Annemarie Heise

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Self-portrait by Annemarie Heise (around 1935)

Annemarie Heise (born May 31, 1886 in Groß Salze ; † March 24, 1937 in Schönebeck (Elbe) ) was a German painter and graphic artist . She was the sister of the artist Katharina Heise .

Life

Heise was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She graduated from the secondary school for girls in Schönebeck and was educated for another year with the Herrnhutern in Gnadau . In Magdeburg she received two painting lessons a week, but later went to Dresden to the private art school of Professor Ferdinand Dorsch .

She was deeply impressed by the numerous museums and exhibitions in the Saxon royal seat. In Dresden she first met the Brücke painters and other avant-garde artists. She finished art school in 1913 because she couldn't learn anything in Dorsch's study studio. Young artists met in her studio, including Conrad Felixmüller . In addition to Felixmüller's oil painting AH, Painter from 1912/13 - the picture is now in the Moritzburg State Gallery - the painter created other works that refer to Heise's studio.

In 1913 she traveled to Paris with her sister , where she took lessons from Félix Vallotton and Maurice Denis . From Paris she wrote:

“You could work day and night. The atmosphere at home is just color, everything here is tonal in a thousand nuances. When you go out, you never come home without an artistic experience. "

Shortly before the start of World War I , she went back to Germany with the intention of being in Paris again next winter. The outbreak of war prevented all plans. Heise went to Berlin with her sister in 1914 and shared the studio at Sigmundshof 11, which Käthe Kollwitz had previously rented. At first she was very disappointed with Berlin and the artistic climate. But soon she was reconciled with the city and one of her most productive creative phases began. Her studio became a meeting place for numerous modern artists. She was a frequent guest of Käthe Kollwitz, who also gave her collegial support. In 1916 Heise participated with 28 works in the first Magdeburg Expressionist exhibition initiated by Kurt Pinthus . During her life in Berlin she returned to her parents' farm in Salzelmen for short or long periods of time. Trips to the island of Sylt and to Dalmatia supported the creative atmosphere.

In 1933, when the National Socialists came to power, she was not ready to compromise with those in power, so that exhibitions and commissions did not materialize. Having had cancer since 1936, she died on October 24, 1937 at the age of 50 in Schönebeck.

Heise's estate is in the Moritzburg State Gallery in Halle (Saale) and in the Angermuseum in Erfurt . In 1948, a memorial exhibition was held in her honor in Halle. Numerous oil paintings, watercolors and drawings were shown.

literature

  • Jörg-Heiko Bruns / Katrin Gäde: Heise, Annemarie . In: Eva Labouvie (Ed.): Women in Saxony-Anhalt, Vol. 2: A biographical-bibliographical lexicon from the 19th century to 1945. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2019, ISBN 978-3-412-51145-6 , p. 210-212.
  • Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. Leipzig 1955, Volume 2, Page 409.
  • Annemarie Heise memorial exhibition. Catalog Gallery Henning; Kreuz-Verlag, Halle 1948

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog: Annemarie Heise Memorial Exhibition. Kreuz-Verlag, Halle 1948
personal data
SURNAME Heise, Annemarie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Big salts
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1937
Place of death Schönebeck (Elbe)