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Ena Rottenberg

Ena Rottenberg (born Emma Helena Rottenberg; 9 November 1893 – 4 June 1952) was a Hungarian-Austrian craftswoman, draftswoman, ceramist and member of the artists' community of the Wiener Werkstätte.[3][4][5]

Ena Rottenberg
Born
Emma Helena Rottenberg

9 November 1893
Oravița, Austria-Hungary
Died4 June 1952(1952-06-04) (aged 58)
Vienna, Austria
Alma materVienna School of Applied Arts
Vase by Ena Rottenberg, ca. 1929[1]
Vase by Ena Rottenberg, ca. 1930[2]

Career

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Ena Rottenberg began studying at the Vienna School of Applied Arts (K.K. Kunstgewerbeschule)[6] in 1916. Her teachers included the sculptors Josef Breitner and Anton Hanak and the painter Anton von Kenner.[3][4] After graduating, she worked as a freelance painter and made designs for ceramics, decorations for cut glass, jewellery and ivory paintings, selling her pieces through the Wiener Werkstätte.[7] In the mid-1920s, she designed four stained-glass windows for a Viennese convent of Franciscan nuns.[citation needed]

In the 1920s, Ena Rottenberg worked not only with the Wiener Werkstätte but also with the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten, Friedrich Goldscheider,[8] the Gobelin Manufactory and the J. & L. Lobmeyr Glass Manufactory.[3][9][10][11][12]

Together with Carl Drobnik & Sons, she developed bright, transparent enamel colors for Lobmeyr.[4] On several occasions when designing the glass vessels with semi-transparent enamel for Lobmeyr, she worked together with the draftswoman Lotte Fink.[13] In addition to enamel decorations, she also created engraved and relief-carved large glass vessels.[14] In 1925 she was invited to present vases with black enamel decoration[15][16][17] and the showpiece "Die Welle Woge" (The Billowing Wave), which was to form the focal point of the glass section of the 1925 exhibition, at the Exposition Internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels Modernes in Paris. Rottenberg received a gold medal for her designs.[15][18]

From 1923 to 1925, Ena Rottenberg was a student of Michael Powolny, who had a lasting influence on her work.[3] In the mid-1920s she began working for the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory. Alongside Hertha Bucher[19][20] Mathilde Jaksch,[21] Ida Schwetz-Lehmann and Dina Kuhn,[5][10] Ena Rottenberg established herself as one of the most influential designers at the manufactory. She designed eight figures and around 125 decorations for vases, bowls and mugs for Augarten.

She presented her most successful porcelain design in 1930: the simple Art Deco tea and coffee service No. 20 Ena, which is still produced today in various decors and variants. The exotic-looking design of the Orient service with various lid knobs in the form of "exotic heads", figures from countries where tea and coffee is grown, was particularly successful.[22][23][24] In 1931 she took part with her designs in the exhibition of the Austrian Women Artists Association.[7][20]

In 1937, the Czechoslovak pavilion won a Grand Prize at the 1937 Paris World's Fair. Henry Schlevogt of the Curt Schlevogt glassworks had introduced a new glass technique with a look similar to marble, malachite and lapiz lazuli, the "Ingrid" line. Schlevogt had commissioned pieces from sculptors including Ena Rottenberg and Josef Bernhard, which are credited as part of the reason that the pavilion won the award.[25][26][27][28][29]

In the 1930s she drew designs for various tapestries for the Viennese Gobelins manufactory. After the Second World War she worked again for Augarten and made decorative designs for coffee sets, vases and lidded boxes. Ena Rottenberg died in Vienna on 4 June 1952.[30]

Her designs and objects are now shown in glass, porcelain and design museums at home and abroad, including the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[31] the Corning Museum of Glass,[32] the RISD Museum,[33] the Porzellanmuseum of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten,[34] the Passau Glass Museum,[35] the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna,[36] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[37]

References

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  1. ^ Avery, C. Louise (1929). "The International Exhibition of Contemporary Glass and Rugs". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 24 (10): 250–253. doi:10.2307/3255608. ISSN 0026-1521. JSTOR 3255608.
  2. ^ LEVETUS, A. S. (1930). "THE RENAISSANCE OF DESIGN IN CENTRAL EUROPE: With Special Reference to Glass and Rugs". The American Magazine of Art. 21 (2): 65–71. ISSN 2151-254X. JSTOR 23931373. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Vervoort, Kaitlin Anne (2021). The Applied Arts, A Survey: Designs from 1760 to 1930 (PDF). New York: SHEPHERD W & K GALLERIES. pp. 55A, 55B.
  4. ^ a b c "Rottenberg, Ena". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. Vol. 99. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2018. p. 509. ISBN 978-3-11-023265-3.
  5. ^ a b Thun-Hohenstein, Christoph; Rossberg, Anne-Katrin; Schmuttermeier, Elisabeth (2020). Die Frauen der Wiener Werkstätte = Women artists of the Wiener Werkstätte. Vienna. ISBN 978-3035622119.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "An enamelled copper vase". www.christies.com. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b Korotin, Ilse (June 2016). biografiA. Lexikon österreichischer Frauen (Encyclopedia of Austrian Women). Vol. 3. Wien: Böhlau. p. 2774. ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2.
  8. ^ "Art Deco Meisterstücke der Brüder Walter und Marcell Goldscheider | Goldscheider Keramik". Goldscheider Keramik - Historismus, Jugendstil, Art Deco (in German). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  9. ^ Schweiger, Werner J. (1990). Meister Werke der Wiener Werkstätte : Kunst und Handwerk (1. Aufl ed.). Wien: C. Brandstätter. p. 17. ISBN 9783854473435.
  10. ^ a b Downs, Joseph (1930). "An Exhibition of Glass and Rugs". Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum. 25 (131): 11–17. doi:10.2307/3794450. ISSN 0891-3609. JSTOR 3794450. Retrieved 21 August 2022. Many skillful artists working in the Czecho-Slovakian factories owe their training to the Lobmeyr workshop. Ena Rottenberg has designed for this firm some Bohemian crystal trays and pendants, their designs of masks and flowers cut intaglio-fashion with extraordinary brilliance.
  11. ^ García, Ana María Fernández; Franchini, Caterina; Garda, Emilia (2016). MoMoWo - 100 works in 100 years : European women in architecture and design, 1918-2018 (PDF) (First ed.). Ljubljana. ISBN 9789612549220. In the field of glass design of the prestigious Viennese Lobmeyr, Ena Rottenberg (1893-1962), Valerie (Vally) Wieselthier (1895-1945) and Marianne Rath (1904-85) distinguished themselves on Domus for the design of new functional and elegant artifacts.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ Blauensteiner, Kurt; Berenberg, David P. (1932). "The Industrial Arts in Austria". Parnassus. 4 (5): 24–26. doi:10.2307/770985. ISSN 1543-6314. JSTOR 770985. S2CID 115434289.
  13. ^ Caeymaex, Martine (1989). L'Art deco en Europe: tendances décoratives dans les arts appliqués vers 1925 (in French). Palais des Beaux-Arts.
  14. ^ Bröhan, Karl H.; Högermann, Dieter; Niggl, Reto (1993). Porzellan Kunst und Design 1889 bis 1939 : vom Jugendstil zum Funktionalismus. Berlin: Bröhan-Museum. p. 405.
  15. ^ a b Rath, Harald C.; Rath, Peter; Schmidt, Robert (1998). Lobmeyr 1823 : helles Glas und klares Licht. Wien: Böhlau. pp. 77–80. ISBN 3-205-98812-4.
  16. ^ Knowles, Eric (10 October 2014). Art Deco. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7478-1520-4.
  17. ^ Knowles, Eric (10 October 2014). Art Deco. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-0-7478-1521-1.
  18. ^ Jackson, Lesley (2000). 20th century factory glass. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 9780847822539.
  19. ^ Beyerle, Tulga; Hirschberger, Karin (4 March 2013). A Century of Austrian Design: 1900-2005. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-0346-0889-3.
  20. ^ a b "News". Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten GmbH (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  21. ^ "DAS PORZELLANIKON – GRÖSSTES SPEZIALMUSEUM FÜR PORZELLAN" (PDF). Porzellanikon. 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  22. ^ "Augarten Wien 1718 | Ena Orient Porcelain Tea & Coffee Collection". Bonadea. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  23. ^ Zühlsdorff, Dieter (1988). Markenlexikon, Porzellan und Keramik Report 1885-1935. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche. p. 647.
  24. ^ ""Orient Indian" Coffee Pot by Ena Rottenberg". Adeeni Design Galerie. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  25. ^ Truitt, Deborah (2008). "The many intrigues of Ingrid". Antique Week. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  26. ^ Brooke, Bob. "The Shimmer of Ingrid Glass". The Antiques Almanac. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  27. ^ Langhamer, Antonín (2003). The Legend of Bohemian Glass: A Thousand Years of Glassmaking in the Heart of Europe. Tigris. ISBN 978-80-86062-11-2.
  28. ^ "Ena Rottenberg Glass Sculpture - Modell by Ena Rottenberg". Stevens Fine Artaccess-date=20 August 2022.
  29. ^ "VALENTINE'S DAY OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATES NEW GLASS EXHIBIT". Czech Heritage Museum & Genealogy Center. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  30. ^ "Ontdek glasschilder, kunstnijveraar Rottenberg Ena". RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  31. ^ "vase". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  32. ^ "Recent Important Acquisitions: MADE BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD". Journal of Glass Studies. 16: 125–135. 1974. ISSN 0075-4250. JSTOR 24188020. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  33. ^ "Tumbler". RISD Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  34. ^ "Museum at Augarten". Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten GmbH (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  35. ^ "Art Deco Details". Glasmuseum Passau. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  36. ^ "WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE". MAK Museum Vienna. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  37. ^ "Vase". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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