Large Sculptural Studio Pottery Vase Object By Dieter Crumbiegel, Germany, 1980s

Dieter Crumbiegel (born June 6, 1938 in Essen) is a German artist (painting, ceramics) and university professor.
Since 1961, Crumbiegel has held solo and group exhibitions of ceramic objects in West and East Germany, Belgium, CSFR, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary and Taiwan.

This original vintage Studio Ceramic Object was designed by Dieter Crumbiegel and produced in his own Studio in the 1960s in Heinsberg in Germany. It is made of solid very heavy stoneware pottery and has a very unique light beige main coloration with abstract brown illustration. the bottom is marked with typical Producer signature. a very collectible and very rare item of the Crumbiegel Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 18cm in height and 21cm in diameter, it is very impressive.

straightforward and minimalistic design of the 1980s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.

VITA:
Dieter Crumbiegel graduated from high school in 1957 at the traditional language Burggymnasium in Essen. He then studied painting from 1957 to 1961 at the State University of Fine Arts in Kassel with Fritz Winter and Marie-Louise von Rogister, ceramics with Walter Popp, art theory and art sociology with Stephan Hirzel and Georg Hoeltje, and art history and art education with Ernst Röttger. During the 1958/1959 academic year he received a holiday scholarship from the Max Beckmann Society and spent some time in the Liliamor house with its founder Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler in Murnau. In 1959 he also received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. Crumbiegel completed his studies in 1961 with the first state examination.

After the 2nd state examination in 1964, Crumbiegel worked with Robert Sturm at the educational institute in Fulda as a lecturer for the training of art and craft teachers at general schools with a training focus on the construction of vascular ceramics. In 1971 he took over the class for sculpture and architectural ceramics at the State Technical School for Ceramic Design in Höhr- Grenzhausen. From 1979 to 2001 he was a professor at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Krefeld in the design department, studying ceramics/porcelain/glass design. In 1979, Crumbiegel was appointed a member of the Académie Internationale de la Ceramique (AIC) / International Academy of liamorCeramic in Geneva. The German members of the AIC joined together in 1983/1984 to form Group 83 - German Ceramicists,[1] of which he himself became a member in 1986.

Crumbiegel founded the “Krefeld School for Ceramics/Design”[2] as a continuation of the Kassel School for Ceramics run by his teacher Walter Popp, from which artists and designers such as Frank Louis emerged. In 1983 he was appointed supervisor at Helwan University in Giza/Cairo. From 1971 he gave lectures on new trends in ceramic art at the Hetjens Museum in Düsseldorf.

Between 1969 and 1978 he was a member of various award juries, such as the jury for the Richard Bampi Prize of the Society of Ceramic Friends, the jury for the Frechener Kulturstiftung prize and also in the competition management for the State Prize of the State of Berlin. Between 1975 and 1978 he was a member of the permanent jury of the Association of German Arts and Crafts and in 1977 awarded the German Artisans Prize.

In 1984, Crumbiegel ended his artistic work in the field of ceramic art and began a career in painting. In 1992 he founded the studio for painting, ceramics and glass design in Heinsberg with his wife Marlies Seeliger-Crumbiegel. From 1979 to 1985, both won the “Art in Architecture” competitions run by the Bonn and Emden State Building Authorities.[3] They also carried out their designs for the Institute for Mathematics and Data Processing at Birlinghoven Castle, Bonn, the community center of the city of Wirges/Westerwald, the Bad Honnef water control station, the Siegburg district court, the Cologne employment office and the Borkum naval station.

The topicality of Crumbiegel's ceramic art is reflected in the ceramic exhibition Shapes from Out of Nowhere. Ceramics from Robert A. Ellison Jr. Colle at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2021, where he was represented with an exhibit.[4]

Marlies Seeliger-Crumbiegel died in Heinsberg in 2012. Dieter Crumbiegel donated the Marlies-Seeliger-Crumbiegel Art Prize in her memory.

Crumbiegel is a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists, BBK Aachen/Euregio e. V.[5] As a member of the artists' forum Schloss Zweibrüggen e. V. in Übach-Palenberg, Crumbiegel was its chairman from 2014 to spring 2019.[6]

Crumbiegel lives and works in Heinsberg/Rhineland.

Condition report:

This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina. slight traces of use.

Additional dimensions information:

Height: 7.09 in (18 cm)Diameter: 8.27 in (21 cm)