Adda Husted Andersen

Adda "Andy" Thyra Elise Louise Husted-Andersen (August 5, 1898 – September 13, 1990)[1] was a Danish-born American Modernist jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educator.[2] She was a co-founder and the president of the New York Society of Craftsmen (later called Artist-Craftsmen of New York) from 1941 to 1944.[3][4] She was a master of working with enamel, silver and gold.[5] She was active in New York City and Copenhagen.

Adda Husted-Andersen
Born
Adda Thyra Elise Louise Husted-Andersen

(1898-08-05)August 5, 1898
Trustrup, Lyngby, Denmark
DiedSeptember 13, 1990(1990-09-13) (aged 92)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Other namesAndy Husted-Andersen,
Adda Husted Andersen
Alma materCopenhagen Technical College, Badisch Kunstgewerbeschule
Known forjewelry, metalsmith, educator, enameler

Biography

Adda Husted-Andersen was born on August 5, 1898, in Trustrup, Lyngby, Denmark.[4] Husted-Andersen studied at Copenhagen Technical College, under Thyra Vieth (1866–1938) and later at Badisch Kunstgewerbeschule (Baden Applied Arts and Crafts School) in Pforzheim, Germany.[6] In Copenhagen she worked with A. Dragsted.[6] She studied enameling with Jean Dunand.[7]

Husted-Andersen arrived in New York City in 1930, and worked with Georg Jensen enameling homewares.[3]

She naturalized in the United States in 1941.[8] She had a jewelry studio on First Street in New York City for many years, which she opened in 1944.[3] She was a member of the editorial board of Craft Horizons magazine, reviewing the metal crafts.[3]

She taught courses at the Craft Students League (CSL) of New York City.[7][9] Husted-Andersen's students included Glenda Arentzen,[10][11] Walter Rhodes (1896–1968),[12] Ann Orr Morris,[13] Pearl Schecter (1903–1976),[14] Frances Higgins (née Stewart, 1912–2004),[7] Henry Petzal,[15] and others.

In 1975, she became a fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC).[3]

In the 1970s, she retired from work and moved back to Copenhagen.[3] She died on September 13, 1990, in Copenhagen, Denmark.[3] Her work is included in the public museum collections at The Newark Museum of Art,[1] the Baltimore Museum of Art,[16] Archives of American Art,[2][17] among others.

References
  1. "Adda Husted- Andersen". Newark Museum - Collection. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. "Enameled silver bowl designed by Adda Husted-Andersen, between 1940 and 1950". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  3. "In Memory of Adda Husted-Andersen, 1900-1990 - Ganoksin Jewelry Making Community". Ganoksin. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. "Anetavle for erhvervsmand og godsejer Stig Husted-Andersen (1944 – 2008)" (PDF). Slægtsforskernes Bibliotek. 2020.
  5. The New Yorker. Vol. 33. New Yorker Magazine, Incorporated. November 1957. p. 117.
  6. Lyon, Mary (1962). Crafts for the Aging: A Working Manual for Directors of Handcraft Programs for Older People. American Craftsmen's Council. p. 131.
  7. Coulter, Lane; Shields, Virginia; Eiland, William U.; Noffke, Gary (1994). Ann Orr: silversmith, goldsmith, & enamelist. Georgia Museum of Art. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. pp. 9, 14. ISBN 978-0-915977-15-4.
  8. "Naturalization Index, Omaha, Nebraska, Records of the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Record Group 21, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. District Court, 1867-1991". U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on 2012-12-07.
  9. "The Craft Students League". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  10. Jeannin, Judy (22 January 1970). "They Know Their Pearls". Newspapers.com. The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  11. Blauer, Ettagale (2013-06-29). Contemporary American Jewelry Design. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4757-4854-3.
  12. "Five County Artists - Craftsmen Exhibit Work at Foundation". Newspapers.com. The Rockland County Journal News, White Plains, New York. 23 July 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  13. Metalsmith. Vol. 15. Society of North American Goldsmiths. 1995. p. 51.
  14. "American Modernist Jewelers and Silversmiths". American Modernist Jewelers & Silversmiths IX - Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  15. "Kiddush cup with drip plate". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). Retrieved 2021-02-05. At the Craft Students League, he learned chasing from Adda Husted Andersen.
  16. "Baltimore Museum of Art announces final 2020 Vision acquisitions". Artdaily.com. December 24, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  17. "Husted-Andersen, Adda". Smithsonian Institution.
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