About Trude Petri
Lived 1906 – 1998 (aged 91–92). Trude Petri was a German and American painter, designer, artist and ceramicist.
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 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. the British Museum, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Who was Trude Petri?
German ceramicist (1906-1998)
When was Trude Petri born?
Trude Petri was born on 25 August 1906 in Hamburg.
When did Trude Petri die?
Trude Petri died in 1998 in Vancouver.
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Trude Petri was a painter, designer, artist and ceramicist.
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Trude Petri was German and American.
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