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Ena Rottenberg
Ena Rottenberg (born Emma Helena Rottenberg, 9 November 1893, Oravița, Banat, Kingdom of Hungary - 4 June 1952, Vienna, Austria) was a Hungarian-Austrian craftswoman, draftswoman, ceramist and member of the artists' community of the Wiener Werkstätte. Career Ena Rottenberg began studying at the Vienna School of Applied Arts (''K.K. Kunstgewerbeschule'') in 1916. Her teachers included the sculptors Josef Breitner and Anton Hanak and the painter Anton von Kenner. After graduating, she worked as a freelance painter and made designs for ceramics, decorations for cut glass, jewellery and ivory paintings, selling her pieces through the Wiener Werkstätte. In the mid-1920s she designed four stained-glass windows for a Viennese convent of Franciscan nuns. In the 1920s, Ena Rottenberg worked not only with the Wiener Werkstätte but also with the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten, Friedrich Goldscheider, the Gobelin Manufactory and the J. & L. Lobmeyr Glass Manufactory. Togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oravița
Oravița (; hu, Oravicabánya; german: Orawitz; cs, Oravice; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Oravica, separator=/, Оравица) is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 11,382 in 2011. Its theater is a fully functional scaled down version of the old Burgtheater in Vienna. Six villages are administered by the town: Agadici (''Agadics''; ''Agaditsch''), Brădișoru de Jos (until 1960 ''Maidan''; ''Majdán''), Broșteni (''Brostyán''), Ciclova Montană (''Csiklóbánya''; ''Montan-Tschiklowa''), Marila (''Marillavölgy''; ''Marillathal'') and Răchitova (''Rakitova''). Etymology The name of the town is derived from the Slavic word '' orah(ov)'', meaning "(of) walnut" with suffix ''-ița''. Villages Agadici The history of Agadici can be traced back to at least the 17th century, when records noted a population of "800 souls". Today, there are fewer than 200 people living in Agadici. Agadici is a word derived from Turkish: ''Aga'' meaning 'colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
