Gerald Weigel
1925 | Born in Rudolstadt |
1940–1947 | Trains as a ceramic modeller; interrupted by military service |
1954–1959 | Works at the workshop of Elfriede Balzar-Kopp, Höhr-Grenzhausen |
1961–1967 | Joint workshop with Gotlind Weigel, Mainz |
1967–1973 | Joint workshop in Nisterau-Bach |
1972 | Named to the Académie internationale de la céramique, Geneva |
1973 | Moves the joint workshop to Gabsheim |
1983 | Founding member of "Gruppe 83" |
Awards |
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2004 | Rhineland-Palatinate State Prize |
1989 | Max Laeuger Prize of the City of Lörrach |
Awards for Gerald and Gotlind Weigel |
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1966 | International Applied Arts, Stuttgart, award |
1967 | International Ceramics, Istanbul, silver medal |
1969 | Bavarian State Prize |
1980 | Rhineland-Palatinate State Prize |
Works in Public Collections by Gerald
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Fine Arts Museum, Taipei | |
Focke Museum, Bremen | |
Hetjens-Museum, Düsseldorf | |
Incheon World Ceramic Center, Korea | |
Kestner-Museum, Hanover | |
Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi, Istanbul | |
Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam | |
Museum for Art and Cultural History, Dortmund | |
Museum for Applied Arts, Gera | |
Museum for Art and Industry, Hamburg | |
Museum of Applied Art, Cologne | |
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | |
The New Collection, State Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Munich | |
Umeleckoprumyslové Muzeum, Prague | |
Victoria and Albert Museum, London | |
Württemberg State Museum, Stuttgart |