Christa Dichgans
Christa Springer-Dichgans (born April 6, 1940 in Berlin ; † July 14, 2018 there ) was a German painter and graphic artist from the pop art movement.
Life
Dichgans studied painting at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
In 1966 she came to New York on a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation , but returned to Europe the following year and settled in Rome . Since 1972 she lived in Berlin and La Haute Carpénée in southern France. Between 1984 and 1988 she worked as an assistant to Georg Baselitz at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Christa Springer-Dichgans died at the age of 78 in her native town and was buried in the local cemetery in Zehlendorf (field 013-89).
Exhibitions
Since 1967 there have been numerous solo exhibitions of her pictures, including in Berlin, New York, Paris , Venice , Buenos Aires , Zurich and Moscow, as well as several group exhibitions. She was one of nine artists in the pop art exhibition Power Up - Female Pop Art in the Kunsthalle Wien in winter 2010/2011.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1997 Russia , Galerie Springer, Berlin, December 1996 - February 1997
- 2000 Christa Dichgans. Zum 60 - Bilder , Galerie Poll, Berlin, April 8 - June 10, 2000
- 2004 Christa Dichgans: Pictures and Sculptures , Galerie Kasten, Mannheim , March 28 to May 31, 2004
- 2006 Christa Dichgans. King Kong Kisses , Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, August 25 to September 23, 2006
- 2010 Toy Pictures 1967–7 , Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich
- 2018 Christa Dichgans, No Still Life , Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover
Public collections
- New National Gallery , Berlin
- Berlinische Galerie , Berlin
- Kupferstichkabinett , Berlin
- Collection of the Bundestag , Berlin
- Art Museum Bonn
- Municipal gallery Viersen
- Church museums in Würzburg
- Art Association Castle Wertingen
Web links
- Christa Dichgans , profile on artnet.com
- Christa Dichgans , profile on artfacts.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Painter Christa Dichgans has died. In: Der Tagesspiegel . July 17, 2018, accessed July 18, 2018 .
- ^ Mourning for Pop Art artist Christa Dichgans. In: deutschlandfunkkultur.de . July 17, 2018, accessed July 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Markus Krause: An exhibition in the Poll gallery on her 60th birthday - A look back ahead. In: Der Tagesspiegel. May 26, 2000, accessed January 21, 2011 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dichgans, Christa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Springer-Dichgans, Christa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2018 |
| Place of death | Berlin |