Designed by Felice Rix-Ueno (Austrian, 1893-1967)
Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna, active 1903–1932)
Austria, Vienna
Waldfee (Fairy of the Woods) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
INV-1198
Designed by Felice Rix-Ueno (Austrian, 1893-1967)
Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna, active 1903–1932)
Austria, Vienna1912/17
Waldfee (Fairy of the Woods) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Felice Rix-Ueno (Austrian, 1893-1967) Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna, active 1903–1932) Austria, Vienna →ModernismArt Nouveautextileweaving - printed
Date
1912/17
Medium
Silk, plain weave; block printed
Dimensions
140.3 × 94.6 cm (55 1/4 × 37 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Robert Allerton
Rix was a versatile artist-designer who worked in ceramics, glass painting, painted boxes, and enamel. She was also a prolific designer of textiles for the Wiener Werkstätte from 1913, when she was studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts), until 1930. She visited Japan several times before settling there in 1935. A number of her later designs for the workshop reflect a degree of Japanese influence, but the much earlier Waldfee, displayed here, is reminiscent of the spiky line drawing of floral motifs favored by Peche, whose influence was already being felt.
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