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Marguerite Wildenhain

Ceramic, Glass and Metal Artists

Marguerite Wildenhain, born Marguerite Friedlaender, was an American Bauhaus-trained ceramic artist, educator and author who lived from 1896 to 1985. After immigrating to the United States in 1940, she taught at Pond Farm and wrote three influential books, Pottery: Form and Expression, The Invisible Core: A Potter's Life and Thoughts, and That We Look and See: An Admirer Looks at the Indians. The artist Robert Arneson described her as the grande dame of potters. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Active From Year
1914 1
Active To Year
1980 1
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Gender
Female 1
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Ceramics, Art Forms
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Nationality

Germany

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United States

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Originated In

Lyon

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  • Introduction
    Artist Robert Arneson described her as "the grande dame of potters,".
  • Lead section
    After immigrating to the United States in 1940, she taught at Pond Farm and wrote three influential books: Pottery: Form and Expression (1959), The Invisible Core: A Potter's Life and Thoughts (1973), and That We Look and See: An Admirer Looks at the Indians (1979).
  • Infobox: years_active
    1914-1980
  • In Group: Modernist Ceramic Artists, Lead
    was an American Bauhaus-trained ceramic artist, educator and author
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