Women struggled to realize their artistic ambitions professionally well into the 20th century. Initially derided as 'women painters', artists such as Berthe Morisot and Gabriele Münter became pioneers of modernism, but others have been overlooked by art historians to this day. One of them is Helene Haasbauer-Wallrath, born in Basel in 1885. She attended private painting schools and did not give up art even as a single war widow. She ran her own studio, taught at the Gewerbeschule Basel and made a name for herself in applied graphics. Her poster "The Practical Kitchen" from 1930, for example, found its way into the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The exhibition at the Stadtmuseum Schopfheim is now dedicated to her work and presents painted and drawn portraits, posters and many other works from her applied art oeuvre.
The exhibition at the Stadtmuseum Schopfheim is now dedicated to her work and presents painted and drawn portraits, posters and many other works from her applied art oeuvre.
