Gisela Falke from Lilienstein

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Bowl around 1902, designed by Gisela Falke von Lilienstein, now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Gisela Falke von Lilienstein (born January 2, 1871 ; year and place of death unknown) was an Austrian designer and ceramist.

From 1895 she attended the Vienna School of Applied Arts , where she acquired extensive training: first she studied ornament, flower and animal painting with Rudolf Ribarz , 1899–1901 architecture with Josef Hoffmann , 1900–1901 ceramics with Friedrich Linke and 1903–04 she attended the Bookbinding course. From 1901 she and nine colleagues founded the Wiener Kunst in-house group . In the first years of the 20th century she participated in numerous successful exhibitions.

She designed glasses, ceramics, furnishings, small furniture, glass and jewelry.

literature

  • Waltraud Neuwirth : Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramics , Munich 1973
  • Vienna around 1900 - Art and Culture , Vienna 1985, p. 505