Irene Schaschl-Schuster

Irene Schaschl-Schuster , known as Reni Schaschl (born April 26, 1895 in Pula ( Istria ), Austria-Hungary , † May 28, 1979 in Vienna ) was an Austrian artisan , graphic artist , textile designer , glass artist, ceramist and member of the artist community of Wiener Werkstätte .

life and work

Fabric sample wren
Reni Schaschl ,
Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Link to the picture (please note copyrights )

Two glasses (Haida Technical School)
Reni Schaschl ,
colorless glass, painted white, gilded
Gallery at the Albertina, Vienna Link to the picture (please note copyrights )

Circus group
Reni Schaschl ,
Ceramics
Vienna Link to the picture (please note copyrights )

Irene Schaschl was born as the daughter of a senior engineer in Pula. After completing school education at a public girls' school, Reni Schaschl began studying at the Vienna School of Applied Arts in 1912 . Her teachers included the painter Adolf Boehm and the architect Oskar Strnad . In 1914 she switched to Eduard Leisching and Rudolf von Larisch's class to study cultural and art history as well as typography and heraldry . In the following year she continued her studies in architecture with Josef Hoffmann . In the last year of her studies at the arts and crafts school she made numerous designs for fabrics and ceramics and worked on Otto Lendecke's magazine Die Damenwelt as well as on the portfolios Die Mode (1914/15) and Das Leben einer Dame (1916).

After graduating, Reni Schaschl worked as an artist in the artist's workshop at Döblergasse 4 in Vienna and made designs for fabrics, lace, leather and ivory work, series ceramics, glasses, commercial graphics, chipboard boxes and Christmas tree decorations, which had been sold through the Wiener Werkstätte since 1917 . Alongside Vally Wiesenthier, she developed into one of the most productive ceramists at the Wiener Werkstätte. In the sample book from November 1920 to June 1921 alone , 54 designs by Reni Schaschl for original ceramics are documented. She perfected her handicraft technique and also made large ceramic figures (design number K688) up to 71 centimeters in height. In 1918 she was commissioned by Josef Hoffmann to work with Hilda Jesser and Felice Rix to design the walls and ceilings for the new Wiener Werkstätten sales branch at Kärntner Straße 32.

Reni Schaschl took part in numerous national and international exhibitions with her designs for glasses, ceramics and fabrics. Her works were u. a. 1915 at the Viennese fashion exhibition, 1920 at the art show of the Wiener Werkstätte, 1922 at the German trade show in Munich , 1927 at the applied arts show in The Hague and at exhibitions of Viennese women's art. She was a member of the Austrian Werkbund .

On August 9, 1921, she married Franz Xaver Josef Schuster. After her wedding, she presumably left the ceramics workshop and was only occasionally represented with objects at arts and crafts exhibitions.

Your designs and objects are shown in glass, porcelain and design museums at home and abroad. a. in the Leopold Museum , the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna , the Grassi Museum , the Rijksmuseum , the Cooper Hewitt Museum , the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Auckland War Memorial Museum .

Works (selection)

• Troy , Ilus , lattice flower , straw florets , Wren , Caesar , silk fabric, Alpenländische printing factory (1912-17)
• Iselberg , Seidenstoff, Finckh & Co. Albouts, Krefeld (1912–17)
• Mallow , air lock , tropical flower , Wurzelsepp , thimble , Gustav Ziegler (1916-18)
• Purchasing, plate 9 , graphic (1914–1915)
• War glasses with enamel painting (1917)
• Dance to Threes , silhouette (1918)
• Horseman , ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (1918)
• New hats. Fashion department of the Wiener Werkstätte Palais Esterhazy 1. Kärntnerstrasse 41 , advertisement of the Wiener Werkstätte (1918)
• Circus horse , ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (1917–19)
• Girl with flowers , ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (1917-19)
• Girl's head , ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (1919)
• Innocence , silk fabric, Wiener Werkstätte (1920–21)
• Schalentäger ( Dutch salt females and males salt ), ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (1919)
• Vase with opaque enamel painting with motifs of male and female figures dancing under the trees , Haida technical school (around 1919)
• Nock , Siena , silk fabric, Wiener Werkstätte (1920–21)
• The Walk , Ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (1921)
• Standing girl with a bouquet of flowers , ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (1921)
• Girls' figures: The Four Elements , ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (around 1921)
• Standing lady , ceramics, Wiener Werkstätte (around 1921)

literature

• Werner J. Schweiger: Wiener Werkstätte. Arts and Crafts 1903-1932 . Brandstätter, Vienna 1982, p. 265

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gabriele Fahr-Becker: Wiener Werkstätte: 1903-1932 . Ed .: Angelika Taschen. Taschen, Hong Kong 2008, ISBN 978-3-8228-3771-9 , pp. 229 .
2. ↑ Ilse Korotin: BiografiA: Lexicon of Austrian women . 1st edition. Böhlau, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , pp. 2855 .
3. ↑ Alexander von Gleichen-Rußwurm: From the stage design . In: German art and decoration: illustrated monthly issues for modern painting, sculpture, architecture, home art and artistic work by women . tape XXII . Darmstadt 1919, p. 373 ff .
4. ^ The women of the Wiener Werkstätte - exhibition MAK Vienna. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
5. ^ Vienna archive information system: Marriage Schuster / Schaschl. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Reni Schaschl: Fashion figures. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Irene Schaschl: girl's head; GRASSI Museum for Applied Arts Leipzig. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Irene Schaschl-Schuster. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Reni Schaschl-Schuster | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Irene (Reni) Schaschl-Schuster | LACMA Collections. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Ceramic Family Outing , 1921. Auckland Museum, accessed February 9, 2020 . 

Web links

• artnet.com: Works by Reni Schaschl
• Gallery at the Albertina: Reni Schaschl