The Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen (English: Association of Berlin Artists) is the oldest existing association of women artists in Germany. It maintains the ''archive Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867 e. V.,'' publishes club announcements and catalogues, and every two years awards the Marianne Werefkin Prize to contemporary female artists. It thus cultivates cultural memory and promotes the current developments of contemporary artists. The 2007 award winner was the sculptor Paloma Varga Weisz. The archive of the association is used, among other things, as a source of

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, master's theses and diploma theses on individual artists and the position of artists in training and society. Data from the archive was used for works on

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Käthe Kollwitz Käthe Kollwitz ( born as Schmidt; 8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including ''The Weavers'' and ''T ...

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, Marg Moll,

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, Harriet von Rathlef-Keilmann, and Gertraud Rostosky. Since November 1, 2012, the club archive has been contracted to the Archive of the Academy of Arts (department of fine arts). The association's cooperation partner is the

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Landesmuseum for modern art, photography, and architecture. With their help, extensive documentation about the members and sponsors of the association could be created in 1992 for the 125th anniversary of the association, which was published as an encyclopedia of women artists.

History

The Association of Berlin Artists emerged from the ''Association of Female Artists and Art Lovers in Berlin''. Ever since it was founded in 1867 by Marie Remy, Clara Wilhelmine Oenicke, Rosa Petzel, and Clara Friederike Heinke, this association was geared towards the entire German-speaking area and neighboring countries. This is how

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from Düsseldorf, for example, became a member of the association. In 1867 women did not have legal capacity in the

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, which is why it required male founding members who were bound to the association through honorary membership without being full members. The ''art lovers'' secured the association's anchoring in the bourgeoisie and, last but not least, a financial basis. Some of the ''art lovers'' also held important positions in the management of the association. For a time, Hedwig Weiß was a member of the board. The association regularly held art exhibitions.

Art school

The ''Association of Berlin Artists and Art Friends'' had its own art school at Askanian Platz 7 from 1868, which from 1871 also included a “drawing and painting school” with an attached “drawing teacher seminar”. The instruction is initially provided by renowned academy professors. In 1893, the association, together with the

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for higher women's education, acquired a building for the drawing and painting school at Potsdamer Straße 39 (today 98a). As the number of students increased, the club moved in 1911 to a specially built house at Schöneberger Ufer 38 (today 71).

Headmistresses

* 1871: Antonie Eichler * 1892: Margarete Hoenerbach * 1909: Hildegard Lehnert * 1929: Alice Michaelis * Werkstatt der Kunst 1911 Kopf

1933: Elisabeth von Oertzen (1887–1938), painter, graphic artist

Teachers

* Jacob Alberts *

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* Friedrich Eggers * Ernst Friedrich Hausmann (1856–1914) * August Theodor Kaselowsky * Martin Korte *

* August Remy (1800–1872) * Carl Scherres *

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* Milly Steger * Curt Stoeving * Wilhelm Streckfuss *

Max Uth Gustav Alexander Max Uth (24 November 1863 in Berlin – 15 June 1914 in Hermannswerder, Potsdam) was a German painter of landscapes and art teacher. Uth was the son of a manufacturer and enrolled at the Academy of Art in Berlin under Eugen ...

* Elizabeth Voigt

Students

* Sophia Becker-Leber * Mathilde Block * Grete Csaki-Copony * Anna Dräger-Mühlenpfordt * Bettina Encke von Arnim * Louise Grimm * Ilse von Heyden-Linden * Anna Hochstadt * Use Jonas *

* Emmy Meyer * Elisabeth Poppe-Lüderitz * Else Preussner * Gertrude Sandmann * Marie Schuetz * Oda Schottmüller * Louise Stomps * Augusta von Zitzewitz * Ruth von Minden Riefenstahl * Catharina Klein

Winners of the Marianne Werefkin Prize

* 1990: Pomona Zipser, and prizes for Angela Hampel and Sabine Kasan * 1992: Karla Woisnitza * 1995/1996: Katharina Meldner * 1998/ 1999: Ulrike Bock, Brigitta Sgier * 2001/2002: Susanne Ahner * 2005: Heike Ruschmeyer * 2007: Paloma Varga Weisz * 2013: Caro Suerkemper * 2015: Isa Melsheimer * 2018: Stella Hamberg * 2020: Barbara Breitenfellner

Literature

* Dieter Fuhrmann (ed.): ''Profession without tradition. 125 Years Association of Berlin Female Artists, a research and exhibition project by the Berlinische Galerie in cooperation with the Association of Berlin Female Artists'' xhibition catalog "Profession without tradition, 125 years Association of Berlin Female Artists", September 11 to November 1, 1992 Kupfergraben, Berlin 1992, . * ''Käthe, Paula and all the rest . A reference book (artists' dictionary).'' Published by the Association of Berlin Artists e. V. in cooperation with the Berlinische Galerie. Kupfergraben, Berlin 1992, . * Bernd Fäthke: ''Securing evidence for the Blue Rider in Lithuania'' (= ''notification of the Association of Berlin Artists eV'' No. 6). Berlin 1995, . * Bernd Fäthke: ''The "Blue Rider". With Jawlensky in Ahrenshoop, Prerow and Zingst. "Blue Riders" in Munich, Murnau and Berlin'' (= ''notification of the Association of Berlin Artists eV'' No. 8). Berlin 1998, .

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# ↑^{Jump up to:a b} ''Association of Berlin Artists 1867 e. V., Club Chronicle: Drawing & Painting School'' ( memento from July 17, 2015, in the ''Internet Archive'' ). In: ''vdbk1867.de,'' retrieved on August 19, 2017. # ↑ see also Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen ; not to be confused with the writer Elisabeth von Oertzen Clubs and societies in Germany 1867 establishments in Germany Women's organisations based in Germany Organisations based in Berlin Art schools in Germany