RENI SCHASCHL* (Pula 1895 - 1979 Vienna) Female Figure c...

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€1,200

RENI SCHASCHL*
(Pula 1895 - 1979 Vienna)
Female Figure
ceramic, enameled, 46,6 x cm
Wiener Werkstätte, Majolica, polychrome glazed, marked: WW AUSTRIA, 870 (embossed)/ 7 (painted); depicted in exhibition cat. Expressive ceramics from the Wiener Werkstätte, Munich 1992, p. 55
Austrian craftswoman, graphic artist, textile designer, glass artist, ceramist of the 20th century. From 1912 at the School of Arts and Crafts with, among others, Oskar Strnad, Adolf Boehm and Michael Powolny. Member of the Wiener Werkstätte. Produced designs for fabrics, lace, leather and ivory work, mass-produced ceramics, glassware, commercial graphics, chip boxes and Christmas tree ornaments. Along with Vally Wiesenthier, one of the most prolific ceramicists of the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1918, commissioned by Josef Hoffmann together with Hilda Jesser and Felice Rix to design the walls and ceilings of the new branch of the Wiener Werkstätte in Kärntner Straße. Member of the Austrian Werkbund, exhibits in the exhibitions of Viennese women's art.
The Wiener Werkstätte set out to create artistically high-quality handicrafts in all areas of everyday use - from furniture and architecture to porcelain, glass and fashion - in close contact between artists and consumers. It is the interdisciplinary claim to holistic permeation of all areas of life as well as their trend-setting designs with which the Wiener Werkstätte has written design history in the long term. Its founder, the architect Josef Hoffmann, joined the graphic artist and painter Koloman Moser and the patron Fritz Waerndorfer in 1903 with the aim of founding the now world-famous Wiener Werkstätte association for handicrafts. They wanted to establish a marketable aesthetic counterpoint to encrusted historicism. It is often overlooked that women also played a key role in this success story. In 1937 around 180 of the company's female artists were named. Most of these women received their education at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and were finally brought to the WW by Hoffmann to bring their creative energy to bear in the fields of textile design, fashion, home accessories, toys, art and ceramics. They also developed unusual wall designs for interiors - be it apartments, bars or exhibition rooms. With the dissolution of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1932, many of the women artists who were highly regarded at the time were largely forgotten.

SCHÄTZPREIS/ESTIMATE € 1.200 - 2.400