Wildenhain, Marguerite

Marguerite Wildenhain (1896-1985) was a ceramicist and educator in Guerneville, California. Born Marguerite Friedlaender in Lyon, France, Wildenhain received training in sculpture at the Berlin School of Applied Arts. She later worked as a designer for the Royal Berlin Porcelain Factory, leaving in 1919 to apprentice in pottery at the Bauhaus, under Max Krehan and Gerhard Marcks. After receiving her degree as master-potter, she was employed at the Municipal School for Arts and Crafts in Halle Saale, Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1933, she and her husband, potter Frans Wildenhain, operated a workshop in Holland before immigrating to the United States in 1940. In 1942 she settled near Guerneville, California, and established an artist colony known as Pond Farm. Following her divorce, she remained at Pond Farm and operated a summer school which lasted until 1980, training approximately 25 students each summer.

From the guide to the Marguerite Wildenhain papers, 1930-1982, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)

Potter (Guerneville, Calif.).

From the description of Marguerite Wildenhain interview, 1982 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220182176

Marguerite Wildenhain, Potter of Guerneville, Calif.

From the description of Oral history interview with Marguerite Wildenhain, 1982 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397037

Marguerite Wildenhain (1896-1985) was a ceramist from Guerneville, Calif.

Born in Lyon, France, Wildenhain received training in sculpture at the Berlin School of Applied Arts. She later worked as a designer for the Royal Berlin Porcelain Factory, leaving in 1919 to apprentice in pottery at the Bauhaus, under Max Krehan and Gerhard Marcks. After receiving her degree as master-potter, she was employed at the Municipal School for Arts and Crafts in Halle Saale, Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1933, she and her husband, potter Frans Wildenhain, operated a workshop in Holland before immigrating to the United States in 1940. Following her divorce, she established her own workshop at Pond Farm, near Guerneville.

From the description of Marguerite Wildenhain papers, 1930-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502559