Background
Wildenhain, Frans was born on June 5, 1905 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Franz Emil and Frieda Marie (Starke) Wildenhain.
Wildenhain, Frans was born on June 5, 1905 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Franz Emil and Frieda Marie (Starke) Wildenhain.
Studied Bauhaus, Weimar, Germany, 1925, Master of Craft degree, 1929.
Came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1950. Instructor pottery Folkwang School Workshop, Margarethenhöhe, Essen-Ruhr, 1930. Teaching staff State School, Halle-Saale, 1930-1933.
Proprietor workshop, Putten, Holland, 1933-1940, Amsterdam, 1941-1947, Pond Farm Workshops, Guerneville, California, 1947-1950.
Member of faculty School Applied Arts, Amsterdam, Saint Lioba, also Benedictine Convent, Noord-Holland, 1941-1947. Professor ceramics School American Craftsman, Rochester Institute Technology, 1950.
Associate with Shop One, Rochester, New New York Exhibited in one-man and group shows throughout United States and Europe including Cannes International, 1955, Ostend, 1959, Prague, 1962, World’s Fair, Brussels, 1958, Seattle World’s Fair, 1962.
In collections of Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, Munson-Willaims-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York Stedelyk Museum, Amsterdam, Stoke-upon-Trent, England, Mons in Belgium, Faenza and Milan, Italy, Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, Henry Gallery, Seattle, Scripps College, Claremont, California, Indianapolis Art Museum, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, Saint Paul Gallery Art, Baltimore Art Museum, University of Illinois, University of Southern Illinois, University of Michigan, others
Fellow American Crafts Council.
Married Lili Brockhardt-Rankin, 1969.