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Title
Persian
Man
Creator
Wildenhain, Marguerite
Date Original
1963/1967
Type (DCMIType)
Still image
Type (AAT)
Stoneware (Pottery)
Material/Technique
Stoneware
Digital Collection
The Daily Palette Digital Collection
Subcollection
Visual Arts
Contributing Institution
University of Iowa. School of Art and Art History
Rights Management
Digital collection © The University of Iowa. All works are copyright the individual artist.
Contact Information
Contact the Daily Palette:
http://dailypalette.uiowa.edu/page2.php
Daily Palette Appearance
2009-08-04
Artist's Biography
Marguerite
Friedlaender
Wildenhain
was
born
October
11
,
1896
, in
Lyon
,
France
. She was
educated
in
Europe
,
apprenticing
at the
Bauhaus
under
master
potter
Max
Krehan
and
sculptor
Gerhard
Marcks
.
Expelled
from the
Bauhaus
owing
to her
Jewish
origin
, she
moved
to
Holland
with her
husband
,
Frans
Wildenhain
,
where
they
founded
a
pottery
in
Putten
.
After
living
there
seven
years
, she
moved
to the
United
States
in
1940
.
Marguerite
Wildenhain
settled
near
Guerneville
, CA, in
1942
where
she
founded
an
artist
cooperative
known
as
Pond
Farm.At
Pond
Farm
,
about
70
miles
north
of
San
Francisco
, she
opened
a
summer
school
which
lasted
until
1980
,
training
approximately
25
students
each
summer
. These
summer-long
workshops
were
intense
learning
experiences
for
artists
,
many
of
whom
have
gone
on to have
distinguished
art-related
careers
of their
own
.
During
these
years
, she also
traveled
extensively
,
giving
workshops
at
colleges
and
galleries
around
the
United
States
and
visiting
South
and
Central
America
,
Iran
,
Israel
and
Europe
. She was an
active
member
of the
American
Craft
Council.Dean
Schwarz
,
former
Art
Department
faculty
member
at
Luther
College
and a
ceramics
artist
,
met
Wildenhain
in the
1960s
and
studied
with her
during
many
summer
workshops
. As a
result
of this
relationship
,
Wildenhain
was
introduced
to
Luther
College
,
teaching
students
through
workshops
and
lectures
. In
1969
,
Wildenhain
was
awarded
an
honorary
doctor
of
humanities
degree
by
Luther
College
. The
College
received
51
pieces
of
pottery
from her in
1973
followed
by a
collection
of her
drawings
in
1981
. At that
time
, she also
donated
drawings
and
woodcuts
by
Gerhard
Marcks
, her
mentor
and
life-long
friend
from the
Bauhaus
.
During
her
lifetime
,
Marguerite
presented
rare
books
to the
Luther
College
Library
and
contributed
her
mineral
collection
to the
College's
Geology
Collection
.
After
her
death
at
Pond
Farm
,
February
24
,
1985
, her
Gerhard
Marcks
bronze
sculptures
and her
collection
of
pre-Columbian
pots
were
bequeathed
to the
College
through
her
estate.The
Wildenhain
Collection
at
Luther
College
continues
to
expand
.
During
summer
2002
,
fifteen
ceramic
works
by
Wildenhain
were
donated
to the
Fine
Arts
Collection
by
Javis
and
James
Fortmann
. '
Jay
'
Fortmann
was a
Pond
Farm
alumnus
,
attending
three
summer
workshops
there
between
1966
and
1971
. In
September
2002
, an
additional
covered
jar
by
Wildenhain
was
donated
to the
Collection
by
Ed
Traynor
, a
Pond
Farm
alumnus
of
1957.A
Pond
Farm
Collection
of
art
works
by
alumni
of the
Pond
Farm
workshops
is
currently
being
developed
at
Luther
College
. This
collection
had its
genesis
in the
exhibit
, 'The
Visible
Core,
'
held
at
Luther
College
in
1996
as
part
of the
commemoration
of the
centenary
of
Wildenhain's
birth
. The
celebration
and
documentation
of
Marguerite
Wildenhain's
legacy
was
continued
in
2002
with the
exhibit
, '
Ripples
:
Marguerite
Wildenhain
and Her
Pond
Farm
Students
'
which
began
at
California
State
University
,
San
Bernardino
. CA, and was
continued
in
Utah
and
New
York
. The
intent
of the
Pond
Farm
Collection
is
to
tangibly
represent
the
legacy
of
Wildenhain
,
carried
on
through
the
work
of her
students
.
Artist/Gallery web Site
http://finearts.luther.edu
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Marguerite_Wildenhain.jpg
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