Marguerite Wildenhain

Born: 1896, Lyon, France
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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1925
    -
    1933

    Ceramics Instructor ,School of Fine and Applied Arts, Halle (Saale), Germany

    1925
    -
    1933

    Designer, Royal Berlin Porcelain Factory, Rudolstadt

    1933
    -
    1940

    Studio, Het Kruikje (Little Jug), Putten, the Netherlands

    1940
    -
    1942

    California College of the Arts, Oakland, California

    1949
    -
    1952

    Pond Farm craft school, Guerneville, California

    1952
    -
    1979

    Independent Studio Potter and Summer Workshops, Pond Farm, Guerneville, California

    Other

    1940

    Immigrated to the United States

    Public Collections

    Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

    Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

    Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California

    Luther College Fine Arts Collection, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

    Scripps College, Claremont, California

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

    Bibliography

    Behrens, R.R. Recalling Pond Farm: My Memory Shards of a Summer with Bauhaus Potter Marguerite Wildenhain. Bobolink Books: Dysart, Ipwa, 2005.

    Kath, R., ed.  The Letters of Gerhard Marcks and Marguerite Wildenhain, 1970-1981: A Mingling of Souls. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press, 1991.

    Schwarz, Dean and Geraldine, eds. Marguerite Wildenhain and the Bauhaus: An Eyewitness Anthology. South Bear Press Decorah, Iowa, 2007.

    _______, Dean and Geraldine, eds. Centering Bauhaus Clay: A Potter's Perspective. Decorah, Iowa: South Bear Press, 2009.

    Sessions, Billie. Ripples: Marguerite Wildenhain and Her Pond Farm Students. San Bernardino, California: Fullerton Art Museum, 2002.

    Wildenhain, Marguerite. Pottery, Form and Expression. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Book Publishers, 1962.

    _________, Marguerite. The Invisible Core: A Potter's Life and Thoughts. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Book Publishers, 1973.

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    Tags (related topics)

    Halle (Saale), Germany

    Putten, Netherlands

    Guerneville, California

    Cleveland Museum of Art

    Citation: Marguerite Wildenhain, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/marguerite-friedlaender-wildenhain

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