Barbara Seidenath Explained

Barbara Seidenath
Birth Place:Bavaria, Germany
Education:Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known For:jewelry designer, metalsmith, goldsmith, professor
Spouse:Louis Mueller

Barbara Seidenath (born 1960)[1] is a German-born American jewelry designer, metalsmith, and educator.

Biography

Barbara Seidenath was born in 1960 in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany. Her father worked in forestry and her mother was a school doctor. Seidenath is married to artist and metalsmith Louis Mueller (born 1943).[2]

She studied from 1977 to 1980 at the (English: State Vocational School for Jewelry and Glass) in Neugablonz, studying under family friend and jeweler .[3] [4] During college, Seidenath worked for jeweler Ulrike Bahrs (born 1944) which influenced her use of color in her work.[5] In 1981, she was an exchange student at State University of New York at New Paltz, studying under Robert Ebendorf and Kurt Matzdorf.[6] From 1984 to 1990, Seidenath attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich where she received her MFA degree.

For many years she had co-founded a line of jewelry with Lydia Gastroph (born 1957). Seidenath is known for her enamel work,[7] as well as materials like gold, silver, and precious stones. Since the 1990s, she has taught at Rhode Island School of Design and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Seidenath's work can be found in public museum collections at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art,[8] Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[9] Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[10] [11] as well as at others.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arctic Brooch. 2021-06-29. RISD Museum.
  2. Web site: April 2001. A View by Two. live. 2021-06-29. RISD Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629185219/https://risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/view-two . 2021-06-29 .
  3. Web site: 2016. Gail M. Brown (curator), Tansey Contemporary. An Exuberance of Color In Studio Jewelry. live. 2021-06-29. Issuu. 62-63. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610145149/https://issuu.com/tanseycontemporary/docs/indesign_eoc . 2016-06-10 .
  4. Web site: Barbara Seidenath, Liquid Enamels. live. 2021-06-29. Enamel Guild North East. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629185208/https://www.enamelguildnortheast.org/barbara-seidenath-liquid-enamels/ . 2021-06-29 .
  5. Web site: Doornbusch. Esther. 2019-01-23. Barbara Seidenath. 2021-06-29. Hedendaagse sieraden. nl.
  6. Web site: 2020-04-13. Barbara Seidenath. 2021-06-29. The Enamel Arts Foundation. en-US.
  7. Web site: 16 May 1992. Jewels Among Crafts at Contemporary Show. subscription. live. 2021-06-29. Newspapers.com. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 18. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629190717/http://www.newspapers.com/image/89975058/ . 2021-06-29 .
  8. Web site: Fresh Metals. live. 2021-06-29. The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. SUNY New Paltz. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629185221/https://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/dorskycollects/FreshMetalsFound.html . 2021-06-29 .
  9. Web site: Barbara Seidenath. live. 2021-06-29. LACMA Collections. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629171531/https://collections.lacma.org/node/2230321 . 2021-06-29 .
  10. Web site: Pair of earrings. live. 2021-06-29. Collections, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629185218/https://collections.mfa.org/objects/457548/pair-of-earrings;jsessionid=6A0F81862C873CBC8839BDCC81FFB62D . 2021-06-29 .
  11. Web site: Stoehrer. Emily. October 21, 2019. Hearts and Flowers. live. 2021-06-29. Art Jewelry Forum. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200922085749/https://artjewelryforum.org/hearts-and-flowers . 2020-09-22 .

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