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Christa Ehrlich (1903–1995) was an Austrian-born artist best known for her streamlined silverware and tableware. She apprenticed at the Wiener Werkstätten from 1920 to 1922 and then studied at the Kustgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1922 to 1925. During her studies at the Kustgewerbeschule, she also worked at the architectural office of Josef Hoffmann. Ehrlich contributed to Hoffmann’s Austrian pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925 and quickly built a broad and international network thanks in part to such exhibitions. In 1927, Ehrlich relocated to the Netherlands to work for Zilverfabriek Voorschoten (Voorschoten silver factory). She worked as a designer, artist, and finally a director of this firm until her retirement in the 1960s. Also in 1927, Ehrlich was invited to exhibit her silver designs at the major exhibition Oostenrijksche Schilderijen en Kunstnijverheid 1900–1927 (Austrian Painting and Applied Arts, 1900–1927) presented in The Haag, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. She designed the catalogue and poster for this exhibition (above and below), as well as the cover of a special double issue of the Dutch periodical Wendingen 8, nos. 9–10 (1927) published in conjunction with the exhibition. For ephemera related to the Zilverfabriek Voorschoten, scroll down.
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