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c. 1930

Untitled (Seated Nude Woman)

William Ernst Hentschel

American, 1892 - 1962, active at Rookwood Pottery 1907 - 1939

A painter, teacher, and craftsman, William Hentschel also worked as a ceramic designer for the Rookwood Pottery company in Cincinnati from 1907 to 1939. Around 1930, he used an airbrush to create a series of stencil prints in the popular Art Deco style that focused on simplified areas of color and stylized abstractions.

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