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ERICH
& INGRID TRILLER - Biography
Erich
and Ingrid Triller were husband-and-wife ceramists
specializing in stoneware who were trained in
Germany and established a studio in Sweden,
which they operated for thirty-seven years.
Erich was born in Krefeld, Germany, in 1898.
Ingrid Abenius was born in Västerfärnebo, Sweden,
in 1905. They studied at the Staatliche Keramische
Fachschule, in Bunzlau, Germany, from 1929-32,
and obtained further training from the prominent
Bauhaus ceramist Otto Lindig, in Dornburg an
der Saale, Germany, from 1932-34. They married
in 1934 and, in the following year, established
a small ceramics workshop in the village of
Tobo, which is located north of Stockholm, in
the province of Uppland. In the same year, they
purchased a railroad-car-load of clay from the
Swedish town of Höganäs. This was enough to
keep them supplied for their rest of their careers.
The
Trillers' work was heavily influenced by the
Bauhaus approach to ceramics, particularly the
emphasis on the control of the objects produced.
As well, like many European ceramists of their
generation, they were influenced by the forms
and glazes of ancient Chinese ceramics. Their
quest for excellence was reflected by painstaking
attention to the work process, which allowed
them to better control the results of glazing
and firing. Records were kept on every piece
they produced, and every firing was documented
in a special book. They wanted the results of
their work to be consistent; they were not interested
in having "surprises" occur in their kiln. They
were remarkably successful in this regard as
is evidenced by both the precision of their
forms and the consistent exquisiteness and subtlety
of the various glazes they employed.
The
Trillers' first exhibition was held in 1936
at NK (Nordiska Kampaniet), the famous Stockholm
department store. Later, their work was exhibited
at the New York World's Fair (1939), the Gävle
Museum (Gävle, Sweden, 1943), Hantverket (Stockholm,
1943), the Milan Triennale (1960), and Hantverket
(1965). Erich Triller died in 1972, and Ingrid
died in 1982. In 1975, a retrospective exhibition
of their work, titled "Triller of Tobo: Stoneware
1935-1972, from Erich and Ingrid Triller's Workshop
in Tobo," was mounted by the Nationalmuseum
(Stockholm) and the Röhsska Museum (Göteborg).
At present, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst
(Gera, Germany) is planning an exhibition, titled
"Heirs to the Bauhaus: Ingrid and Erich Triller,"
which is scheduled to open in October 2010.
Sources:
Dahlbäck Lutteman, Helena. Svensk 1900-talskeramik.
Västerås: ICA Bokförlag, 1985. Pp. 93-94.
Stavenow,
Åke. "Tre Trillers." Form 3 (1965): 166-68.
Triller
i Tobo: stengods 1935-1972 från Erich och Ingrid
Trillers verkstad i Tobo. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum;
Göteborg: Röhsska Museum, 1975.
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