Hard to find this white OP Art relief porcelain vase by Martin Freyer for Rosenthal. 16" x 4.7" diameter. Signed/marked. Germany, 1970s.
Hans Martin Freyer (1909-1975) was a German painter and designer. He studied at the at the Darmstadt University of Technology; the University of Art Berlin, and the Reimann School in Berlin.
Freyer also worked as a landscape architect, interior designer and set designer in the US. Upon his return to Germany he designed the Volkswagen logo. During the Second World War, Freyer worked as an art designer for stage productions of opera houses, cabaret stages and variety shows.
From 1964 to 1974, he designed for Rosenthal Porcelain, developing relief decorations for glass and porcelain vases of the studio-line. His most well-known design is the Pleated Vase designed in 1968.
