrepreneur Gustav Braendle (1883-1952) purchased the firm from Fahrner's widow, with the proviso that he retain all former employees. The name was changed to Gustav Braendle–Theodor Fahrner.
Very little of the 1930's jewelry has survived, due in part to Hitler's ‘aesthetic' cleansing campaign which resulted in thousands of Fahrner pieces being destroyed. The bombing of |
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The designers of Braendle jewelry are unknown as he discontinued the policy of allowing them to sign their jewels. |
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The uniquely German artistic ideals of Fahrner were successfully continued by Braendle through the post war era reflecting the Art Deco and Modernist movements in Europe and Fahrner jewels, with their charming and avant-garde designs, will always be chosen by discriminating collectors for their artistic merit and collectable value.
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