Kitty C. L. Fischer papers relating to Frans Wildenhain
name: label: Creator
content: Fischer, Kitty C. L.
label: Names
content: Bauhaus -- Students
label: Names
content: Fischer, Hermann G.L.
label: Names
content: Wildenhain, Frans, 1905-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Weavers -- Netherlands
label: Occupation
content: Architects -- Netherlands
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1981 by Kitty C. L. Fischer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fischer, Kitty C. L.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kitty, a weaver, and Hermann Fischer, an architect, both of Holland, became acquainted with ceramist Frans Wildenhain as fellow students at the Bauhaus. They maintained their friendship throughout World War II via correspondence. Wildenhain established pottery workshops in Putten and Amsterdam, Holland before immigrating to the United States in 1947. After spending three years with the Pond Farm Workshops in Guerneville, California, he became an instructor at the School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y. After his divorce from Marguerite Friedlaender Wildenhain in 1955, he was married to Marjorie McIlroy until her death in 1967. His third wife was Elisabeth (Lili) Wildenhain.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fisckitt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 5257 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, 1940-1981, are primarily from ceramist Frans Wildenhain to Kitty and Hermann Fischer. Thirteen of the letters are illustrated. Also included are a watercolor sketch, undated; 3 clippings and an announcement for Wildenhain's pottery in Putten, Holland; and photographs, 1944-1975, of Wildenhain with his third wife Lili and Fischer's friend Helen Weynerowsky, and of 3 pots by Wildenhain.