Adda Husted Andersen Explained

Adda Husted-Andersen
Other Names:Andy Husted-Andersen,
Adda Husted Andersen
Birth Name:Adda Thyra Elise Louise Husted-Andersen
Birth Date:5 August 1898
Birth Place:Trustrup, Lyngby, Denmark
Death Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Alma Mater:Copenhagen Technical College, Badisch Kunstgewerbeschule
Known For:jewelry, metalsmith, educator, enameler

Adda "Andy" Thyra Elise Louise Husted-Andersen (August 5, 1898 – September 13, 1990)[1] was a Danish-born American Modernist jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educator.[2] She was a co-founder and the president of the New York Society of Craftsmen (later called Artist-Craftsmen of New York) from 1941 to 1944.[3] She was a master of working with enamel, silver and gold.[4] She was active in New York City and Copenhagen.

Biography

Adda Husted-Andersen was born on August 5, 1898, in Trustrup, Lyngby, Denmark. Husted-Andersen studied at Copenhagen Technical College, under Thyra Vieth (1866–1938) and later at Badisch Kunstgewerbeschule (Baden Applied Arts and Crafts School) in Pforzheim, Germany.[5] In Copenhagen she worked with A. Dragsted. She studied enameling with Jean Dunand.[6]

Husted-Andersen arrived in New York City in 1930, and worked with Georg Jensen enameling homewares.

She naturalized in the United States in 1941.[7] She had a jewelry studio on First Street in New York City for many years, which she opened in 1944. She was a member of the editorial board of Craft Horizons magazine, reviewing the metal crafts.

She taught courses at the Craft Students League (CSL) of New York City.[8] Husted-Andersen's students included Glenda Arentzen,[9] [10] Walter Rhodes (1896–1968),[11] Ann Orr Morris,[12] Pearl Schecter (1903–1976),[13] Frances Higgins (née Stewart, 1912–2004), Henry Petzal,[14] and others.

In 1975, she became a fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC).

In the 1970s, she retired from work and moved back to Copenhagen. She died on September 13, 1990, in Copenhagen, Denmark.[15] Her work is included in the public museum collections at The Newark Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art,[16] Archives of American Art,[17] among others.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adda Husted- Andersen. 2021-02-05. Newark Museum - Collection.
  2. Web site: Enameled silver bowl designed by Adda Husted-Andersen, between 1940 and 1950. 2021-02-05. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. en.
  3. Web site: 2020. Anetavle for erhvervsmand og godsejer Stig Husted-Andersen (1944 – 2008). Slægtsforskernes Bibliotek.
  4. Book: The New Yorker. November 1957. New Yorker Magazine, Incorporated. 33. 117. en.
  5. Book: Lyon, Mary. Crafts for the Aging: A Working Manual for Directors of Handcraft Programs for Older People. 1962. American Craftsmen's Council. 131. en.
  6. Book: Coulter. Lane. Ann Orr: silversmith, goldsmith, & enamelist. Shields. Virginia. Eiland. William U.. Noffke. Gary. 1994. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. Georgia Museum of Art. 978-0-915977-15-4. 9, 14. en.
  7. Web site: Naturalization Index, Omaha, Nebraska, Records of the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, 1867-1991. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121207041153/http://www.archives.gov:80/kansas-city/finding-aids/omaha-naturalization.html? . 2012-12-07 . U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
  8. Web site: The Craft Students League. 2021-02-05. American Craft Council. en.
  9. Web site: Jeannin. Judy. 22 January 1970. They Know Their Pearls. subscription. 2021-02-05. Newspapers.com. The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey. 18. en.
  10. Book: Blauer, Ettagale. Contemporary American Jewelry Design. 2013-06-29. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-4757-4854-3. 105. en.
  11. Web site: 23 July 1954. Five County Artists - Craftsmen Exhibit Work at Foundation. subscription. 2021-02-05. Newspapers.com. The Rockland County Journal News, White Plains, New York. 6. en.
  12. Book: Metalsmith. 1995. Society of North American Goldsmiths. 15. 51. en.
  13. Web site: American Modernist Jewelers and Silversmiths. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151007051942/http://www.925-1000.com:80/americanMod_9.html . 2015-10-07 . 2021-02-05. American Modernist Jewelers & Silversmiths IX - Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks.
  14. Web site: Kiddush cup with drip plate. 2021-02-05. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). en. At the Craft Students League, he learned chasing from Adda Husted Andersen..
  15. Web site: In Memory of Adda Husted-Andersen, 1900-1990 - Ganoksin Jewelry Making Community. 2021-02-05. Ganoksin. en.
  16. Web site: December 24, 2020. Baltimore Museum of Art announces final 2020 Vision acquisitions. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201224094748/https://artdaily.com/news/131371/Baltimore-Museum-of-Art-announces-final-2020-Vision-acquisitions . 2020-12-24 . 2021-02-05. Artdaily.com.
  17. Web site: Husted-Andersen, Adda. Smithsonian Institution.

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