Naum Slutzky
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Naum Slutzky was a Goldsmith
, Industrial design
er and master craftsman
of Weimarer Bauhaus
. In the art history literature his first name is sometimes spelled as Nahum or Nawn.
(for Josef Hoffmann
and Edward Wimmer among others) in Vienna. Thereafter he studied at Bauhaus
in Weimar. At Bauhaus, Slutzky worked with Johannes Itten
. He mainly designed jewellery and lamps, but also a few teapots and coffee pots (there is a silver teapot in the collections of Victoria and Albert Museum
London, and a coffee pot in Nationalmuseum/National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm). In 1924 he left Bauhaus to become an independent designer.
school was closed by the Nazis, Slutzky fled to England where he initially found work at Dartington, then mainly worked as a design teacher, at Central College of Arts and Crafts, at Royal College of Art, in London, and at College of Arts and Crafts, in Birmingham. In Birmingham he worked closely with the local firm Best & Lloyd.
Goldsmith
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Since ancient times the techniques of a goldsmith have evolved very little in order to produce items of jewelry of quality standards. In modern times actual goldsmiths are rare...
, Industrial design
Industrial design
Industrial design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production...
er and master craftsman
Master craftsman
A master craftsman or master tradesman was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only masters were allowed to be members of the guild....
of Weimarer Bauhaus
Bauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
. In the art history literature his first name is sometimes spelled as Nahum or Nawn.
Bauhaus
Slutzky studied to become a goldsmith at Wiener WerkstätteWiener Werkstätte
Established in 1903, the Wiener Werkstätte was a production community of visual artists. The workshop brought together architects, artists and designers whose first commitment was to design art which would be accessible to everyone...
(for Josef Hoffmann
Josef Hoffmann
Josef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods.- Biography :...
and Edward Wimmer among others) in Vienna. Thereafter he studied at Bauhaus
Bauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
in Weimar. At Bauhaus, Slutzky worked with Johannes Itten
Johannes Itten
Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school...
. He mainly designed jewellery and lamps, but also a few teapots and coffee pots (there is a silver teapot in the collections of Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
London, and a coffee pot in Nationalmuseum/National Museum of Fine Arts, Stockholm). In 1924 he left Bauhaus to become an independent designer.
England
In 1933, when the BauhausBauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
school was closed by the Nazis, Slutzky fled to England where he initially found work at Dartington, then mainly worked as a design teacher, at Central College of Arts and Crafts, at Royal College of Art, in London, and at College of Arts and Crafts, in Birmingham. In Birmingham he worked closely with the local firm Best & Lloyd.
1928 to 1965
- 1928 Hamburger Sezession, 8. Sezessionsausstellung
- 1930 Hamburger Neue Sezession, Kunsthalle HamburgKunsthalle HamburgThe Hamburger Kunsthalle is an art museum in Hamburg, Germany. The art museum focuses on painting in Hamburg in the 14th century, paintings by Dutch and Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, French and German paintings of the 19th century, modern, and contemporary art...
- 1930 Deutscher WerkbundDeutscher WerkbundThe Deutscher Werkbund was a German association of artists, architects, designers, and industrialists. The Werkbund was to become an important event in the development of modern architecture and industrial design, particularly in the later creation of the Bauhaus school of design...
im Grand PalaisGrand PalaisThis article contains material abridged and translated from the French and Spanish Wikipedia.The Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais , is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France...
, Paris - 1931 Hamburger Sezession, 10. Sezessionsausstellung
- 1961 Goldsmith's Hall, London
- 1961 Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgMuseum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgThe Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe is a museum of fine, applied and decorative arts in Hamburg, Germany. It is located centrally, near the Hauptbahnhof.-History:...
: Schmuck aus Hamburger Zeit
from 1965
- 1966 Musée des Artes Décoratives, Paris (Frankreich)
- 1968 Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart: 50 Jahre Bauhaus
- 1983 Kunsthalle HamburgKunsthalle HamburgThe Hamburger Kunsthalle is an art museum in Hamburg, Germany. The art museum focuses on painting in Hamburg in the 14th century, paintings by Dutch and Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, French and German paintings of the 19th century, modern, and contemporary art...
: Schmuck von Naum Slutzky - 1986 Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin: Kunst im Exil
- 1995 Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgMuseum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgThe Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe is a museum of fine, applied and decorative arts in Hamburg, Germany. It is located centrally, near the Hauptbahnhof.-History:...
: Naum Slutzky - Ein Bauhauskünstler
Works in Museums
- Bauhaus-ArchivBauhaus', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
, Berlin - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgMuseum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgThe Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe is a museum of fine, applied and decorative arts in Hamburg, Germany. It is located centrally, near the Hauptbahnhof.-History:...
- British MuseumBritish MuseumThe British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
, London - Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumThe Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London - Goldsmith's Hall, London
- Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Literature and Sources
- Rohde, Alfred: Hamburgische Werkkunst der Gegenwart. Broschek-Verlag Hamburg, 1927
- Monika Rudolph: Naum Slutzky - Meister am Bauhaus, Goldschmied und Designer, Arnold'sche, Tübingen, 1990 ISBN 3-9255369-06-6
- Rüdiger Joppien (ed.) Naum Slutzky - Ein Bauhauskünstler in Hamburg. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1995
- Klaus WeberKlaus WeberKlaus Weber is a German scientist who has made many fundamentally important contributions to Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, and was for many years the director of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen,...
(ed.), Die Metallwerkstatt am Bauhaus, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, 1992 ISBN 978-3-89181-405-5 - Alan PowersAlan PowersAlan Powers is a British author specialising in books on architecture.Powers trained as an art historian at University of Cambridge, gaining an undergraduate degree and a PhD. During his career he has combined writing with painting and illustration. His work includes aquatints, drawings,...
, "Britain and The Bauhaus", in Apollo magazine, May 2006.