Maria Baumgartner Explained

Maria Baumgartner (born 13 March 1952 in Königswiesen, Austria) is an Austrian studio potter and was professor of ceramics at the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz.

Biography

From 1972 to 1979 Maria Baumgartner studied ceramics at the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz and graduated as Master of Fine Arts. 1980 she founded her first studio near Lienz/ Tirol and worked there as freelance artist until 2014.[1] 1986 she additionally started working as Assistant professor at the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz and continued her career there as Associate professor until her retirement in 2014.[2] 2015 she founded a new studio in Puchenau near Linz. Besides being artist and professor she also acted as curator and academic author in the field of ceramic art.

Work

As artist she won awards, prizes and grants in Austria, Germany, Croatia und Hungary. She participated in 40 personal and 140 group exhibitions in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium, Chechia, Spain, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Croatia, Latvia, Turkey, Egypt, USA, Korea and Japan. Her artworks can be found in several art museums and other well known public or private art collections, like the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, the Museum of Design, Zürich, Sèvres – Cité de la céramique, France, the Igal & Diane Silber Collection, Laguna Beach/ Cal., the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona/Cal., the Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery (Lithuania), the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemét (Hungary), the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Mino Ceramic Park, Gifu (Japan), the Grassi Museum, Leipzig, or the collection of the Veste Coburg.[3]

Maria Baumgartner herself writes about her recent objects of ceramic art: "My objects are each built up and hand-formed to their individual shape. The surface is smoothed only partially. This free development of the ceramic form can be seen in the sometimes dissolving rims and in the often thin-walled shells of the objects. The forms are inspired by an architectural aesthetic, hinting at vertical axes, playing with orthogonal or other geometric structures, but deconstructing, tilting and intertwining them. Thus a positive disquiet can be experienced. The entire surface of the ceramic objects is worked out in multiple layering by paintbrush, sgraffito or other pictorial techniques. Aim is to reach the impression of »three-dimensional paintings«"[4]

The following pictures show this formative development of the ceramic sculptural objects by Maria Baumgartner: starting from experimenting with circular or cylindrical forms (figure 1), she developed more complicated objects, using thin-walled wavelike shapes with experimental glazes (figure 2), or more solid houselike structures with straight angles (figures 3, 4). Now her objects are a free combination of various geometric shapes and conceptional graphics (figure 5)

Awards, grants, invitations (a selection)

Personal exhibitions (a selection)

Group exhibitions (a selection)

Publications (a selection)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Maria Baumgartner, österreichische Keramikerin (Austrian Ceramist). In: Beyer, Andreas (ed.): Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon(General Dictionary of Artists), vol. 7: Barbieri-Bayona. ed. de Gruyter, Berlin etc. 1993,, p. 43.
  2. http://arspanevezys.lt/index.php/maria-baumgartner-en Maria Baumgartner in the data base of Ars Panevėžys/ LIT
  3. http://kuenstlerschaft.at/kue/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=5&page_id=44 Mitgliederverzeichnis (membership register) of the Tyrolean artists association
  4. from the catalogue of the exhibition Heritage and Diversity, April 2016, Hanyang University Museum, Seoul/KOR, p. 27, courtesy Maria Baumgartner
  5. Beyer, Walter: Landeskulturpreis und Talentförderungsprämien für bildende Kunst 1986. In: Oberösterreichischer Kulturbericht. vol. 61 no. 3 (1987), pp. 1–3.
  6. Nicola, K. G.: Arts and Crafts in Austria: Österreichischer Staatspreis '91. In: Kunst und Handwerk. no. 5 (1991), pp. 35–39.
  7. ULUPUH (Association of Artists of Applied Arts in Croatia) (ed.): 4th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics: Catalogue. Zagreb 1993, p. 36.
  8. Lebednykiene, Jolanta: Panevėžio tarptautiniai keramikos simpoziumai/ International Ceramic Symposiums 1996–2006: katalogas/ catalogue, ed. Panevėžio miesto savivaldibe, Panevėžys 2007,, p. 33, p. 118.
  9. Český porcelán a.s.: Tradition and Possibilities. In: New Glass Review: Glass, China and Ceramics Magazine., no. 9–10 (1994), pp. 11–18
  10. http://service.salzburg.gv.at/lkorrj/Index?cmd=detail_ind&nachrid=17078 Keramikpreise des Landes überreicht (Salzburg ceramic Awards presented)
  11. Ellwanger, Volker: FORM UND GLASUR – ein Rückblick (Form and Glaze – a review) ed. Hoechst AG, Frankfurt am Main 2000, p. 2.
  12. http://www.icshu.org/archive/2003.html Archive 2003 of the NEMZETKÖZI KERÁMIA STÚDIÓ/ International Ceramic Studio
  13. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414278 Infos zum Heine-Haus Hamburg
  14. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q694760 Infos on the "Looshaus" Vienna
  15. Wunderle, Renate: Maria Baumgartner. Catalogue ed. Gallery Wunderle, Munich/ BRD 2000, p. 2.
  16. Schlocker, Edith: Bemalte Ton-Räume. Aus Ton formt Maria Baumgartner ihre Skulpturen. Zu sehen im Tiroler Kunstpavillon (Painted spaces of clay. Out of clay Maria Baumgartner forms her sculptures). In: Tiroler Tageszeitung, 3 October 2001, p. 6.
  17. http://www.basis-wien.at/db/object/53569 online via the database "basis Vienna"
  18. http://www.kulturkeller.eu/Baumgartner.html Archive "Kulturkeller Dobersberg": Online invitation to the exhibition
  19. http://www.diekunstsammlung.at/1016.htm Infos on the 2017 event
  20. https://www.kunstradln.at/portfolio-item/maria-baumgartner/ infos on the exhibition
  21. https://www.kunstuni-linz.at/universitaet/organisation/institute/raum-und-design/die-architektur/architektururban/aktuelles-rueckblicke/newsdetail/maria-baumgartner-panta-clay infos on the exhibition
  22. Stadtmuseum Nordico Linz (ed.): Österreichische Keramik 1900–1980. Linz 1981, p. 33.
  23. Ludwig, Nikolaus: 12 Keramikerinnen aus Österreich: Maria Baumgartner; Veronika Pöschl; Barbara Reisinger; Helga Eschlböck; Martina Funder u. a. (catalogue) ed. Galerie Ludwig, Hannover 1984, p. 3, pp. 4–5.
  24. Keramion Museum (ed.): Europäische Keramik der Gegenwart. ed. Greven & Bechthold, Cologne 1986, pp. 30–31, pp. 184–185, p. 325.
  25. Österreichische Galerie für Keramik (ed.): Zeitgenössische Keramik in Österreich, Vienna 1985,, p. 6, p. 20.
  26. Societe d’Encouragement aux Metiers d’Art (SEMA) (ed.): L'Europe des ceramistes (special issue of the journal Metiers d'Art). Paris 1989, p. 38.
  27. National Center for Fine Arts (NCFA), Ministry for Culture, Arab Republic of Egypt (ed.): The 2nd Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics: Catalogue, Cairo 1994, pp. 62–63.
  28. Ekkart Klinge et al. (ed.): Keramik des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sammlung Welle. ed. Dumont, Cologne 1997,, p. 18, pp. 142–143, p. 295.
  29. Keramion, Museum für zeitgenössische keramische Kunst (ed.): Bewegung. Europäische Keramik '96, Frechen 1996: Keramion Museum, pp. 42‐43, see Worldcat entry accessed 23 Oct 2016.
  30. Mansfield, Janet: International contemporary ceramics from the Igal and Diane Silber collection (28 March – 28 June 1998), ed. Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach/ Cal. 1998, pp. 26–27.
  31. Klinge, Ekkart and Franz Niehoff (eds.): Die Welt der Gefäße. Zeitgenössische Keramik. Sammlung Rudolf Strasser. ed. Museen der Stadt Landshut, Landshut 2000,, p. 94, p. 121.
  32. Exhibiting Galleries: Galerie b15 – artist Maria Baumgartner, object "Orkas" 1996. In: Catalogues of the Annual International Exhibition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), vol. 2 (2000), p. 107.
  33. https://web.archive.org/web/20010127124200/http://www.sofaexpo.com/newyrk/pages/gallery/galerieb15.htm Also online
  34. Iwai, Mieko: Modern Ceramic Art in Central Europe: From Revolution to New Order. In: "Modern Ceramics from Central Europe. Exhibition Folder." ed. Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (Japan) 2007, pp. 2–3.
  35. Reitzner, Billa: 1,000 Grams of Clay, and what you can make with them. In: New Ceramics, no. 3 (2012), p. 54; also online New Ceramics, edition no. 2 (2012) accessed 10 March 2016.
  36. http://www.rothkocenter.com/en/news/martinsons-award Entry for the Exhibition
  37. https://www.ufg.at/Newsdetail.1942+M5d131b95ff6.0.html German Info Text on the Exhibition
  38. https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/60222764/programm-kunstradln2018 program of the event 2018, online, see page 53
  39. https://www.kunstuni-linz.at/universitaet/organisation/alumni-forum-kunstuniversitaet-linz/news-mitglieder/archiv-news-mitglieder/archivdetail/kunstradln-in-millstatt invitation to the exhibitiion of Maria Baumgartner 2020
  40. http://arspanevezys.lt/blog/2019/06/12/keramiada-three-decades-of-panevezys-international-ceramic-symposium KERAMIADA. Three Decades of Panevėžys International Ceramic Symposium
  41. https://braniteljski.hr/gracis-2020-osvrt-na-izlozbu/ Article on the GRACIS-exhibition, Zagreb
  42. https://indd.adobe.com/view/c4305c0c-560c-4e21-a80c-d022e9d520dd see catalogue of Ambienta fair Zagreb, MIKS pp. 39–49
  43. https://www.artbv-salzburg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Programmvorschau_2021_aktuell-.pdf Programmvorschau art-bv Berchtoldvilla
  44. https://m.facebook.com/Ladica-Likovni-art-dizajn-centar-Fine-Arts-Design-Center-1072069109572713/ announcement of the exhibition
  45. https://heiliggeistkirche-landshut.de/ausstellungen/gluecksscherben-zeitgenoessische-keramik-sammlung-rudolf-strasser/ Informations on the exhibition Landshut, in German
  46. https://www.amoca.org/current-exhibits/collectors-silber/Infos on the exhibition at the AMOCa
  47. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37718782 Infos on the "Kammerhof"
  48. https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/veranstaltungen/ homepage of Salzkammergut 2024, online, see "calendar of events"
  49. http://www.ufg.ac.at/fileadmin/media/institute/kunst_und_gestaltung/keramik/Publikationen/2006/Selber_Linzer_Katalog.pdf Online-Version Selber Linzer.
  50. http://www.ufg.ac.at/fileadmin/media/institute/kunst_und_gestaltung/keramik/projekte_kooperationen/2007/kopieren_und_einfuegen/kopieren_einfuegen_gmunden.pdf Online-Version Kopieren und Einfügen