Eva Zeisel

- Introduction
- Eva Striker Zeisel (born Éva Amália Striker, November 13, 1906 – December 30, 2011) was a Hungarian-born American industrial designer known for her work with ceramics, primarily from the period after she immigrated to the United States. Her forms are often abstractions of the natural world and human relationships. Work from throughout her prodigious career is included in important museum collections across the world. Zeisel declared herself a "maker of useful things."
- Wikidata
- Q216141
- Introduction
- Modernist designer known primarily for ceramic tableware designed in the mid-20th century. She was the first female designer to have a show mounted at the Museum of Modern Art.
- Nationalities
- Hungarian, American
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Ceramicist, Designer, Teacher, Furniture Designer, Industrial Designer
- Names
- Eva Zeisel, Eva Alexandrovina Polanyi Stricker, Mrs. Alexander Weissburg, Eva Amalia Striker
- Ulan
- 500092239
Exhibitions
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The Value of Good Design
Feb 10–Jun 15, 2019
MoMA
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How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior
Oct 1, 2016–Apr 23, 2017
MoMA
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Designing Modern Women 1890–1990
Oct 5, 2013–Oct 19, 2014
MoMA
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Shaping Modernity 1880–1980
Mar 28, 2012–Sep 8, 2013
MoMA
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Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980
Dec 23, 2009–Jul 25, 2010
MoMA
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Eva Zeisel has
16 exhibitionsonline.
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Eva Zeisel Lidded vessel 1929
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Eva Zeisel Museum Service 1942–1943
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Eva Zeisel Museum Dinner Service c. 1942-45
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Eva Zeisel Museum Dinnerware c. 1942-45
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Eva Zeisel Town and Country Salt and Pepper Shakers c. 1945
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Eva Zeisel Dinnerware c. 1946
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Eva Zeisel Creamer c. 1946
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Eva Zeisel Cloverware serving set 1947
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Eva Zeisel Resilient Chair 1948-49
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Eva Zeisel Hallcraft/ Tomorrow's Classic Serving Plate, Sugar Bowl with Lid, Bowl c. 1949-50
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Eva Zeisel Hallcraft/Tomorrow's Classic Sauce Boat with Ladle c. 1949-50
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