Annemarie von Matt

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Annemarie von Matt (born April 10, 1905 as Annemarie Gunz in Root , † November 27, 1967 in Stans ) was a Swiss painter , graphic artist and writer .

Life

Annemarie von Matt attended elementary school for seven years, and even as a child she liked to paint. She did not learn a trade, which was typical for a girl from a humble background at the time. After school she worked as a nanny and housemaid. From 1926 to 1928 she trained as a craftsperson with the goldsmith Martha Haefeli in Lucerne . She then created works in advance that were based on religious folk art . Between 1946 and 1955, she created works which she classed among the predecessors of concept art . She also wrote aphorisms and language games , which she supplemented with sculptures and material assemblages and interpreted further. From 1955 she hardly worked as an artist, but mainly devoted herself to collecting and cataloging.

From 1935 until her death she was married to the painter, sculptor and writer Hans von Matt (1899–1985) and lived in Stans . Her love affair with the central Swiss theologian , priest and writer Josef Vital Kopp , whom she met for the first time in 1940, shaped her work.

In the exhibition Annemarie von Matt - Resistible, in the Nidwalden Museum 2020, her artistic work was reworked and no longer viewed in the context of her relationships, but as the work of an independent artist who was ahead of her time with her fragmentary work.

Exhibitions (selection)

Works

  • From letters and notes, poems. In: Hans von Matt: Annemarie von Matt 1905–1967. Self-published by Hans von Matt, Stans 1969, pp. 29-48, 50-71.
  • Records and letters. In: Central Switzerland Almanach 1972. Edited by Otto Odermatt. Dabra Verlag, Stans 1972, unpaginated.
  • Blasius reports = letters to Toni Flüeler . In: Hans von Matt: counter-gifts. Annemarie von Matt 1905–1967. Toni Flüeler 1898–1960. Dabra Verlag, Stans 1974, pp. 22-24, 26-32, 34 f.
  • Poems and prose. In: Central Switzerland Almanach 1976. Edited by Otto Odermatt. Dabra Verlag, Stans 1976, unpaginated.
  • Letters and notes. In: Annemarie von Matt 1905–1967. «Insight into my underworld». Edited by Marianne Baltensperger, Regine Helbling, Ulrich Gerster and Heini Gut. Exhibition catalog Nidwalden Museum. Benteli Verlag, Wabern / Bern 2003, ISBN 3-7165-1297-4 , pp. 107-116, 154-159.
  • Texts, letters, paintings, objects, works on paper. In: Dark Sisters. Annemarie von Matt - Sonja Sekula. Edited by Roman Kurzmeyer and Roger Perret. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-85881-213-1 , pp. 29-137.
  • Diary of love and anger. Passages and poems from the letter work. Edited by Beatrice von Matt. The Fifth Beast, Stans 2008, ISBN 978-3-9522982-6-8 .
  • Slips 1-56. In: Annemarie von Matt, Entzückenzucker. Edited by Nadine Wietlisbach. Nidwaldner Museum, Stans 2015, pp. 4–23 [= Nidwaldner Kunstheft, No. 7].

literature

  • Hans von Matt: Annemarie von Matt 1905–1967. Self-published by Hans von Matt, Stans 1969.
  • Theo Kneubühler: [Annemarie von Matt]. In: Annemarie von Matt 1905–1967. Exhibition catalog Galerie Raeber, Lucerne 1973, unpaginated.
  • Hans von Matt: counter-gifts. Annemarie von Matt 1905–1967. Toni Flüeler 1898–1960. Dabra Verlag, Stans 1974.
  • Fritz Billeter: Outside. Highlights of modern Swiss art. ABC Verlag, Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-85504-059-1 , pp. 39-44.
  • Christina Baumann: Annemarie von Matt. In: Helvetic profiles. 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800. Edited by the Zurich Seminar for Literary Criticism with Werner Weber . Artemis Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7608-0540-X , pp. 132-137.
  • Inge Sprenger Viol: Annemarie von Matt - questions that remained unanswered. In: Inge Sprenger Viol: Remarkable women. 17 portraits of central Swiss women who outlived their time. Lucerne / Hergiswil, Verlag Almona 1986, pp. 75–81.
  • Otto Marchi: As much as you want. Novel . Nagel & Kimche, Zurich / Frauenfeld 1994, ISBN 3-312-00200-1 .
  • Annemarie von Matt 1905–1967. «Insight into my underworld». Edited by Marianne Baltensperger, Regine Helbling, Ulrich Gerster and Heini Gut. With contributions by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Regine Helbling, Fabrizio Brentini, Ingrid Textor, Andreas Meier, Christoph Lichtin, Beatrice von Matt-Albrecht, Roman Kurzmeyer, Ulrich Gerster and Sibylle Omlin. Exhibition catalog Nidwalden Museum. Benteli Verlag, Wabern / Bern 2003, ISBN 3-7165-1297-4 .
  • Roman Kurzmeyer: Counterpart. In: Art creation in Switzerland 1848–2006. Published by the Swiss Institute for Art Research, Benteli Verlag 2006, Bern / Zurich, ISBN 3-7165-1462-4 , pp. 333–343.
  • Maria Generosa Christen-Odermat: Memory of Annemarie von Matt. Books by Matt, Stans 2007, ISBN 978-3-906997-42-1 .
  • Dark sisters. Annemarie von Matt - Sonja Sekula. Edited by Roman Kurzmeyer and Roger Perret. With contributions by Roman Kurzmeyer, Angelika Overath , Gisela Steinlechner, Hans von Matt, Peter Cornelius Claussen, Christiane Meyer-Thoss, Brian O'Doherty and Max Bolliger . Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-85881-213-1 .
    • therein: Roger Perret: Biography of Annemarie von Matt. Pp. 289-310.
  • Annemarie von Matt, delight sugar. Edited by Nadine Wietlisbach. With contributions by Dorothee Elmiger, Michael Fehr , Anna Papst and Filib Schürmann. Nidwaldner Museum, Stans 2015 [= Nidwaldner Kunstheft, No. 7].

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of Josef Vital Kopp's estate (PDF file)
personal data
SURNAME Matt, Annemarie von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gunz, Annemarie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter, graphic artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Root
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1967
Place of death Stans