Trude Petri

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Gin bottles from the Prussian Spirits Manufactory designed by Petri

Trude Petri-Raben (born August 25, 1906 in Hamburg , † 1998 in Vancouver ) was a German sculptor, painter and designer.

Life

Petri studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg . In 1929, director Günther von Pechmann brought her to the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM) as a designer .

Coffee cup (upper and saucer) from the Urbino service by KPM (design: Trude Petri, 1931)

As early as 1931, she designed Urbino , a service that met the Bauhaus' demands for a material-appropriate form and clear reduction to the essentials ( New Objectivity ). It was awarded a gold medal at the Milan Triennale in 1936 and the Grand Prix at the 1937 Paris World Exhibition . The design is based on the basic shapes of circles and spheres and is influenced by the elegant East Asian art of vessels. It thus met the requirements of serial production and versatile use. KPM still produces the service today.

Together with the sculptor Siegmund Schütz (1906–1998) she created the Arkadia series , in which Petri designed the shape and Schütz the medallions in bisque porcelain. After the Second World War, this shape was also made without medallions under the name Urania .

After marrying John Raben, Trude Petri moved to Chicago, but remained connected to KPM as a designer. In 2006, on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Trude Petri and Siegmund Schütz, an anniversary exhibition was held at the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts .

literature

  • Erich Köllmann, Margarete Jarchow: Berlin porcelain. 2nd edition, Neusausg. Klinghardt & Biermann, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-7814-0264-9
  • Margarete Jarchow: Berlin porcelain in the 20th century . Reimer-Verlag, Berlin 1988. ISBN 3-496-01054-1
  • Wieland Schütz (Ed.): Homage on the 90th birthday of Siegmund Schütz and Trude Petri . Willmuth Arenhövel publisher, Berlin 1996

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personal data
SURNAME Petri, Trude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petri-Raben, Trude (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, painter and designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 1998
Place of death Vancouver