Conrad Dressler
(1856-1940), SculptorArtist of 2 portraits
Conrad Dressler was a sculptor, potter and art worker. He was born in London, of German descent. Dressler studied at the Royal College of Art under Lantéri and Boehm and in France. He was a member of the Art Workers' Guild from 1891 until 1918. He set up a foundry in Chelsea and carried out cire-perdue casting; met William De Morgan, who fired some of his early works. Dressler worked as a potter in Birkenhead with Harold Rathbone from 1893 to 1895, then set up his own kiln with R.W. Hudson, and made tiles.
by Conrad Dressler
plaster relief, 1882
NPG 5215
by Conrad Dressler
bronze bust, 1888
NPG 2030
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