Adda Husted Andersen

Adda Husted-Andersen
Born	Adda Thyra Elise Louise Husted-Andersen (1898-08-05)August 5, 1898 Trustrup, Lyngby, Denmark
Died	September 13, 1990(1990-09-13) (aged 92) Copenhagen, Denmark
Other names	Andy Husted-Andersen, Adda Husted Andersen
Alma mater	Copenhagen Technical College, Badisch Kunstgewerbeschule
Known for	jewelry, metalsmith, educator, enameler

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.

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

^ ^a ^b "Adda Husted- Andersen". Newark Museum - Collection. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ ^a ^b "Enameled silver bowl designed by Adda Husted-Andersen, between 1940 and 1950". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "In Memory of Adda Husted-Andersen, 1900-1990 - Ganoksin Jewelry Making Community". Ganoksin. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ ^a ^b "Anetavle for erhvervsmand og godsejer Stig Husted-Andersen (1944 – 2008)" (PDF). Slægtsforskernes Bibliotek. 2020.
^ The New Yorker. Vol. 33. New Yorker Magazine, Incorporated. November 1957. p. 117.
^ ^a ^b Lyon, Mary (1962). Crafts for the Aging: A Working Manual for Directors of Handcraft Programs for Older People. American Craftsmen's Council. p. 131.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "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.
^ "The Craft Students League". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ Jeannin, Judy (22 January 1970). "They Know Their Pearls". Newspapers.com. The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ Blauer, Ettagale (2013-06-29). Contemporary American Jewelry Design. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4757-4854-3.
^ "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.
^ Metalsmith. Vol. 15. Society of North American Goldsmiths. 1995. p. 51.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Husted-Andersen, Adda". Smithsonian Institution.