User:Mmcguinness17/Hilda Jesser-Schmid: she/her, Austrian, 1894-1985

Early Life
Hilda Jesser was born in 1894 in Marburg an der Drau as the daughter of a chief superintendent of the Südbahn Railway Company. She grew up in Slovenia.

Schooling/ Beginning Works
In 1912 Jesser enrolled in Vienna School for Applied Arts at the age of 18. During schooling Jesser worked mainly on fashion and fabrics which led her to become familiar with certain textiles like lace and needlecraft. Jesser found a love for art and a diversity in different formats of art. In 1916 she began to find her place by making pieces for the Wiener Werkstätte. Pieces she mainly focused on were ceramic and printed fabrics but she also dabbled in painting at the Wiener Werkstatte. Jesser worked at the Wiener Werkstatte until 1922 and was able to contribute some of her pieces to the institute. In 1922 Hilda Jesser was made assistant professor at the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule, and in 1935 she began full time teaching as a professor showing students how to make art and diversify their skills. Jesser taught and was a professor through 1945.

Art style
Jesser’s style of work relied heavily on glazed, ceramic pieces and textile pieces. Most of Jesser’s work include pastel colors, floral arrangements and refined sketches. Her materials ranged from lace and ivory to metalwork, glass and ceramics. After studying at art school at the K.K Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna, Jesser moved up yo working as an artist in workshops at the Wiener Werkstatte from 1916 to 1922 under the direction of Dagobert Perche. From 1945 to 1967 she went back to teaching at the Vienna School of Applied Arts.

Death
Hilda Jesser died in 1985 in Vienna.

Famous Artworks
1923: Exhibition of works by modern Austrian handicrafts

1924: Anniversary exhibition of the Vienna Arts and Crafts Association

1927: Exhibition of European Applied Arts, Leipzig

1930: "How does the woman see"