Christa von Schnitzler

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Large standing women (1978/1980), Frankfurt am Main

Christa von Schnitzler (born July 12, 1922 in Cologne ; † June 28, 2003 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Christa von Schnitzler, born in Cologne in 1922, lived alternately in France, Germany and England between 1928 and 1939, and then in Frankfurt am Main from 1941 to 1947. She was accepted into Toni Stadler's sculpture class at the Städelschule and followed Stadler to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1947 , where she completed her studies in sculpture in 1952. Von Schnitzler had her first solo exhibition in 1958 at the Kunstverein Cologne. In 1965 she received the Burda Prize and became a member of the German Association of Artists and the New Group in Munich . In the following year she returned to Frankfurt am Main with her husband, the sculptor Michael Croissant . (Croissant had accepted a professorship at the Städelschule .) In 1984 von Schnitzler met the artist Gisela Nietmann, with whom she worked from then on in a joint studio in Frankfurt am Main.

Awards

Solo exhibitions (selection)

plant

Von Schnitzler began with figurative sculptures in the 1950s, which was followed by an informal work phase from the late 1950s to the early 1960s . From around 1962 to 1965 she created a number of torsos and fragments. From the late 1960s onwards, the very slender, polished wooden steles were created, some of which she had cast in bronze. They derive their haunting, contemplative effect from the female silhouette, which has only been adopted as a symbol, on the one hand, the abstract play of curved lines, thickening and thinning on the stele on the other, and finally from the thrift with which von Schnitzler uses these sculptural means. The steles, although mummy-like in appearance, radiate self-assurance and autonomy. But one may also want to read from them loneliness.

Works in public space (selection)

  • 1978 tall standing . Bronze, Frankfurt am Main, installed in 1980
  • 1983 “Girl” stele . Bronze, south bank of the university pond, University of Augsburg

Selected literature

  • Sculpter la Présence - Christa von Schnitzler - sculptures 1949 - 1989 . Frankfurt am Main, 1990.
  • Gisela Nietmann / Christa von Schnitzler: The magic of barren form - sculptures 1984–94 . Munich, 1995
  • Christa von Schnitzler - The informal bronzes . Frankfurt am Main, 1999 (text in German and English)
  • from Schnitzler, Christa . In: Supreme Building Authority Munich (Hrsg.): Bildwerk Bauwerk Artwork - 30 years of art and state building in Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7654-2308-4 , p. 36, 54-55 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ by Schnitzler, Christa . Entry on art in public space Frankfurt , Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Schnitzler, Christa von, Oskar ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 27, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  3. ↑ Due to scheduling reasons, the award ceremony did not take place until February 5, 1996 in the Wiesbaden Museum. However, the prize was awarded back in 1995.
  4. ↑ Christa von Schnitzler - sculptures . Exhibition at Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, September 1 to October 21, 2001
  5. ↑ Peter Anselm Riedl: Much more than evidence of a transition phase. To the informal bronzes by Christa von Schnitzler . In: Christa von Schnitzler - The informal bronzes. 1999, pp. 29-40
  6. ↑ Cf. Gisela Nietmann (ed.): Christa von Schnitzler - Early Torsi and Fragments . TM Verlag, Textorstr. 93, Frankfurt am Main, 2002.
  7. ↑ Kunst am Campus ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB), University of Augsburg, 2005, p. 26  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / videolabor.phil.uni-augsburg.de

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schnitzler, Christa von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 2003
Place of death Frankfurt am Main