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Ottilie Reylaender
Ottilie Reylaender (19 October 1882 – 29 March 1965) was a German painter. She was one of the pioneers of modern art in Germany. Life and work Ottilie Reylaender was born in Wesselburen in 1882, the daughter of a large family of civil servants. She showed a talent for drawing and, after graduating from school, she moved in 1898 to Worpswede where she became a student of Fritz Mackensen, painter and co-founder of the Worpswede artists' colony, and became friends with her classmates Paula Becker and Clara Westhoff. In 1900 she travelled to Paris, where she stayed in the studio of Paula Becker, who was not in the city at the time. In Paris, Reylaender attended the private art schools Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi, since women were not admitted to the state German art schools until 1918. In 1905 she went on a trip to Italy with the sculptors :de:Hedwig Woermann and :de:Dora Herxheimer and met the Polish glass painter Bohdan von Suchocki in Munich, who later beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anonym Bauernkirchweih 1907
Anonymity describes situations where the acting person's identity is unknown. Some writers have argued that namelessness, though technically correct, does not capture what is more centrally at stake in contexts of anonymity. The important idea here is that a person be non-identifiable, unreachable, or untrackable. Anonymity is seen as a technique, or a way of realizing, a certain other values, such as privacy, or liberty. Over the past few years, anonymity tools used on the dark web by criminals and malicious users have drastically altered the ability of law enforcement to use conventional surveillance techniques. An important example for anonymity being not only protected, but enforced by law is the vote in free elections. In many other situations (like conversation between strangers, buying some product or service in a shop), anonymity is traditionally accepted as natural. There are also various situations in which a person might choose to withhold their identity. Acts of char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Modotti
Tina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern. She left Italy in 1913 and moved to the United States, where she settled in San Francisco with her father and sister. In San Francisco, Modotti worked as a model and, later, as a photographer. In 1922 she moved to Mexico, where she became an active member of the Mexican Communist Party. Early life Modotti was born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini in Udine, Friuli, Italy. Her mother, Assunta, was a seamstress; her father, Giuseppe, was a mason. After spending time living in Austria, where her parents were migrant workers, the family returned to Udine, where the young Modotti worked in a textile factory. In 1913, at the age of 16, she immigrated to the United States to join her father in San Francisco, California. Departing from Genoa aboard the SS ''Moltke'' on Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erma Bossi
Erma Bossi (1875-1952) was an Italian German Expressionist painter. Biography Bossi was born in 1875 in Pula. She studied art in Munich and was associated with Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky. She was a member of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (Munich New Association of Artists). She died in 1952 in Milan, Italy. Her work is in the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne (, '' Pinakothek of the Modern'') is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's ''Kunstareal''. Locals sometimes refer to it as the ''Dritte'' ("third") ''Pinakothek'' after the Old and New. It is one of the world' ..., the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Kunsthalle Emden. In 2013 the Schlossmuseum Murnau held a retrospective of her work. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bossi, Erma 1875 births 1952 deaths People from Pula 20th-century German women artists 19th-century German women artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Der Heydt-Museum
The Von der Heydt Museum is a museum in Wuppertal, Germany. The Von der Heydt Museum includes works by artists from the 17th century to the present time. History The museum is housed in the former city hall of Elberfeld, which in 1902 became a municipal museum. The museum was named in 1961 after the Von der Heydt family. Banker August von der Heydt and his son Eduard von der Heydt (1882–1964) were important patrons. (in German) Notable works * Still Life with Beer Mug and Fruit Gallery File:Carl Spitzweg 025.jpg, Carl Spitzweg, ''Der Geologe'', 1855/60 File:Marées Adolf von Hildebrand groß.jpg, Hans von Marées, ''Porträt Adolf von Hildebrand'', around 1868 File:Claude Monet - Vétheuil, 1901 (Von der Heydt-Museum).jpg, Claude Monet, ''Vétheuil'', around 1901 File:DEGAS PROBENSAAL.jpg, Edgar Degas, ''Tänzerinnen im Probensaal'', 1891 File:Paul Cézanne - L'ermitage à Pontoise.jpg, Paul Cézanne, ''Die eremitage in Pontoise'', 1881 File:Gauguin Nature morte aux o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprengel Museum
Sprengel Museum is a museum of modern art in Hanover, Lower Saxony, holding one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building situated adjacent to the Masch Lake (german: Maschsee) approximately south of the state museum. The museum opened in , and the building, designed by Peter and Ursula Trint (of Cologne) and Dieter Quast (of Heidelberg), was extended in 1992. Bernhard Sprengel donated his extensive collection of modern art to the city of Hanover in 1969, as well as financially supporting the construction of the museum. The city of Hanover and the state of Lower Saxony agreed to operate the museum jointly. In addition to the works donated by Sprengel, the museum also houses 20th century artworks owned by Lower Saxony and Hanover. Expansion A further expansion, designed by Zurich-based architects Meili + Peter, was originally planned for 2010 but [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verein Der Berliner Künstlerinnen
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 dissertations, 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 Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Käthe Kollwitz, Jeanne Mammen, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Marg Moll, Elisabet Ney, Harriet von Rathlef-Keilmann, and Gertraud Rostosky. Since November 1, 2012, the club archive has been contracted to the Archive of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonderbund Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde Und Künstler
The "Sonderbund" — as it is normally called; its complete name being Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (the "Separate League of West German Art Lovers and Artists"), and also known as Sonderbund group — was a "special union" of artists and art lovers, established 1909 in Düsseldorf and dissolved in 1916. In its first years, the Sonderbund mounted some landmark exhibitions, successfully introducing French Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern Art to the western parts of Germany. History The international movement of Secessionism, which since 1890 began to cover the European art scene, entered Düsseldorf, its renowned art school and artist societies at a very late date. In 1908, a group of younger artists first organized a "special exhibition" ("Sonderausstellung"), the year following they reunited in a "Sonderbund" exhibition works of their own with French contemporary art lent by local collectors and the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune of Paris. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
