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Diary entries regarding Marjorie McIlroy's husband, Frans Wildenhain |
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MARJORIE McILROY, diary entries regarding her husband potter Frans Wildenhain (1905-1980), May 4 - May 10, 1958, 2 p. Born in Leipzig, Germany, Wildenhain studied at the Bauhaus with Josef Albers, Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Max Krehan, Gerhard Marcks, and Moholy-Nagy from 1923 to 1925. He had workshops in Putten, Holland, and Amsterdam before immigrating to the United States in 1947. After spending three years at Pond Farm Workshops in Guerneville, California, Wildenhain became an instructor at the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology. After his divorce from Marguerite Wildenhain in 1955, he was married to Marjorie McIlroy until her death in 1967. His third wife was Elisabeth (Lili) Wildenhain. Frans Wildenhain papers. Gift of Elisabeth Wildenhain, 1989 and 1998. |
Diary entries regarding Marjorie McIlroy's husband, Frans Wildenhain, 1958 May 4-10. Entry. 22 x 14 cm. Frans Wildenhain papers, 1890-1986. Archives of |
