Julia Ris

• Name — Julia Ris • Born — 21 September 1904 • Birthplace — Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom • Died — 16 December 1991 • Place of death — Basel, Switzerland • Other Names — *Julia Eble-Ris • Julia Eble-Ries • Julia Heid-Ris • Julia Heid-Ries • Spouse — * * • Children — 1 • Birth Name — Julia Ries • Education — Academy of Fine Arts

Julia Ries was born on the 21 September 1904, to a German Jewish family in Kingston upon Hull. 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. Ris had four siblings, the youngest of which was the American metal artist Victor Ries (1907 – 2013). The family returned to Germany sometime between 1905–1907 and settled in Berlin.

From 1921–1925, Ris was educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1925, Ris married Swiss artist Theo Eble, a fellow classmate at the Academy of Fine Arts. Ris and Eble and moved to Eble's hometown of Basel, where Ris began to develop her work toward abstraction and reliefs. In 1935 their daughter, Doris Eva Eble, was born. According to Jean Tinguely, both Ris and Eble studied at Bauhaus.

From 1930–1957, Ris taught at the Gewerbeschule Basel applied arts department and sporadically created her own artworks. 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. Ris' students included Beatrice Afflerbach and Jean Tinguely. 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). Ris was a member of the ″Allianz, Vereinigung moderner Schweizer Künstler″ (Alliance, Association of Modern Swiss Artists), and exhibited with the group in 1947. In 1956, Ris married the Swiss artist Fritz Heid (1916–2010) In 1967, Ris and Held were joint artists-in-residence at the Cité internationale des arts From 1970–1977 Ris taught at the Technical University of Basel, and lived in Sissach.

• TINGUELY (2011) Directed by Thomas Thümena, Switzerland. As self (credited as Julia Eble-Ris)

• Julia Ris (1967) "Ohne Titel" ("Untitled"). Stained glass. University of Basel, Switzerland

• Date(s) — Title — Place — Type — Notes • 1942 — ″Julia Ris and Meret Oppenheim″ — Galerie d'art moderne Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Basel, Switzerland — Group exhibition • 18 October – 23 November 1947 — ″Allianz. Vereinigung moderner Schweizer Künstler″ — Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland — Group exhibition —. • 10 June – 15 July 1950 — ″Réalités Nouvelles. 5ème Salon″ — Palais des beaux-arts, Paris, France — Group exhibition — Part of ″Salon des Réalités Nouvelles″ • 2 December – 31 December 1950 — ″Weihnachtsausstellung 1950″ — Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland — Group exhibition • 9 May – 24 June 1951 — ″International Water Color Exhibition. Sixteenth Biennial″ — The Brooklyn Museum, New York City, United States — Group exhibition • 8 September – 28 October 1951 — ″Malerei″ — Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland & Schulwarte Bern, Bern, Switzerland — Travelling group exhibition — Part of the ″Schweizerische Kunstausstellung Bern 1951″ • 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″ • 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″ • 14 March –14 April 1963 — M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, United States — Group exhibition — Joint exhibition with Victor Ries • 24 October – 19 November 1964 — "Julia Ris – Fritz Held" — Galerie Staffelei, Zurich, Switzerland — Group exhibition • 24 August – 29 September 1974 — ″Vier Basler Künstlern zum Geburtstag: Julia Ris, Albert Schilling, Max Sulzbachner, Alexander Zschokke″ — Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland — Group exhibition • 3 September – 30 September 1989 — ″4 Jahrzehnte Kunst in Baselland 1945-1989″ — Schloss Ebenrain, Sissach, Switzerland — Group exhibition • 6 May – 30 June 2011 — ″Abstractions″ — Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, United States — Group exhibition