art
Josef Lorenzl was an Austrian sculptor and ceramicist of the Art Deco period, the same era as Ferdinand Preiss (1882–1943) and Demetre Chiparus (1886–1947).
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Martersteig was a German historical and genre painter and drawing teacher. From 1828 to 1834 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Art under Ludwig Richter. Afterwards he spent four years at the academy in Dusseldorf and was a pupil of Carl Ferdinand Sohn, Theodor Hildebrandt and Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow.
Friedrich Martersteig was a member and professor of the Prussian Academy of Arts.
Martin Kippenberger was a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media, superfiction as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona.
Kippenberger was "widely regarded as one of the most talented German artists of his generation," according to Roberta Smith of the New York Times. He was at the center of a generation of German enfants terribles including Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Werner Büttner, Georg Herold, Dieter Göls, and Günther Förg.
Martin Disler was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer. He is associated with the Neue Wilde painting style.
Martin Szekely is a French designer, the son of Hungarian immigrants.
Martin Szekely's work is characterised by a desire for the simplest possible expression of the object while respecting functional priorities.
He was named Designer of the Year at the 1987 Paris Furniture Fair and received the Alfred Dunhill Outstanding Designer of the Year award in 1999.