So much beginning!
Women artists of modernism and their work after 1945
The exhibition is dedicated to women artists of the modern era and their late
late, post-1945 work. These include for example
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Hannah Höch, Ida Kerkovius and Jeanne
Mammen. With their experimental collages, abstract paintings and critical
drawings, they contributed to the success of an internationally networked avant-garde before 1933.
internationally networked avant-garde. Ostracized by the Nazi system
and partly driven out of the country, after the Second World War they could
they were only able to build on their initial successes to a limited extent. While
their early work is famous and inscribed in art history, their later
their later works remained unnoticed for a long time.
Who knows the paintings of Helena Buchholz-Starck, Eleonora Rozanek,
Margaret Camilla Leiteritz, Alexandra Povòrina, Marie-Louise von
Rogister or Louise Rösler? Hidden in museum repositories or estates
or estates, in many cases their works have only begun to be brought to light in recent years.
their works to the light of day.
One focus of the show is on the works created after 1945 by Hannah Höch, Jürgen
works by Hannah Höch, Grethe Jürgens, Jeanne Mammen and Louise
Louise Rösler.
late, post-1945 work. These include for example
Ella Bergmann-Michel, Hannah Höch, Ida Kerkovius and Jeanne
Mammen. With their experimental collages, abstract paintings and critical
drawings, they contributed to the success of an internationally networked avant-garde before 1933.
internationally networked avant-garde. Ostracized by the Nazi system
and partly driven out of the country, after the Second World War they could
they were only able to build on their initial successes to a limited extent. While
their early work is famous and inscribed in art history, their later
their later works remained unnoticed for a long time.
Who knows the paintings of Helena Buchholz-Starck, Eleonora Rozanek,
Margaret Camilla Leiteritz, Alexandra Povòrina, Marie-Louise von
Rogister or Louise Rösler? Hidden in museum repositories or estates
or estates, in many cases their works have only begun to be brought to light in recent years.
their works to the light of day.
One focus of the show is on the works created after 1945 by Hannah Höch, Jürgen
works by Hannah Höch, Grethe Jürgens, Jeanne Mammen and Louise
Louise Rösler.
This exhibition is available in
German
Museum details
Adresse
Lichthof 10
Lorenzstraße 27
76135
Karlsruhe
+49 721 133 44 44
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