Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

Artistic director 1847 - 1862

The supervision of the manufactory was assigned by rescript dated 20 December 1847 to Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (1806-1882) from 1 January 1848. The late romantic painter, graphic designer and artisan introduced the historicist style to Nymphenburg. He based his work on gothic ornaments and motifs and created an extensive range of crockery to suit the taste of the public (previously porcelain had only been produced in ancient styles), which was exhibited at the London world exhibition in 1851. Neureuther worked to the motto that the "principle of beauty should be captured even in the most insignificant of vessels". During his 15 years of work for the company, he completed the onyx service and created around 400 different types of crockery and vessels, including ornamental mugs and beer and mead tankards (the swan goblet for Hohenschwangau deserves mention here) as well as such different statuettes as the Bräubursch (Brewer's Lad), Kellnerin (Waitress) and Munich Bürgersfrau (Burgess' Wife). On commission from King Max II Joseph, he developed a large hunting service in the rounded shapes of the neo-rococo style in 1852/53. In spite of his great commitment, Neureuther was not able to halt the commercial decline of Nymphenburg which the times made unavoidable and which in the end resulted in the first lease (1862) to Karl Arendts and Ferdinand Scotzniovsky. The focus of production was then switched to technical and medical-pharmaceutical porcelain.

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