Family Child
Frances Marks
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1725087 · wikidata
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Margarete Heymann
1899-08-10 – 1990-11-11
Life & Legacy
Margarete Heymann (August 10, 1899 – 11 November 1990), also known as Margarete Heymann-Löbenstein, Margarete Heymann-Marks, and Grete Marks, was a German ceramic artist of Jewish origin and a Bauhaus student. In 1923 she founded the Haël Workshops for Artistic Ceramics at Marwitz that she had to close in 1933 and settled in Jerusalem. She moved to Britain in 1936 and continued her work, becoming world famous as “Greta Pottery”. Her finest work is considered to be from her working period in Germany.
Occupation & Career
painter, ceramicist, businessperson, designer
Education
Bauhaus; Kölner Werkschulen; Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Haël Workshops for Artistic Ceramics
Organizations
HB-Werkstätten für Keramik
Education & Institutions
Bauhaus · Kölner Werkschulen · Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Verified Legacy Record
Family Spouse
Harold Marks
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1725087 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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