Trude Petri

Trude Petri-Raben
Born
Trude Petri

(1906-08-25)August 25, 1906
Hamburg, Germany
DiedFebruary 5, 1998(1998-02-05) (aged 91)
Vancouver, Canada
Known forCeramic design
cup and saucer

Trude Petri (August 25, 1906 – February 5, 1998) was a German ceramicist, She is best known for her design work for the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin, specifically the 1930 Urbino series.

Petri was born on August 25, 1906, in Hamburg, Germany. She studied at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg and the Vereinigte Staatsschulen für freie und angewandte Kunst [de] in Berlin. She worked for the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM) (Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin). She produced the modernist tableware series, "Urbino", at KPM.

She died on February 5, 1998, in Vancouver, Canada.

Her work is in the Art Institute of Chicago, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

References

  1. 1 2 "Trude Petri und die KPM Berlin - Eine Erfolgsgeschichte". KPM Berlin (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Trude Petri-Raben". British Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Trude Petri-Raben (1906 - 1989) German Ceramicist". Encyclopedia of Design. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Trude Petri-Raben". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1906. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  5. ↑ ""Urbino" Covered Casserole". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Trude Petri". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Trude Petri-Raben. Urbino Fruit Dish. c. 1930 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Neu-Berlin". Victoria and Albert Museum. 1931. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

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