Typical Marks
About
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1918-1923
Four-year apprenticeship to lithographer and graphic craftsman; six months as journeyman, Leipzig, Germany
- Primary Work Experience
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1922
House painter
1922Art student
1930Instructor, pottery, Folkwang School Workshop, Essen-Ruhr, Germany
1930Teacher, State School of Fine and Applied Arts, Halle-Saale, Germany
1933-1940Independent workshop, Little Jug, Putten, The Netherlands
1941Independent workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1941Teacher, School of Applied Arts, Amsterdam
1941Teacher, St. Loiba, Benedictine Convent, Noord, The Netherlands
1947-1950Independent workshop, Pond Farm, Guerneville, California
1950-1970Instructor, Pottery and Sculpture, School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Other
- Public Collections
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Faenza International Museum for Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Indianapolis Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
Stedelijk Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stoke-on-Trent Museums, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Scripps College, Claremont, California
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
The Wallace Center, Rochester Institute of Technology Archive Collections, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
- Bibliography
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Austin, Bruce A. Frans Wildenhain 1950-1975: Creative and Commercial Ceramics at Mid-Century. Rochester, NY: Printing Applications Laboratory, 2012.
Clark, Garth. American Ceramics: 1876 to the Present, Revised Edition. New York, NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987.
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum of Art, New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publishers, 1989.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Frans Wildenhain, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/frans-wildenhain
