Small dish with yellow exterior, orange crackle interior

Marguerite Wildenhain, Small dish with yellow exterior, orange crackle interior, date unknown; ceramic

Gift of the Margaret Murray Gordon Estate.

Artwork Info

Type of Work Plate
Medium ceramic
Dimensions 1" x 4.25" diameter

Artist Info

Name Marguerite Wildenhain
Born January 1, 1896
Culture French
Education 1914 School of Fine Art, Berlin, Germany 1919–26 Bauhaus School, Weimar, Germany 1922 Apprenticeship with Gerhard Marcks
Notes or Bio

professional experience:
1919 Porcelain designer at a factory in
Thuringia, Germany
1927–33 Model-maker, Royal Berlin
Porcelain Factory, Germany
1926 Head of Ceramics, Municipal School
for Arts & Crafts, Halle–Saale, Germany
1940–42 Teacher, California College of
Fine Arts, Oakland
1940s, Teacher, Black Mountain College,
Asheville, NC
1945–85 Founder and Teacher, Pond Farm
Workshop, Guerneville, CA

Credits: Photo by Hannah Finegold

Rights: All Rights Reserved

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