Jutta Sika

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Jutta Sika , née Josepha Sika (born September 17, 1877 in Linz , † January 2, 1964 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ceramicist , product designer and graphic artist . She was a member of the artist community of the Wiener Werkstätte and a founding member of the Austrian Werkbund .

life and work

Josepha Sika was born on September 17, 1877 as the daughter of Ida and Alfred Sika in Linz. Her father worked as an inspector for the Austrian State Railways . In 1887 the Sika family moved to Vienna. After completing her school education, Josepha Sika began a two-year course of study at the graphic teaching and research institute with Joseph Eugen Hörwarter in 1895 . Subsequently, in 1897, she enrolled in the painting class at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Rudolf Ribarz . Your teachers were u. a. the painters Koloman Moser (from 1899) and Alfred Roller . From 1900 she took courses with Friedrich Linke in the newly founded ceramics class at the School of Applied Arts.

Already during her studies she designed decors for porcelain, ceramics and vases. In 1901 Jutta Sika founded together with other members of the Kunstgewerbeschule u. a. Therese Trethan, the Association of Viennese Art in the House , a forerunner of the Wiener Werkstätte . The members of the artists' association had set themselves the goal of looking at the design of interiors, from architecture and furniture to everyday objects and decorative items as a total work of art.

Partly together with Koloman Moser, Jutta Sika designed decors and objects for the Viennese porcelain manufacturer Josef Böck as well as for E. Bakalowits & Sons and the Vienna mosaic workshop . In the following years she also made fashion designs for various Viennese companies, supplied accessories and the like. a. for the fashion salons of the sisters Flöge and Hilda Kulmer. Jutta Sika also worked for private individuals: for example, in 1909 she designed stage costumes for the dancer Grete Wiesenthal . She designed motifs for Viennese embroidery and the art embroidery school. The extremely versatile craftswoman made Christmas tree decorations for the imperial and royal court purveyor Demel and designed candy boxes for the traditional confectioner .

In the following years she worked for the Wiener Werkstätte as a graphic designer and designed numerous woodcuts and templates for monograms as well as postcards for various occasions. a. from Tirol. For the companies Kohansky , Löwit & Co . and W. Spitzer designed product packaging, as well as metal objects for the Agentor company . Jutta Sika also worked as an art teacher and from 1911 to 1933 led a drawing class at the vocational training school in Vienna.

In 1913 she went back to the arts and crafts school for two years to study nude painting and costume design with Alfred Roller . Since the 1920s, watercolors and gouches with floral motifs and landscape paintings have been passed down by her . However, with painting she was unable to build on the artistic successes of her craft designs.

During the Second World War she taught at girls' schools. Jutta Sika died on January 2, 1964 in Vienna.

Memberships and exhibitions

Jutta Sika was one of the founding members of the Austrian Werkbund in 1912 and had been a member of the Association of Austrian Women Artists since 1920 . With her designs she took part in numerous national and international exhibitions, such as the world exhibitions in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904), the annual exhibition of the School of Applied Arts (1900), exhibitions of Viennese art in the house , etc. a. in the Vienna Arts and Crafts Association, in the Secession , in Düsseldorf and in the Vienna office of the association. From 1902 she took part in exhibitions at the Museum of Art and Industry , in 1905 she played a key role in the exhibition The Covered Table in Brno and took part in the Vienna Art Show in 1908 and 1909 and in the hunting exhibition in 1910.

After the First World War , she participated a. a. 1923 at the exhibition of works of modern Austrian handicrafts and in 1925 in Paris at the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modern .

Her designs and objects were awarded a bronze medal at the World Exhibition in St. Louis in 1904 and at the Vienna Jadgaus Exhibition in 1910. With the Wiener Kunst group in-house , she received the Silver State Prize for craftsmanship . At the Paris arts and crafts exhibition in 1925 she was awarded an honorary diploma.

Her designs - especially the tea and coffee service that she designed together with Kolo Moser - can now be found in numerous renowned art and design museums at home and abroad. a. at the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna , the Museum of Modern Art , the Cooper Hewitt , the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich , and the Hessisches Landesmuseum .

Works (selection)

Coffee service, made by the Viennese porcelain manufacturer Jos. Böck, 1901-02
  • Template work The area
  • Tea and coffee service, 1901 (Wiener Porzellan-Manufaktur Josef Böck, Vienna, decor number 501)
  • Breakfast service; 1901, Waechtersbacher ceramics
  • Vase with floral decoration; Copper, silver, enamel, foil; 1901
  • Brass mount bowl; Produced by Johann Lötz Witwe, Klostermühle for E. Bakalowits' sons; around 1902
  • Bowling vessel, together with Kolo Moser, around 1904
  • Postcard No. 632, Münzturm Hall i. Tyrol , 1912
  • Postcard No. 633, Rattenberg Blue House , 1912
  • Postcard No. 634, Rattenberg: Red House , 1912
  • Postcard No. 635, bay window from Rattenberg , 1912
  • Postcard No. 636, Innbrücke, Brixlegg , Tyrol, 1912
  • Postcard No. 760, Krampus card , 1912
  • Silk handbag with pearl stitch, 1913
  • Watercolor lilac , after 1920
  • Gouache farm in Lower Austria, Stiefern , 1922

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d New York Gallery: Jutta Sika. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Décor for a coffee service. Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, 1901, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Gabriele Fahr-Becker: Wiener Werkstätte: 1903-1932 . Ed .: Angelika Taschen. Taschen, Hong Kong, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-8228-3771-9 , pp. 230 .
  4. ↑ a b Coffee Talk: Celebrating Jutta Sika | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. March 30, 2018, Retrieved February 10, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Cushions with embroidery. Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, 1901, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Woodcut Whirlwind; Woodcut snow . In: Ver sacrum . tape 6 . Vienna 1903, p. 229 .
  7. ↑ Postcard No. 632, Münzturm Hall i.Tirol. Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, 1912, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Jutta Sika: Flower aqurell. Dorotheum, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Jutta Sika, Koloman Moser. Plate. 1901-1902 | MoMA. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  10. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art: Postcard Krampus (Wiener Werkstätte). 1912, Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Jutta Sika - Biographies - eMuseum Museum of Design Zurich Archive Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sika, Jutta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sika, Josepha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ceramist, graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 1964
Place of death Vienna