Gerda KÖRTING (* 1911, † 2000)

1911
née Gülcher, in Biglia, Italy

1930
Enters the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin-Charlottenburg

1933
Graduation as ceramist

1935
Marriage to Heiner Hans Körting. They work in the business of Heiner Hans Körting’s parents

1949
The couple takes over Otto Lindig’s ceramics workshop in Dornburg

1954
The couple separates and Gerda moves to Jena, then to Saalfeld

1956
Co-founder of the Saalfeld artists’ group

1958
Master potter’s examination

1961
Founding of her own workshop in Saalfeld

1971
Membership of the Association of Fine Artists of the GDR

since 1973
Son Kristian Körting also works in his mother’s business

1989
Closing of the pottery of Gerda Körting

2000
Died in Saalfeld

Source:
Förderkreis Keramik-Museum Bürgel und Dornburger Keramik-Werkstatt e.V. (ed.): Körting-Keramik. On the occasion of the exhibition “Körting-Keramik. Seven Decades,” from September 17, 2011 to February 26, 2022, pp. 10-11.

 

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