The married couple Walter Herzger (1901-1985) and Gertraud Herzger-von Harlessem (1908-1989) belong to the inner circle of those "Höri artists" who lived and worked on the Höri peninsula on Lake Constance from the 1940s and remained there after the war. While Walter Herzger left behind an extensive oeuvre, exhibited in the post-war period and held a professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, the work of Gertraud Herzger-von Harlessem, who sacrificed her own artistic work to her husband and family, is small and little known. Both her life and work are closely linked to the political, social and artistic upheavals of the 20th century, but also to art centers such as Berlin, Halle, Dresden and Karlsruhe. Their art is also a celebration of simple themes, balanced forms and the observation of small, everyday events.
The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Singen shows around 70 works - paintings, watercolors, pastels, hand drawings and prints from the 1930s to the 1970s/80s - enriched by a generous donation from Sabine Verdet-Herzger, the artist couple's daughter.
The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Singen shows around 70 works - paintings, watercolors, pastels, hand drawings and prints from the 1930s to the 1970s/80s - enriched by a generous donation from Sabine Verdet-Herzger, the artist couple's daughter.
