Louise tension ring

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Louise Spannring , also Luise Spannring (* July 15, 1894 in Villach , † February 17, 1982 in Puch near Hallein ) was an Austrian ceramist and entrepreneur .

Live and act

The daughter of the sculptor Hubert Spannring attended the technical school for wood and stone processing in Hallein from 1908 to 1912 and then studied from 1912 at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Franz Barwig and Michael Powolny . She was an employee of the Wiener Werkstätte .

From 1915 she ran a workshop together with her father. From 1919 to 1960 she ran a ceramics workshop in Salzburg and founded a ceramics school that promoted clay as a material for modern artist cribs.

Her studio was in Puch near Hallein. Spannring initially belonged to the Wassermann Artists' Association and from 1925 until its dissolution in 1938 to the Sonderbund of Austrian Artists . She was also a member of the artists' association MAERZ .

Works

Spannring built their way of working on down-to-earth developments that go back to the Middle Ages. Ancient folk art and rural baroque inspired her to create her own creations. In particular , she created nativity scenes , nativity figures, saints in ceramics, some of which are privately owned and some in public and private museums. Starting in 1926, she created heads, hands and, in some cases, entire figures for Mozart's youthful work Apollo et Hyacinthus for Prof. Anton Aichers ' artist puppet theater .

  • St. Hubertus, 19545
  • 4 seasonal figures, candlesticks, undated
  • Mary with the baby Jesus, 1922
  • Christ on the Mount of Olives, 1925
  • Angels making music with lute and xylophone, undated
  • Candlestick angel, undated
  • Kreippenfiguren, undated
  • Elegant man with cane and top hat, undated
  • Boy with a bowl, undated

literature

  • Rainer, Otto Hermann: Luise Spannring. Nativity scenes, nativity figurines, table decorations, candlesticks, tiles, tables and tapestries , exhibition catalog Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg, 1974/1975

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ N. Schaffer:  Spaannring, Hubert (1862-1930), sculptor and headmaster. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 2.
  2. ^ Salzburger Krippen in: Salzburgmuseum website accessed on December 31, 2015
  3. ↑ Margit Palka: Louise Spannring , in: Dorotheum web presence queried on December 31, 2015
  4. ↑ Salzburg Marionette Theater in: website of marionetten.at queried on December 31, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Tension ring, Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tension ring, Luise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ceramist and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1982
Place of death Puch near Hallein