Christa Petroff Bean

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Christa Petroff-Bohne (born 1934 in Colditz ) is a German designer and former professor. She is one of the most important German designers of the 1950s and 1960s. She built up the visual design department at the art college in Berlin as part of the product design subject . She worked as a designer for companies in the GDR .

Life

Christa Petroff-Bohne initially trained as a ceramic painter at the Colditz AG stoneware factory . 1951 to 1953 she studied at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden . This was followed by a degree in design at the University of Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee . She completed her studies in 1955 with a diploma. Shortly afterwards she worked as an artistic assistant at the Institute for Applied Arts Berlin.

In 1956, together with the head of the Rudolf Högner department , she set up the visual design department at the Weißensee art college, which she later took over. From 1966 she had a teaching position at the art college. In 1978 she took over responsibility for the ceramics department. In 1979 she was appointed professor. She continued teaching at the art college until 2002.

In addition, she worked as a designer for VEB Auer Cutlery and Silverware from the mid-1950s , as well as for VEB Elektrogerätewerk Suhl . Between 1956 and 1959 there were more than 80 products that she designed and which were produced in large numbers. In 1984 she received the GDR design award.

In the 1990s, Petroff-Bohne was the chairman of the jury and a member of the jury for the award of the Saxon State Prize for Design and the Thuringian Prize for Product Design .

Product design (examples)

Sugar bowl from the "ABS rustproof 188" series by Christa Petroff-Bohne
  • Cutlery "Model 541", ABS, from 1957
  • Cutlery "Model 542", ABS, from 1958
  • "Model 120" cutlery, ABS, from 1960
  • Stainless steel tableware set "ABS rust-free 188", developed between 1959 and 1968, partly produced until 1990
  • "Komet RG 5" mixer from 1967

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2020: Beauty of form - the designer Christa Petroff-Bohne

Awards

Web links

Publications

  • Angelika Petruschat (author), Silke Ihden-Rothkirch (author, editor), Christa Petroff-Bohne (author), Jörg Petruschat (author, editor): Beauty of Form. The designer Christa Petroff-Bohne. 1st edition. form + Zweck Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-947045-17-4 .
  • Hein Köster (author) in "Museumsjournal", October 1999, p. 76: Christa Petroff-Bohne. Designer and university professor .
  • Rainer W. Ernst (author), Hein Köster (author), Heinz Hirdina (author), Günter Heidrich (author), Christa Petroff-Bohne (author), Wilhelm S, Seisser (foreword), Wilhelm Siemen (editor): Christa Petroff -Bohne: An East German designer biography . Publisher: Zweckverband Dt. Porcelain Museum (2000), ISBN 3-927793-59-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beauty of Form: The Designer Christa Petroff-Bohne. Kunstgewerbemuseum, Pillnitz Castle, accessed on July 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The designer Christa Petroff-Bohne. In: mdr culture. June 29, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Design Award of the GDR , In: Neues Deutschland , October 5, 1984, p. 5
  4. ^ Industrial form GDR: History of East German design: cutlery model 541
  5. ^ Industrial form GDR: History of East German design: cutlery model 542
  6. ^ Industrial form GDR: History of East German design: cutlery model 120
  7. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Industrieform DDR: History of East German design: ABS series@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.industrieform-ddr.de
  8. ↑ Household appliances. In: Industrieform-DDR. January 14, 2014, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  9. ^ Collection of industrial design, Hein Köster
  10. ↑ Museum journal: Christa Petroff-Bohne. Designer and university professor
personal data
SURNAME Petroff bean, Christa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Colditz