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Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), known as Ferdinand Preiss, is a German sculptor, one of the main sculptors of the Art Deco period. Born in Erbach, Hesse, he attended schools in Michelstadt and aspired to become an engineer. Both his parents died when he was only 15 years old, he became an apprentice with the ivory sculptor Philipp Willmann....