Maria Likarz

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Maria Likarz (born March 28, 1893 in Przemyśl , † 1971 in Rome ) married. Strauss was a designer , graphic artist and employee of the Wiener Werkstätte .

Live and act

From 1908 to 1910 Likarz went to art school for women and girls. She studied art at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Josef Hoffmann and Anton Kenner from 1910 to 1914. During her studies, she worked as a graphic designer for the Wiener Werkstätte. Likarz later was a teacher at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Applied Arts from 1916 to 1920, where she was the first female member of the teaching staff to set up a workshop for enamel work. From 1912 to 1914 and from 1920 until its dissolution in 1931, she worked for the Wiener Werkstätte , where she mainly worked in the advertising graphics field. She designed postcards, advertisements, posters, wrapping paper, stationery and marble paper (dunk paper ). Later she devoted herself more to ceramics and enamel, before turning to fashion. Her work has been shown many times in exhibitions. Since 1931 she worked independently in Vienna, in 1938 she moved to Italy, where she mainly worked as a ceramist.

Exhibitions

  • 1915 fashion exhibition
  • Art show 1920
  • German Trade Show Munich 1922
  • Exhibition of works of modern Austrian handicrafts 1923
  • Exhibition of Christian Art 1925/26
  • Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes , Grand Palais Paris 1925
  • The Hague 1927/28
  • Werkbund exhibition 1930
  • Exposition de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs , Grand Palais Paris 1930

literature

  • Wilhelm Nauhaus: The Giebichenstein Castle, History of a German Art School 1915–1933. Seemann, Leipzig 1992, ISBN 3-363-00539-3 .
  • G. Fanelli, E. Godoli: Art Nouveau Postcards. Rizzoli, New York 1987, ISBN 0-7148-8048-5 , p. 350.
  • Breuer, Gerda, Meer, Julia (eds.): Women in Graphic Design , Jovis, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8 , p. 502.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b beletage.com: Catalog "Autumn Exhibition 2002" (PDF; 1.7 MB), p. 144, accessed on December 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ a b c Maria Likarz, m. Ostrich. In: Hans Dichand (ed.), Michael Martischnig: Art Nouveau postcards . Harenberg Kommunikation, Dortmund, p. 168 f.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Werner J. Schweiger: Wiener Werkstätte. Arts and crafts 1903–1932. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-86047-211-9 , p. 264.
personal data
SURNAME Likarz, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strauss, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Designer and employee of the Wiener Werkstätte
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Przemyśl
DATE OF DEATH 1971
Place of death Rome