Eva Zeisel
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Eva Zeisel was a Hungarian-born American industrial designer renowned for her modernist ceramic tableware and organic, playful forms that helped redefine 20th-century design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eva Zeisel canonical | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ceramic artist
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human ⓘ industrial designer ⓘ modernist designer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Lifetime Achievement Award
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National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Éva Amália Striker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Hungary
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-11-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-12-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Budapest School of Arts and Crafts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Gránit factory, Budapest
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Schramberger Majolikafabrik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hungarian Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Striker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ceramics
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industrial design ⓘ tableware design ⓘ |
| genre | organic design ⓘ |
| givenName | Éva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century industrial design
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modern tableware design ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ |
| movement |
Mid-century modern
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Modernism ⓘ |
| name | Eva Zeisel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
modernist ceramic tableware
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organic, playful forms in industrial design ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hallcraft by Eva Zeisel tableware
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Museum dinner service for Castleton China ⓘ Town and Country dinnerware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
ceramicist
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industrial designer ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | art director of the porcelain and glass industry of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Hans Zeisel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | playful, biomorphic forms ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Germany
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Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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