Christine Heuer
Christine Heuer née Hecking (born November 2, 1934 in Fürstenwalde / Spree , † January 19, 1986 in Vienna ) was an Austrian artist of German origin.
Life
Christine Heuer was born in 1934 as the second child of the engineer Josef Hecking (* 1894) and his wife Elisabeth Hecking, b. Baum (* 1902) was born in Fürstenwalde / Spree. At the end of the Second World War, the mother and the children fled to their rural home in the southern Black Forest. In 1950, mother and daughter moved to the Lower Rhine region because the father had found work again.
In 1952 Christine Hecking was accepted into the Düsseldorf Werkkunstschule , where she was trained primarily in the graphics class. In 1954 she moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart in the class of Karl Rössing (printmaking). From 1956 to 1957 she attended the Düsseldorf Academy with Professor Becker. She broke off her studies to look after her sick mother in Butzbach. At the end of 1958 she visited Heinrich Heuer in Vienna , whom she had known since the Rössing class. In 1959 the couple married. At first they worked in the shared studio space. In 1962 the son was born. From 1970 Christine Heuer had her own studio. In 1972 she received Austrian citizenship.
From 1971 her exhibition began, with which she had increasing success.
She received several awards; many of her works have been purchased and are in private and public collections in Austria and Germany. In 1985 she had to give up her artistic activity due to a serious illness. She died in Vienna in 1986. She was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1971: Small Gallery Vienna
- 1973: Gallery at the Stubenbastei Vienna
- 1975: Academia Gallery Salzburg
- 1976: Gallery at the Stubenbastei Vienna
- 1977: Exhibition in Linz, Vienna, Klagenfurt, Stuttgart (Karl Rössing and his students)
- 1979: Gallery on the Stubenbastei, Gerersdorfer Gallery
- 1980: Galerie Landesgirokasse Stuttgart
- 1981: Art Association Nuremberg Albrecht Dürer Society Nuremberg
- 1982: New Gallery Vienna , Gallery Art House Dornbirn
- 1983: Galerie Welz Salzburg, Faber-Castell Nuremberg
- 1984: Galerie GIM Munich, Kunstverein Pforzheim
- 1985: New Gallery Vienna
- 1991: (posthumous) Neue Galerie Wien, Galerie Welz Salzburg, Rupertinum Salzburg, Documentation Center Modern Art St. Pölten
- 2016: (posthumous) Galerie Exner Vienna
Catalogs and texts
- Old and Modern Art 1973 / Issue 129 Text: Wilhelm Mrazek
- Catalog 1979: Christine Heuer. The edge of Vienna (with a literary text by Ernst Kein)
- Wien aktuell 1980 / Issue 1/2 Text: Renate Winklbauer
- Catalog 1981: Christine Heuer Albrecht Dürer Society Nuremberg Text: Harald Loebermann
Wien aktuell 1982 issue 1, text: Harald Sterk
Parnass 1983 issue 4, text: Kristian Sotriffer
Parnass 1986 issue 2, text: Traude Hansen
Book / catalog 1991: Christine Heuer texts: Heinrich Heuer, Kristian Sotriffer, Harald Loebermann
Working in public collections
- Graphic Collection Albertina , Vienna
- Museum of the 20th Century , Vienna
- Museum of Applied Arts , Vienna
- Historical Museum of the City of Vienna
- Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Sport, Vienna
- Lower Austrian provincial government, Vienna
- Collection of the state of Vorarlberg
- Art fund of the Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank, Vienna
- Graphic collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
- Gallery of the City of Stuttgart, now the Stuttgart Art Museum
- Collection of the Landesgirokasse Stuttgart
- Kunsthalle Graphic Collection Munich
- Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg
- Graphic collection of the Albstadt gallery
Awards
- 1972: Prize of the Central Savings Bank of the Municipality of Vienna in the competition exhibition "The Vienna Cityscape"
- 1975: Rank-Xerox award recognition, "Concrete"
- 1977: Theodor Körner Prize Vienna
- 1981: Prize of the Vienna Art Fund of the Zentralsparkasse Wien
- 1983: Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts (for graphics)
literature
- Kurt Rossacher : Old and Modern Art , 18th century, issue 129, Salzburg 1973, p. 37
Web links
- Literature by and about Christine Heuer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website christineheuer.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Grave site Christine Heuer , Vienna, Zentralfriedhof, group 47, group extension F, row 10, no.26.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | This year, Christine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hecking, Christine (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenwalde / Spree |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1986 |
| Place of death | Vienna |