Kitty C. L. Fischer papers relating to Frans Wildenhain

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Kitty C. L. Fischer papers relating to Frans Wildenhain

1940-1981

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Letters, 1940-1981, are primarily from ceramist Frans Wildenhain to Kitty and Hermann Fischer. Thirteen of the letters are illustrated. Also included are a watercolor sketch, undated; 3 clippings and an announcement for Wildenhain's pottery in Putten, Holland; and photographs, 1944-1975, of Wildenhain with his third wife Lili and Fischer's friend Helen Weynerowsky, and of 3 pots by Wildenhain.

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Bauhaus

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Educational institution. From the description of Photographs of Bauhaus students, teachers, and exhibits, 1919-1933. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81840731 From the description of Postcards about the Bauhaus, 1922-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78683279 The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius as a school of art, architecture, and crafts, with the focus on instruction in the unity between the fine and applied arts and i...

Fischer, Hermann (językoznawstwo).

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Fischer, Kitty C. L.

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Kitty, a weaver, and Hermann Fischer, an architect, both of Holland, became acquainted with ceramist Frans Wildenhain as fellow students at the Bauhaus. They maintained their friendship throughout World War II via correspondence. Wildenhain established pottery workshops in Putten and Amsterdam, Holland before immigrating to the United States in 1947. After spending three years with the Pond Farm Workshops in Guerneville, California, he became an instructor at the School for American Craftsmen, R...

Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980

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Frans Wildenhain (1905-1980) was a potter, painter, sculptor, and art instructor of Pittsford, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Frans Wildenhain, 1979 Apr. 10-July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477536 Potter, art instructor; Pittsford, N.Y. From the description of Frans Wildenhain interviews, 1979 Apr. 10-July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220190989 German born potter Frans Wildenhain (1905-1980) joined the faculty at...