Ida Schwetz-Lehmann

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Ida Schwetz-Lehmann (born April 26, 1883 in Vienna ; † September 26, 1971 there ) was an Austrian ceramist and sculptor of small sculptures . She made numerous designs for figures that were manufactured in the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten and was one of the artistic employees of the Wiener Werkstätte production group .

life and work

Ida Lehmann was the daughter of the Brno sculptor Bruno Lehmann. After finishing school, she studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts from 1904 to 1911 . She received her artistic stamping from her teachers Michael Powolny , Josef Breitner and Franz Metzner . In 1912 she married the painter and graphic artist Karl Schwetz .

After completing her degree, Ida Schwetz-Lehmann worked for the Wiener Werkstätte from 1912 to 1923. She made numerous figure designs for small sculptures made of wax, porcelain and ceramics - in the 1920s preferably in the Art Deco style - for the Vienna porcelain manufacturer Augarten. Her designs have often been carried out in different colored decorations and by different porcelain painters. The small sculptures by Ida Schwetz-Lehmann were shown and awarded at various art exhibitions, including the porcelain figure The First Roses at the Exposition Internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels in Paris in 1925. In addition to her commissions for the Wiener Werkstätte and the Augarten porcelain factory, she also worked for Keramos AG, Epiag ( Pirkenhammer ), Wienerberger Ziegelwerke AG and Gmundner Keramik . In 1926 she received the City of Vienna's Honorary Prize for Fine Arts for her achievements.

Girl with a bouquet of roses (1911)
Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , 
Ceramic, painted in colors
Ms. Goldscheider Vienna

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Mother with a child in her arms, (1914/15)
Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , 
Pottery, cast, molded, glazed, painted
18 x 9.4 cm
Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

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In 1911 Ida Schwetz-Lehmann founded the Ceramic Works Cooperative with Rosa Neuwirth and Helena Johnová . She was a member of the Austrian Werkbund , the New Guild, the Association for the Promotion of German Art and German Culture and a member of the Association of Austrian Women Artists . Her porcelain figures are exhibited in numerous museums today, including the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory, the Art Museum in Brno , the Upper Austrian Provincial Museum , the Museum of the Vienna Male Choir Association and the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna.

Exhibitions

Works

  • Girl with a bouquet of roses , 1911
  • Dancers , 1911/12
  • Reading Biedermeier lady , 1911/12
  • Seated mother with child , 1912
  • Lady on the Sofa , 1912
  • Mother with two young children , 1913
  • Putto on a ram , 1913
  • Loving couple in the arbor , 1913
  • Grape putto on a stag , 1913/14
  • Spring season figure , 1913
  • Rococo girl with a fan , around 1919
  • Madonna and Child , 1923
  • Dancer , 1924
  • The first roses , (1924/1937)
  • Striding girl , 1925
  • Girl with a parrot , around 1925
  • Girl with a Garland of Flowers , 1925
  • Skier , 1926
  • Rose miracle , 1926
  • Cello player , 1927
  • Girl with Flowers in Her Hair , 1930
  • Bathers , around 1930
  • Girls in the Storm , 1933
  • Rose miracle , before 1938

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Schwetz-Lehmann, Ida . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 385 .
  2. ^ Claudia Lehner-Jobst: The big manufactories: Augarten Vienna. Golden Twenties Swinging Fifties: an exhibition in the Porzellanikon - State Museum for Porcelain in Hohenberg an der Eger from May 20 to October 3, 2017 . Ed .: Porzellanikon. Hohenberg ad Eger; Selb 2017, ISBN 978-3-940027-30-6 , pp. 111 . The eventful history of the Augarten porcelain factory. Accessed June 11, 2018 (German).
  3. ^ A b Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German biographical encyclopedia . tape 9 Schlumberger - Thiersch. Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-096502-5 , p. 349 .
  4. ↑ belvedere.at Ida Schwetz-Lehmann. Retrieved June 10, 2018 .
  5. ^ Julie M. Johnson: The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna . In: Book collections on Project MUSE Central European studies . Purdue University Press, West Lafayette 2012, ISBN 978-1-55753-613-6 , pp. 393 .
personal data
SURNAME Schwetz-Lehmann, Ida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehmann, Ida (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ceramist and sculptor of small sculptures
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1971
Place of death Vienna