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Wendelin Stahl (born April 20, 1922 in Höhr-Grenzhausen ; † June 12, 2000 in Klotten ) was a German ceramist and artisan .

Life

Wendelin Stahl was the son of his father Wendelin Stahl (1888–1954) and his wife Katharina, born. Shudders. In the period from 1938 to 1939 he completed a pottery apprenticeship in the ceramics workshop of Kunow & Drose in Höhr-Grenzhausen. After doing his military service from 1940 to 1945 in World War II , he continued his training from 1945 to 1951 in the company of his brother and master potter Rudi Stahl (1918-1987) in Höhr-Grenzhausen. In 1952 he and his "Madame" Else Harney (1919–1984), a trained painter and sculptor and daughter of the banker and consul Hans Harney (1877–1954), opened a ceramic workshop at Coraidelstein Castle in Klotten in the old manor house. He passed his master craftsman examination in 1955 in Höhr-Grenzhausen. After some of his objects were provided with engobes or incised decorations in the 1950s and after having gone the way of the production of classically beautiful crystal glazes from the 1960s onwards , he devoted himself to the manufacture of artistically perfect celadon from the 1970s -Glazes of East Asian ceramics from classical times. Seine on the potter's wheel turned vessels from stoneware and porcelain in a spherical shape , as bowl , box or as vases he made with narrow neck oxidizing in the kiln or reducing in-built wood stove ago.

Stahl's shapes and glazes are characterized by connoisseurs of contemporary ceramics mostly through a special play of colors of the fired celadons in copper red, manganese violet or titanium blue. His vessels with crystal glazes based on zinc - barium or copper reduction glazes, which were actually "only" carriers of his unrivaled beautiful glazes, always exhibited a clear linearity and perfect clarity. In further attempts he succeeded in improving the glazing technique to such an extent that it finally culminated in the term “tenmoku”, a Chinese type of glaze. Tenmoku is characterized by a deep warm brown, into which delicate green tones, sometimes a light brown or subtle blue tones can flow. On the occasion of a 70th birthday visit to Wendelin Stahl by the author Wolfgang Bickel, during which the conversation focused on form tendencies, the handling of clay on the potter's wheel, and the burning in the wood stove, Bickel said:

“It seems to us as if this form has sought the master who can bring it about. But that means that it must have been in him from the beginning in order to show itself through him in this way ... The outlines of the vessels became more severe, but at the same time more powerful, more energetic, as if taking the energy that is located in their cavity , to. It is not the base of the vessel or the closure or the contour in general that is the seat of the energy, but the space, the nothingness on which the pot's usefulness is based in Lao’s 11th sentence. The glazes are more balanced, despite the abundance of color. "

- Dr. Wolfgang Bickel :

Stahl replied:

“This [celadon glaze] had to be fired again, it was too weak for the contour, the other vessel had to be fired again because the reduction process had produced something too wild. The 'wild' does not just refer to the glaze, but rather to the interplay between its and the contour, to the harmony between the twisting form, which must be strong enough to tame the play of colors, which itself must be powerful enough, the outer shape to fill with life. I'm looking for the fairytale landscapes of the big crystals. I find it unfolded on a wide bowl. … You don't have to want to become a world champion in growing large crystals. You don't have to want to - just because the inner law of form has its own tendency. As simple as that."

- Wendelin steel :
Ceramic bowl with crystal glaze by Jochen Kuhnhenne

During their time together with his long-time partner Else Harney, they both played a part in the artistic development of ceramics in Europe . Students from all over the world came to learn the craft of pottery. One of Stahl's most successful students was the former Herford- born pilot Jochen Kuhnhenne (1935–1999), who ran his own pottery workshop in Cochem - Brauheck for many years . Kuhnhenne's preference was for the classically beautiful objects "from the potter's wheel", which, like steel, he provided with elaborate crystal or crackle glazes. Another successful student is the ceramic artist Ayca Riedinger, who lives in Wiesbaden . Her works are characterized by exciting vessel shapes with pictorial large single crystals that are reminiscent of naturalistic forms and phenomena. It is thanks to her way of giving ceramics a colorful, luminous shine with crystalline beauty that many of her objects are exhibited in numerous international museums for contemporary ceramics.

Awards and memberships

  • 1977: “Deutsche Keramik 77 Westerwaldpreis”, 1st prize
  • 1977: Appointment as a member of the Academie Internationale de la Ceramique, Geneva
  • Founding member of Group 83
  • 1999: Honorary award from the Koblenz craft fair

Exhibition locations

family

Wendelin Stahl was from 1946 to 1953 with Elfriede Stahl, b. Racki, married. From this marriage the two married daughters Monika Küng-Stahl (* 1946) and Lisa Stahl-Kegel (* 1951) emerged.

literature

  • Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Stahl, Wendelin , In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 340 f.
  • Uschi Friderichs (author): Von der Römerfeste zur Töpferburg - Burg Coraidelstein , preliminary: Technical work at the state Peter-Wust-Gymnasium, Wittlich, school year 1986/87, In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell 1988. pp. 237–246.
  • Harald Reinhold (ed.): Wendelin Stahl und Schüler , Keramikmuseum Westerwald, German collection for historical and contemporary ceramics, exhibition from May 9 to May 31, 1992, district administration of the Westerwaldkreis in Montabaur in connection with the Westerwald ceramics museum (publisher), Höhr-Grenzhausen 1992, ISBN 978-3-921548-48-6 , 109 pp.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dr. Wolfgang Bickel (author): On the 70th birthday of Wendelin Stahl In: Heimatjahrbuch Cochem-Zell 1993. P. 10 fl
  2. ↑ Jochen Kuhnhenne, In: clemenswerth.de
  3. ↑ Reinhold Schommers (author): See the world - interpret the world. Visual artists in the Cochem-Zell district . In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell 1999. pp. 35–46.
  4. ↑ Jochen Kuhnhenne, The Ceramic Surface by Matthias Ostermann, A & C Black - London 2002, ISBN 978-0713654271, 208 pp in the Google Book Search
  5. ^ Painter Vladimir Fomin, Exhibitions November 8, 1995, Gallery Renate and Jochen Kuhnhenne in, the Cochem-Brauheck, Germany, In: onegro.ru (English)
  6. ↑ 1991 Exhibition on Prayer and Repentance Day, Cochem-Brauheck-Germany, Maggie Barnes Jochen Kuhnhenne, Natalja Sawinowa & Wasilij Zygankow, In: maggiebarnes.co.uk
  7. ↑ Panoramic situated castle Coraidelstein was a special place - Successful synergy of Arts, October 15, 2014 In: blick-aktuell.de
  8. ↑ A successful synergy of the arts at Coraidelstein Castle, October 12, 2014, In: andymo.de
  9. ↑ Wendelin Stahl, In: keramik-sammler.de
  10. ^ Wendelin Stahl 1922–2000, Klotten / Mosel, In: gruppe83.de
  11. ↑ Wendelin Stahl and Schüler Ceramics Museum Westerwald, German collection for historical and contemporary ceramics, exhibition from May 9 to May 31, 1992, In: zvab.com
personal data
SURNAME Stahl, Wendelin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ceramist and artisan
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Höhr-Grenzhausen
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2000
Place of death Clothes