Renate Rhein (1925-2020) was born in Hoya on the Weser. She began her working life as a paintress. From 1954, Rhein worked for Rosenthal – a company for whom Bjørn Wiinblad and Wolf Karnagel also designed.
In 1960, she taught herself ceramics and established a studio of her own in Worpswede in 1961.
The piece that first drew my attention to Rhein was one of her sun plaques. Aren’t they stunning?! Then I found this amazing tiled table of hers on Pamono.
Check out Etsy and eBay for pieces of hers that are for sale.
Any further information about Rhein is hard to come by; the tiny image below is the only one I could find of her online. If you can expand our knowledge, please comment below!
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