Danish Royal Porcelain 1775-2000 - 225 Years of Design
G.F.
Hetsch and the Golden Age – The Establishment of Bing &
Grondahl in 1853
The
first professional
artistic leader of the manufactory was the German-born
architect G.F. Hetsch, who took up his appointment in 1826.
In his artistic work as well as in his supervisory capacity
Hetsch strove for 'purity of style' - purified classicism,
which represented ideals from classical antiquity, although
using new materials.  After
the approval of the Danish Constitution Act in 1849, The Royal
Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory could not continue its
monopolistic position. The Bing brothers, who ran a
considerable business with luxury articles, established a
porcelain manufactory in Vesterbro in 1853, along with
Frederik Vilhelm Grondahl. Already by 1860, Bing &
Grondahl were technically and artistically on a par with The
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, from where they had
recruited many of their employees.
Arnold
Krog - Artistic Director 1885-1916
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