"Michael Powolny (18 September 1871 – 4 January 1954) was an Austrian sculptor, ceramist, designer, and teacher.
Powolny was born in Judenburg. He was trained at Tonindustrie ...
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in Znaim, and from 1894 to 1901 in the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule. In 1906 along with Bertold Löffler he founded the Wiener Keramik workshop, that became part of the Wiener Werkstätte a year later.
Powolny died in Vienna. He is known for various individual sculptures and municipal monuments such as fountains and war memorials, but also for designs for household objects." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.08.2021)