name k hler keramik type ceramics founded 1839 ; 177 years ago 1839 in n stved denmark founder joachim christian herman k hler headquarters denmark area served world wide key people jesper holst schmidt ceo products omaggio owner frantz longhi website official website herman k hler in his workshop painting by l.a. ring 1890 k hler keramik k hler ceramics is a danish ceramics firm originally established in n stved on the island of zealand . contents 1 history 2 k hler today 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links history edit k hler s buildings behind the hill in n stved painting by l. a. ring joachim christian herman k hler 1808 84 from heiligenhafen in the duchy of holstein established himself as a potter there in 1839 producing heating stoves cooking pots and kitchenware . 1 2 his son herman a. k hler 1846 1917 together with his younger brother carl frederik k hler took over the running of the factory in 1872 . 3 carl became responsible for producing faiance while herman specialized in manufacturing tiled stoves . in 1875 after carl withdrew and the original factory had burnt down herman built a new factory on the town s outskirts where he produced both stoves and pottery . 4 inspired by vilhelm klein herman a. k hler started to experiment with more appealing designs with glazed finishes . in 1886 he succeeded in attracting the artists h. a. brendekilde l.a. ring and carl o.j. lund . 5 k hler became interested in obtaining the red lustre glaze known as maiolica which had been produced in gubbio italy in the 16th century . in 1888 he succeeded developing the now famous ruby glaze known as k hler red . 3 the designer karl hansen reistrup 1863 1929 soon joined the enterprise assisting in the production of finely formed artistically decorated items especially vases . 4 thanks to reistrup s designs k hler s ceramics achieved considerable success both at the great nordic exhibition held in copenhagen in 1888 and at the exposition universelle held the following year in paris . 6 7 in c. 1913 h.a. kahler was formed as a limited company with three directors herman a. k hler was responsible for overall management his son herman hans christian k hler headed artistic development and rasmus gr nholt directed sales . 5 after herman a. k hler died in 1917 his son hans christian assumed responsibility for the company benefiting from the involvement of painters signe steffensen and tulle emborg . svend hammersh i participated in the company from 1893 until his death in 1948 while jens thirsland was artistic director from 1913 until 1940 . the painter helge jensen and the sculptor kai nielsen also contributed to designs from 1921 to 1924 . 8 after herman h.c. k hler died in 1940 his sons herman j. k hler 1904 1996 and nils k hler 1906 1979 took the lead achieving success in exports after the end of the second world war . new designs were contributed by bode willumsen 1895 1987 arne l. hansen born 1921 allan schmidt born 1923 and eva s rensen born 1940 . 9 k hler today edit the firm was sold to n stved municipality in 1974 . it was subsequently resold to a series of new owners including holmegaard without the involvement of the k hler family . since 2007 it has been owned by frantz longhi from n stved . 9 references edit k hler in danish . den store danske . retrieved 19 november 2014 . k hler 1839 1872 in danish . n stved museum . retrieved 19 november 2014 . a b tove jespersen . danish ceramics vii the turn of the century . ceramics today . retrieved 25 october 2014 . a b herman a. k hler in danish . dansk biografisk leksikon . retrieved 25 october 2014 . a b k hler 1875 1917 in danish . n stved museum . retrieved 19 november 2014 . campbell gordon 2006 . k hler herman august the grove encyclopedia of decorative arts . oxford university press . p. 464 . isbn 978 0 19 518948 3 . herman a. k hler in danish . den store danske . retrieved 25 october 2014 . k hler 1917 1940 in danish . n stved museum . retrieved 19 november 2014 . a b k hler 1940 1969 in danish . n stved museum . retrieved 19 november 2014 . further reading edit minardi robin hecht scandinavian art pottery denmark and sweden schiffer publishing ltd. rev. 2nd ed . 2005 p. 102 105 isbn 0 7643 2239 7 external links edit company history from the k hler website herman august k hler pottery nestved on zealand 1839 1974 . article in ceramicstoday written by tove jespersen with several illustrations . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title k hler keramik & oldid 705612609 categories 1829 establishmentsn stved municipalityceramics manufacturers of denmarkcompanies of denmarkhidden categories cs1 danish language sources da navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity 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