Erica von Scheel

Erica von Scheel , married. Hauptmann, (born November 22, 1881 in Metz , † October 7, 1966 in Hamburg ) was a German craft designer and daughter-in-law of Gerhart Hauptmann .

The Prussian general daughter attended the Berlin painting school for women with lessons from Martin Brandenburg , Hans Baluschek and Ulrich Hübner . In 1902 she went to the new arts and crafts seminar in Weimar, where she was one of the first students of Henry van de Velde , who gave her strong support. In his memoirs he describes: “She was my first student and like Sigurd Frosterus with the greatest enthusiasm for the cause. [...] But the most important thing: she was gifted. "

Scheel became a master student and assistant to van de Velde, later a teacher at the Weimar School of Applied Arts . As a painter, sculptor, (advertising) graphic artist, book designer, textile and fashion designer and ceramist , she became a typical craftsperson of her time and known beyond Germany. Her work has been presented and awarded at numerous (inter) national exhibitions: 1904 World Exhibition in St. Louis , 1906 Third German Association of Artists Exhibition Weimar, 1908 Oslo etc. In addition, she helped Henry van de Velde with the luxury editions of Nietzsche's " Zarathustra " and " Ecce Homo "to complete. Scheel studied further in 1905 with the sculptor Paul Dubois (1829–1905) in Brussels, from 1903 with the ceramicist Reinhold Hanke in Höhr-Grenzhausen and with the textile workshops in Krefeld . In 1910 she also worked as a freelance textile designer for the renowned Parisian fashion designer Paul Poiret . In Paris, she associated with many great minds of the time, such as her neighbor Rilke . On May 22, 1915, he wrote her the now famous phrase from Munich: “What a horror, the world has fallen into the hands of people , old Cézanne saw it coming, Tolstoj saw it coming, and those who saw it coming, grieved old men, went over beforehand. "

In 1912, after a long friendship, she married the painter Ivo Hauptmann (1886–1973), Gerhart Hauptmann's eldest son, and in 1914 she gave birth to a son, Gerhart Heinrich Ivo, in Dockenhuden near Hamburg. She was often in Agnetendorf with her husband to visit the in-laws. Even after 1918 she made arts and crafts. From 1925 the couple lived in Hamburg for good. Her contact with Henry van de Velde lasted until 1957, the year the artist died.

literature

In a hurry in Berlin: Gerhart Hauptmann - Ivo Hauptmann: Correspondence , ed. Harriet Hauptmann and Stefan Rohlfs, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942476-32-4

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biography

supporting documents

^ Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters in Two Volumes . In: Horst Nalewski (Ed.): Letters in two volumes . tape I . Insel, 1991, p. 584 .

personal data
SURNAME	Scheel, Erica von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hauptmann, Erica (name after marriage in 1912)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist and designer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 22, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Metz
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1966
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters in Two Volumes . In: Horst Nalewski (Ed.): Letters in two volumes . tape I . Insel, 1991, p. 584 .