Toni Koy

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Toni Koy (* 28. March 1896 in Wormditt , Warmia ; † 14. June 1990 in Annaberg-Buchholz , Kreis Annaberg , district of Chemnitz ) was a German goldsmith.

Life

Toni Koy attended the Königsberg Art Academy and the Hanau State Drawing Academy . In 1936 she passed the goldsmith master’s examination at the German Werkbund . She stayed in Königsberg and specialized early on in the artistic processing of amber in her workshop in Königsberg, which she opened in 1921. She was particularly fond of processing inclusions . For them, the uniqueness of each piece of amber required an individual processing. This also explains the sometimes barren silver settings of the amber. In collaboration with Hermann Brachert and Jan Holschuh , she increased the fame of the Königsberg amber manufactory . Many of their sports prizes were under the sign of National Socialism . After fleeing East Prussia, she ran her own workshop in Annaberg-Buchholz for over 30 years, from 1945 to 1975.

Exhibitions

  • 1931–1941 regular participation in the Leipziger Messe
  • 1934 Large Munich art exhibition in the Neue Pinakothek (glass palace exhibition ), Haus der Kunst Munich
  • 1937 International Exhibition of Applied Arts and Modern Architecture at the Triennale in Milan; Honorary diploma
  • World Exhibition in Paris 1937 : Grand Prix (winner of the gold and silversmith's trade): gold chain with amber. Silver and amber seal. Gold ring with amber and amber chain with gold. 1st prize, in exhibition group with the State Amber Manufactory Königsberg
  • 1938 Presentation of amber work in Berlin
  • 1940 VII Triennale in Milan, honorary diploma
  • 1943 Exhibition "Deutsche Wertarbeit", in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Zurich, October 31, 1943 to December 12, 1943
  • 1980 Conference of the professional group goldsmiths in Annaberg on May 22nd, Thuringia,
  • 1994/95 (posthumously) East Prussian State Museum , Lüneburg: Works by East Prussian goldsmiths: Käthe Kienast-Bantau, Toni Koy, Eva Strepkowski.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Müller: The raw material became a work of art - Toni Koy and the amber processing . Königsberger Bürgerbrief 86 (2015), pp. 45–48.
personal data
SURNAME Koy, Toni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German goldsmith
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Wormditt , Warmia
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1990
Place of death Annaberg-Buchholz , Kreis Annaberg , district of Chemnitz