# Hans Adametz

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**Hans Adametz** (17 August 1896 – 26 September 1966) was an Austrian [ceramist](/source/Ceramist), sculptor and art educator.

## Life

Born in Vienna,[1] Adametz attended the Ceramic College in [Znojmo](/source/Znojmo) and studied with [Oskar Strnad](/source/Oskar_Strnad) and [Michael Powolny](/source/Michael_Powolny) at the [University of Applied Arts Vienna](/source/University_of_Applied_Arts_Vienna). He attended further training courses at the Gmunden Ceramic Workshops and at Wienerberg. He worked for the [Keramos Wien](/source/Keramos_Wien). After teaching in [Wiener Neustadt](/source/Wiener_Neustadt) and [Mödling](/source/M%C3%B6dling), he was appointed to the [HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule](/source/HTBLVA_Graz-Ortweinschule) in Graz in 1922. He was a professor and art ceramist at the State College of Clay Industry in Znojmo.[1] He was also a [lecturer](/source/Lecturer) at the [Technical University of Graz](/source/Technical_University_of_Graz).[2][3]

Adametz was a board member of the [Steiermärkischer Kunstverein Werkbund](/source/Steierm%C3%A4rkischer_Kunstverein_Werkbund).[4][5]

Adametz died in Graz at the age of 70.[1]

## Students

- [Franz Josef Altenburg](/source/Franz_Josef_Altenburg)[6]

## Exhibitions

Source:[7]

### Solo exhibitions

- Vienna - 1956 (with W. Berg); - 1962 (with A. Wahl and A. Birstinger)
- 1968 Graz, Joanneum (cat., 98 works)

### Group exhibitions

- Graz, partly annually since 1926, Werkbund and Secession
- 1923, '27, '28, '53, '55 Vienna, Museum of Applied Arts
- 1924 Stuttgart: The form
- 1925 Paris, boarding school. Arts and crafts exhibition
- 1927 Berlin, German Ceramic Society
- 1928 Cologne, Pressa
- 1930 Stockholm, applied arts
- 1930 Warsaw, Austrian exhibition
- 1933 Milan, Triennale
- 1934 London, Austrian exhibition
- 1935 Brussels, world exhibition
- 1942 Strasbourg
- 1958 Passau: European Weeks
- Berlin-West, Werkbund
- 1960 Bremen, Werkbund
- 1961, 1965 Graz: Religions

## Works

- c. 1928: Keramik *Frühlingsbotin*[8]
- 1933: Figur *Mohr*.[9]
- 1939: Figur *Adler* – Teil des Anschlussdenkmals in Oberschützen.[10]
- Keramiken *Sitzende Frau, Der Zauberer, Liegende.*[11]

Source:[7]

- Graz - Joanneum: figurative ceram. Plastic (6 major works). - Crematorium forecourt: people praying, life-size, around 1930 (removed in 1938). - Burg Ehrenhof: busts by J. J. Fux and J. B. Fischer von Erlach, Stein, around 1942, executed around 1950. - Chapel of the seminary: Herz-Jesu-Plastik, 1952/53 (formerly for the Sanatorium of the Cross Sisters). - Kanhäuser privately owned: several works.
- Seckau, private ownership: Christ.
- Vienna, Austria Gallery: 3 sculptures.
- Faenza, Mus. Internaz. delle Ceramiche.

## References

1. ["Südmähren Hans Adametz"](http://www.suedmaehren.at/persnlichkeit/hans-adametz/) (in German). *Südmähren*. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

1. [Hans Adametz](https://budapestauction.com/hans-adametz/painter) on Budapest Auction

1. ["Fotografie einer Vase von Hans Adametz auf der "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes" in Paris 1925 (vom Bearbeiter vergebener Titel)"](https://www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigation_item=%2F15514%2FKI_10147_55&repid=1) (in German). *OMNIA*. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

1. ["Adametz, Hans"](https://austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Adametz%2C_Hans) (in German). *Austria-Forum*. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

1. ["Steiermärkischer Kunstverein Werkbund"](https://www.werkbund.at/) (in German). *Steiermärkischer Kunstverein Werkbund*. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

1. ["Keramiker Franz Josef Altenburg gestorben"](https://www.sn.at/kultur/allgemein/keramiker-franz-josef-altenburg-gestorben-108191695) (in German). *[Salzburger Nachrichten](/source/Salzburger_Nachrichten)*. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

1. Smola, Gertrud (2009). "Adametz, Hans". *Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online*. Tegethoff, Wolf; Savoy, Bénédicte; Beyer, Andreas (eds.). Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur.

1. ["Frühlingsbotin von Hans Adametz"](http://www.artnet.de/künstler/hans-adametz/frühlingsbotin-zPdkvepc2htX1qo92tzu4A2). *www.artnet.de*. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

1. ["Mohrenapotheke / Black Man's Pharmacy"](http://www.michikazumatsune.info/tourist/EN/index_EN.php?site=20). *Michikazu Matsune – Performance Artist*. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

1. "Der Anschluss – Burgenland 1938" by Norbert Pingitzer,

1. Eigner, Paul. ["Hans Adametz"](http://sezession-graz.at/hans.adametz/) (in German). *Sezession Graz*. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

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