Edith Kramer
Edith Kramer (* 29. August 1916 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † 21st January 2014 in Grundlsee ) was an Austrian - American painter and pioneer of art therapy .
life and work
Kramer was born on August 29, 1916 in Vienna and was the niece of the Austrian poet Theodor Kramer and the actress Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel . From 1929 to 1934 she received art lessons in the Black Forest School of the reform pedagogue and children's art school founder Franz Cizek , and from 1934 to 1938 she was a student of the painter Friedl Dicker-Brandeis . In 1938 she had to leave Austria and emigrated to the USA . In New York she worked in child psychiatry for many years . In 1944, Kramer became a US citizen. From 1973 to 2005 she was an associate professor of art therapy at New York University and from 1972 to 2000 she was a lecturer at George Washington University in Washington . In 1975 her classic "Art as Therapy with Children", translated into many languages, was published and she achieved international renown as a pioneer and "mother of art therapy". The Norwich University awarded her in 1996, the honorary doctorate .
Kramer regularly spent the summers well into old age in a remote alpine hut ( im Aibl ) in Grundlsee , Austria , where she died on January 21, 2014 at the age of 97.
In 2018, Edith-Kramer-Weg in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after her.
Publications
- Art as therapy with children. 4th edition. Reinhardt, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-497-01405-2 .
literature
- Jörg Thunecke: Edith Kramer 1916–2014, In: Zwischenwelt. Literature, resistance, exile. Zs. Der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft , No. 2–3, autumn 2014 ISSN 1606-4321 pp. 19–23.
- Charlotte Zwiauer: Kramer, Edith. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 402-405.
- Edith Kramer: Vienna - New York. Painter between the worlds , sales catalog of Galerie Kovacek, Vienna 2006
Web links
- Literature by and about Edith Kramer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Interview with Edith Kramer for the Center for Jewish History
- Fragment of Edith Kramer's estate in the German Exile Archive of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Lawrence Fine Arts: Edith Kramer. Retrieved April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Dr. Edith Kramer: Background. Retrieved April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Die Presse: Edith Kramer: Mother of art therapy has died. Retrieved April 8, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kramer, Edith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, art therapist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2014 |
| Place of death | Grundlsee |