Julia Ris
Swiss artist (1904–1991)
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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]
21 September 1904
- Julia Eble-Ris
- Julia Eble-Ries
- Julia Heid-Ris
- Julia Heid-Ries
Julia Ris | |
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| Born | Julia Ries 21 September 1904 |
| Died | December 16, 1991 (aged 87) |
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| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts |
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| Children | 1 |
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]
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]
Career
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
| Date(s) | Title | Place | Type | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1942 | ″Julia Ris and Meret Oppenheim″ | Galerie d'art moderne Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Basel, Switzerland | Group exhibition | [25] | |
| 18 October – 23 November 1947 | ″Allianz. Vereinigung moderner Schweizer Künstler″ | Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland | Group exhibition | .[18] | |
| 10 June – 15 July 1950 | ″Réalités Nouvelles. 5ème Salon″ | Palais des beaux-arts, Paris, France | Group exhibition | Part of ″Salon des Réalités Nouvelles″ | [26] |
| 2 December – 31 December 1950 | ″Weihnachtsausstellung 1950″ | Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland | Group exhibition | [27] | |
| 9 May – 24 June 1951 | ″International Water Color Exhibition. Sixteenth Biennial″ | The Brooklyn Museum, New York City, United States | Group exhibition | [28] | |
| 8 September – 28 October 1951 | ″Malerei″ | Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Schulwarte Bern, Bern, Switzerland | Travelling group exhibition | Part of the ″Schweizerische Kunstausstellung Bern 1951″ | [29] |
| 8 September – 28 October 1951 | ″Plastik, Wandteppiche″ | Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Schulwarte Bern, Bern, Switzerland | Travelling group exhibition | Part of the ″Schweizerische Kunstausstellung Bern 1951″ | [30] |
| 8 September – 28 October 1951 | ″Zeichnung, Graphik″ | Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Schulwarte Bern, Bern, Switzerland | Travelling group exhibition | Part of the ″Schweizerische Kunstausstellung Bern 1951″ | [31] |
| 14 March –14 April 1963 | M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, United States | Group exhibition | Joint exhibition with Victor Ries | [6][32] | |
| 24 October – 19 November 1964 | "Julia Ris – Fritz Held" | Galerie Staffelei, Zurich, Switzerland | Group exhibition | [33] | |
| 24 August – 29 September 1974 | ″Vier Basler Künstlern zum Geburtstag: Julia Ris, Albert Schilling, Max Sulzbachner, Alexander Zschokke″ | Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland | Group exhibition | [34] | |
| 3 September – 30 September 1989 | ″4 Jahrzehnte Kunst in Baselland 1945-1989″ | Schloss Ebenrain, Sissach, Switzerland | Group exhibition | [35] | |
| 6 May – 30 June 2011 | ″Abstractions″ | Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, United States | Group exhibition | [36] |
See also
Notes
- 1.^ Possibly the Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule (Berlin) or the Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin.