Magda Hagstotz (1914–2001) was a German

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and belonging to the post-war

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movement. Her works consist mainly of watercolors and elaborately textured surfaces on small and medium canvases.

Early life and education

Hagstotz was born in

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and was influenced by the theories of the Stuttgarter Schule and by contemporary artists such as

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and :de:Alfred Lörcher. She attended the ''Würtembergischen Staatlichen

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'' from 1930 to 1933 and the Reimannschule Berlin in 1932. She studied in London and elsewhere from 1934 to 1937, then at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart from 1938 to 1943. She studied the nude form and composition under G. Biese from 1943 to 1945.

Career

From 1941 until 1962, she was chief designer of textiles for a colored-leather manufacturer, Pfennig u. Co.; Ludwigsburg. She also engaged in independent artistic activity from 1941 onwards. She was awarded a gold medal at the Milano Triennial.

Works

A private collector in

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, maintains an inventory of 27 Hagstotz works. These works span the 1950s to 1980s, and consist primarily of mixed media: * ''Hinein'', 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298a) * ''Nachteule'', 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298b) * ''Grenze'', 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298c) * ''Zeuge'', 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298d) * ''Die Wiese'', 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298e) * ''Nachtgespinst'', 1977, signed, dated (ref. 298f) * ''Versprechung'', 1980s, signed (ref. 298g) * ''Engel der Nacht'', 1967, signed (ref. 298h) * ''Pax Romana'', 1960s, signed (ref. 298i) * ''Zwiespalt'', 1960s, signed (ref. 298j) * ''Schaltung'', 1970s, signed (ref. 298k) * ''Spur'', 1990, signed (ref. 298l) * ''Bezauberung'', 1960s, signed, stamped (ref. 298m) * ''Spiegelung'', 1960s, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298n) * ''Spiel'', 1950s, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298o) * ''Erlösung'', date unknown, signed (ref. 298p) * ''Zeug'', date unknown, unsigned (ref. 298q) * ''Strömung'', date unknown, unsigned (ref. 298r) * ''Sehnsucht'', 1977, signed, dated (Reference 298s) * ''Die Vereinbarung'', date unknown, unsigned (ref. 298t) * ''Dissonanz'', date unknown, signed (ref. 298u) * ''Ritus'', date unknown, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298v) * ''Florae 1'', date unknown, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298x) * ''Florae 2'', date unknown, signed, stamped (ref. 298y) * ''Florae 3'', 1966, signed, dated (ref. 298z) * ''Florae 4'', 1965, signed, dated (ref. 298za) * ''Selbstporträt mit gewalzte Tusche'' 1972, signed, dated (ref. 298zb)

References

Bibliography

* Schlegel, Hans K and Paul Sviridoff. ''Die Malerin Magda Hagstotz'', Verlag Paul Sviridoff, Schwäbisch Hall, 1984 * Bütow, Kurt. Europäisches Künstlerlexikon, Malerei und Zeichenkunst, Bavaria Kunstverlag. * Nagel, Gert K. Schwäbisches Künstlerlexikon vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart, Verlag Kunst & Antiquitäten – München. 20th-century German painters 1914 births 2001 deaths 20th-century German women artists German women painters 20th-century women painters {{Germany-painter-stub