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Julia Ris
Swiss artist (1904–1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Julia Ris (21 September 1904, Kingston upon Hull – 16 December 1991, Basel) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.[1][2] She taught materials and drawing at the Gewerbeschule Basel, where she introduced students, including Jean Tinguely, to early 20th-century artistic movements such as Dada, Abstraction, and the Bauhaus.[3][4]
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Early life and education
Julia Ries was born on the 21 September 1904, to a German Jewish family in Kingston upon Hull.[5][6] Ris' father, Gustav Ries, was an importer and later owned a millinery factory, whilst Ris' mother, Agnes Ries née Siblerman, was a housewife and artist.[6] Ris had four siblings, the youngest of which was the American metal artist Victor Ries (1907 – 2013).[7][6][5] The family returned to Germany sometime between 1905–1907 and settled in Berlin.[6][8][5]
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Education
From 1921–1925, Ris was educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.[9] In 1925, Ris married Swiss artist Theo Eble, a fellow classmate at the Academy of Fine Arts.[9] Ris and Eble and moved to Eble's hometown of Basel, where Ris began to develop her work toward abstraction and reliefs.[9][8] In 1935 their daughter, Doris Eva Eble, was born.[8]
According to Jean Tinguely, both Ris and Eble studied at Bauhaus.[10]
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From 1930–1957, Ris taught at the Gewerbeschule Basel applied arts department and sporadically created her own artworks.[9] Ris' "material studies" class was based on the concepts of Bauhaus, and introduced students to the concept of creating collages using scrap and found materials such as metal, wood or cloth.[11][12][13][14][15] Ris' students included Beatrice Afflerbach[16] and Jean Tinguely.[17] Ris is credited with introducing Tinguely to the work of Kurt Schwitters, Paul Klee, and to other artists interested in representations of movement (notably the Italian Futurists).[15][12]
Ris was a member of the ″Allianz, Vereinigung moderner Schweizer Künstler″ (Alliance, Association of Modern Swiss Artists), and exhibited with the group in 1947.[8][18] In 1956, Ris married the Swiss artist Fritz Heid (1916–2010)[19] In 1967, Ris and Held were joint artists-in-residence at the Cité internationale des arts[20][8][21] From 1970–1977 Ris taught at the Technical University of Basel, and lived in Sissach.[8]
Filmography
- TINGUELY (2011) Directed by Thomas Thümena, Switzerland. As self (credited as Julia Eble-Ris)[22]
Public artwork
- Julia Ris (1967) "Ohne Titel" ("Untitled"). Stained glass. University of Basel, Switzerland[23][24]
Exhibitions
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Notes
- 1.^ Possibly the Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule (Berlin) or the Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin.
References
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