Felice Rix-Ueno
Felice Rix-Ueno (born June 1, 1893 in Vienna ; † October 15, 1967 in Kyoto , Japan ) was an Austrian painter , graphic artist and textile artist.
life and work
Rix-Ueno studied from 1913 to 1917 at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna with Oscar Strnad , Adele von Stark , Rosalia Rothansl and Josef Hoffmann . She worked for the Wiener Werkstätte with ceramics , fabrics, glass paintings and decors, pearl work, enamel and designed the portfolios “Die Mode” (1914/15) and “The Life of a Lady” (1916). She also worked there in the fashion department. She was a member of the Austrian Werkbund and the Viennese women's art. After marrying the architect Isaburo Ueno , she settled with him in Kyoto in 1935 after several stays. In Japan she made, among other things, the glass ceiling in the Sogō department store in Osaka in 1931 . From 1936 she worked at the Gumma Prefecture Industrial Institute with Bruno Taut . From 1949 to 1963 she was a professor at the Municipal Art School of Kyoto. As an artist, she worked with the architect Togo Murano .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1915: fashion exhibition
- 1916: A Lady's Life
- 1920: art show
- 1925: Paris
- 1926: Berlin
- 1927: The Hague
- 1929: Viennese spatial artist
- 1930: Werkbund exhibition
literature
- Rix-Ueno, Felice. In: Ilse Korotin (ed.): BiografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Volume 3: P-Z. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , p. 2722 ( PDF ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rix-Ueno, Felice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ueno-Rix, Felice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, graphic artist and textile artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1967 |
| Place of death | Kyoto , Japan |