Ann Wolff
Ann Wolff (born 1937, Lübeck, Germany) is a glass artist who lives and works in both Gotland, Sweden, and in Berlin, Germany. Wolff's blown, engraved, and cast work explores the lives of women, their relationship with one another, and their position in society. She is considered one of the founders of the international Studio Glass movement.
Also recorded as Ann Wärff
Ann Wolff
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- Name
- Ann Wolff
- Born
- 1937
- Birthplace
- Lübeck
- Education
- Ulm School of Design (1956-1959)
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- artist · university teacher · painter · designer
- Languages
- Swedish
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Biography
Biography
Ann Wolff studied at Ulm School of Design. The recorded working language is Swedish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Visby, Kosta and Kyllaj. Employment is recorded with Pukeberg, Kosta Boda and Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Work by Ann Wolff is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Nationalmuseum and Museum Arnhem.
Glassware in the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Key facts
• Name — Ann Wolff • Born — 1937 • Birthplace — Lübeck • Education — Ulm School of Design (1956-1959) • Known for — Sculpture • Website — http: www.annwolff.se/ • Illustration — Glassware in the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Ann Wolff (born 1937) is recorded as an artist and designer. Ann Wolff was born in 1937 in Lübeck.
Biography
Biography
Born in Lübeck, Germany, Wolff moved to Sweden after graduating from the Ulm School of Design in 1959. Her career as a glass designer and artist led to her involvement as an instructor at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, Washington, as early as 1977. Wolff was born Ann Schaefer, but changed her last name to Wolff in honor of her maternal grandmother in 1985 after a divorce from fellow glass artist Göran Wärff. She established a non-profit foundation, AWC (Ann Wolff Collection Foundation), in Berlin, Germany, in 2008.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Snöbollen Snowball designed by Ann and Göran Wärff for Kosta Glasbruk Wolff trained at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm, Germany between 1956 and 1959. She has worked as a designer at Pukeberg Glasbruk, Sweden, and Kosta Boda, Kosta, Sweden. She established an independent studio practice in Transjö, Kosta, Sweden in 1978, later opening studios in Kyllaj and Visby in Gotland, Sweden, and in Berlin, Germany. Her work resides in many international public collections including: The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia; Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California; Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina; Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded place of activity of Ann Wolff is Visby.
Identity
Identity
Ann Wolff is recorded as artist, university teacher, painter and designer.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1937
Ann Wolff born at Lübeck.
Awards
Wolff is the recipient of numerous awards. Some of her more recent acknowledgements include the Jurors Award, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio (2005); Jurors Award, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan (2006); Award of Excellence, Smithsonian Renwick Collections, Washington, DC (2008); Award of Excellence, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington (2010); and the Lifetime Achievement Award, Glass Art Society (2011). Older awards Wolff has won range from the Lunning Prize, New York, NY in 1968, to the Rakow Commission in 1997 The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
Literature
Literature
Literature
Arvosteltu teos: Lili-Ann Wolff 2011
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- 1.Ann Wolff (1997) Corning Museum of Glass. www.cmog.org.
- 2.Ann Wolff AACG. contempglass.org.
- 3.Fahrner-Tutsek, Eva-Maria. Ann Wolff : persona : contemporary glass = Zeitgenössisches Glas. Arnoldsche. 2014. 9783897904163.
- 4.Oltermann, Philip. Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker for €1m in test of EU ‘bestseller clause’. The Guardian. 2023-12-23. 0261-3077.
- 5.biography Ann Wolff. www.annwolff.se.
- 6.Oldknow, Tina. Voices of contemporary glass : the Heineman collection. Corning Museum of Glass in association with Hudson Hills Press, New York. 2009. 9781555953140.
- 7.Ann Wolff (1997) Corning Museum of Glass. www.cmog.org.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Galerie B. Ann Wolff.
- Fahrner-Tutsek, Eva-Maria. Ann wolff: persona. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH. Pages 9–14 include biographical and career information in an essay. Pages 125–129 include more information in the form of lists. 2014. 9783897904163.
- Issaias, Heikei. Ann Wolff. Raster Förlag. 2002. 9789187215070.
- Oldknow, Tina. Collecting Contemporary Glass. The Corning Museum of Glass. 226, 281. 2014. 978-0872902015.
- Seitz, Uli. Ann Wolff: live. Kerber Art. 2010. 9783866783225.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Ann Wärff. Her recorded language was Swedish. She married Göran Wärff. 2 children are recorded: Pauline Wolff and Amanda Wärff. She was employed by Pukeberg, Kosta Boda and Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. She worked at Visby, Kosta, Kyllaj and Berlin. Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the form Exhibition Ann Wolff. Live (2010: Lübeck; Tēl-Avîv).
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