Christa Cremer
Christa Cremer (born August 16, 1921 in Görlitz ; † December 4, 2010 in Berlin ) was a German painter , graphic artist , sculptor and ceramicist .
biography
Christa von Carnap completed her graphic studies at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1939 to 1940, two years later she married the sculptor Waldemar Grzimek (1918–1984). The sculptress Sabine Grzimek (* 1942) and the ceramicist Tomas Grzimek (* 1948) emerged from the marriage.
She designed her first ceramic works from 1949–1953 in her ceramic workshop together with Aga Honigberger (* 1921). The marriage ended in divorce in 1951. In 1953 she married the sculptor, graphic artist and draftsman Fritz Cremer (1906–1993), whom she had already met while they were together in the Villa Massimo , and moved to Berlin-Pankow with his children Sabine and Thomas Grzimek . In 1954 their daughter Katrine (Trini) was born. In the same year Christa Cremer began her first sculptural work. 16 lithographs from the years 1955–1959 are in the archive of the Akademie der Künste before she mainly painted from 1980. She started with the tile designs in 2007, after which she was able to look back on a number of designs for ceramic tiles.
Christa Cremer died on December 4, 2010 in Berlin after a short, serious illness.
Quote
“ Christa Cremer observes life with the eyes of a dancer; you decipher human existence in body language, which revolves around Eros and Thanatos. Erotic play with the desire to be loved, approaching the reality of death and the search for the self through looking in the mirror are the moving themes of her sheets. It is above all the naked body that expresses this; the artist dispenses with textile accessories just as lightly as she does without meaningful metaphors. The format of your pictures invites you to look at them up close and shows no tendency to exaggerate, which with these topics, expressively or symbolically, often overwhelms aesthetics ... "(Friedrich Rothe, 1996)
Exhibitions
- 1987 Köpenick Palace , Berlin
- 1993 "Die Tunge" gallery, Berlin
- 1996 shop gallery , Berlin
- 2001 "Galerie am Amalienpark", Berlin
Works (selection)
- Seated woman with hand on hair, bronze , 1980
- Mother with child, bronze, 1980
- Two nuns I, lithograph, 1995
- FC&A., Lithograph, 1995
- FC&A. II, lithograph, 1995
- male nude, lithograph, 1995
- Portrait of an old man, lithograph, 1995
- Standing by the pillar, bronze, 2002
literature
- Exhibition: Christa Cremer from May 20 to June 16, 1996 in the Ladengalerie, Berlin, ISBN 3-926460-53-9
- Dietmar Eisold (ed.): Artists in the GDR. Dictionary. New life publishing house, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9
Web links
- GOLEM original photos of the artist tiles on the company homepage
- Gallery on Gendarmenmarkt sculptures
- Aga Honigberger
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data from Chista Cremer
- ^ Art collection: Christa Carnap (Cremer)
- ^ Friedrich Rothe in the exhibition catalog: Christa Cremer May 20 - June 16, 1996 shop gallery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cremer, Christa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carnap, Christa von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and ceramicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 2010 |
| Place of death | Berlin |