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Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century
Bruce Austin
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Description for Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AFPC. Dimension: 264 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1404.
An in-depth analysis of Frans Wildenhain and his role in mid-century studio ceramics. Steeped in modernist ceramic aesthetics, Frans Wildenhain studied under Gerhard Marcks and Max Krehan at the Bauhaus pottery workshop in Dornburg, Germany. There, Wildenhain met another potter, Marguerite Friedlaender, his futurewife. Following World War II, Wildenhain emigrated to the U.S. Earning prizes for his art at the 1939 International Exposition in Paris and the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, Wildenhain also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1958,became a Fellow of the American Crafts Council and his work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, Everson Museum ... Read more
An in-depth analysis of Frans Wildenhain and his role in mid-century studio ceramics. Steeped in modernist ceramic aesthetics, Frans Wildenhain studied under Gerhard Marcks and Max Krehan at the Bauhaus pottery workshop in Dornburg, Germany. There, Wildenhain met another potter, Marguerite Friedlaender, his futurewife. Following World War II, Wildenhain emigrated to the U.S. Earning prizes for his art at the 1939 International Exposition in Paris and the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, Wildenhain also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1958,became a Fellow of the American Crafts Council and his work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, Everson Museum ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Printing Applications Lab
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780615645278
SKU
V9780615645278
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Reviews for Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century
Going well beyond the traditional biography of the artist and his works, the catalog contextualizes the cultural, academic, and economic factors of the mid-twentieth century that influenced not only Wildenhain's career, but also the state of contemporary American craft...exhaustively researched and stunningly presented...highly recommended for any library collecting materials on ceramics, mod-century decorative arts and design, and the post WWII ... Read more