Frans Wildenhain Ceramics

Over the next 20 years he enriched the school s curriculum and its students advanced the craft and art of ceramics and broadened global appreciation for handcrafted.

Frans wildenhain ceramics.

Frans wildenhain judged his own female students harshly. See more ideas about ceramics college art pottery. Creative and commercial american ceramics at mid century with color photographs of all ceramics displayed black and white archival photographs and five scholarly essays. Extent 7 0 item s 1 oil painting 1 ceramic mural 2 ceramic figures 1 ceramic pot 2 ceramic jugs 1 ceramic bowl dimensions note artwork pieces vary in size.

Throughout the month of september a series of speakers art pottery identification clinics and book signing events are taking place. Printing applications laboratory 2012. Creative and commercial american ceramics at mid century. Abstract ceramic mural by bauhaus trained potter and sculptor frans wildenhain 1905 1980.

Creative and commercial ceramics at mid century rochester ny. Some women recalled being advised by him to leave ceramics for more promising careers as kodak secretaries or belly dancers when their. Creative and commercial american ceramics at mid century which sells for 50 also is available through the event s website. While there he studied under paul klee maholy nagy gerhard marcks and max krehan.

Austin bruce a frans wildenhain 1950 1975. Born in leipzig germany on june 6 1905 he apprenticed as both a draftsman and lithographer before attending the bauhaus in weimar germany. Frans wildenhain 1905 1980 joined the rochester institute of technology rit in 1950 as a founding faculty member of the newly installed school for american craftsmen sac. The exhibition is accompanied by a 256 page hard cover catalogue frans wildenhain 1950 75.

Wildenhain was on the faculty in the school for american crafts at rit from 1950 1970. A biography of frans wildenhain a history of the school for american craftsmen. A student of moholy nagy paul klee and gerhard marcks and the husband of ceramist marguerite wildenhain frans arrived in america in 1947 and after a brief sojourn at pond farm and a divorce from marguerite he settled down in rochester ny teaching at the school for american craftsmen at r i t. Frans wildenhain artwork consists of ceramic pieces a mural and an oil painting.

May 1 2016 explore thatobject s board ceramics. 8 x 6 5 to. Recently rochester institute of technology organized a major exhibition of his work frans wildenhain 1950 1975.