Dore Mönkemeyer-Corty

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Dore Mönkemeyer-Corty (* 27. April 1890 in Dresden , † 17th February 1970 ibid, full name: Dorothea Maria Mönkemeyer-Corty ) was a German commercial artist and poster artist . She is one of the most renowned commercial graphic artists of the 1920s.

life and work

After studying at the Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden with Erich and Gertrud Kleinhempel , Georg Lührig and Max Frey , she lived as a freelance artist in Dresden with her husband, the painter and graphic artist Fritz Walter Mönkemeyer .

After the bombing raids on Dresden , through which she lost her studio, Mönkemeyer-Corty lived with family members in the Ore Mountains until 1954 . She later lived in Paul Sinkwitz's former home in Hellerau .

Dore Mönkemeyer-Corty designed a large number of posters for companies and exhibitions. She won numerous awards and prizes. Her work was regularly presented and discussed in the leading trade journals of the time, commercial graphics and Das Plakat . She designed the title page for the 3/1925 and 10/1931 issues of the international commercial graphic magazine, which was founded in 1924 and will appear in two languages ​​from 1926 . She also signed her work after she got married to Corty .

One of her most important works is the poster for the 2nd German Art Exhibition in Dresden from 1949, which shows a stylized dove of peace . When the 1st prize competition for the best German poster was held in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950, that of Mönkemeyer-Corty was the only East German one selected by the jury.

The poster for wire mesh for the Dresden company Louis Hermann, designed between 1910 and 1914 and now part of the German Historical Museum with inventory number P 57/605, should also be emphasized .

In addition to your poster art Mönkemeyer-Corty also created frescoes in the village church Schellerhau and her husband Fritz Mönkemeyer in by Paul wreath in the style of Art Deco built Luther Church in Neuwiese (Oelsnitz / Erzgeb.) .

Together with her husband Mönkemeyer-Corty designed a number of woodcuts and stings, including postcards, Christmas greetings and bookplates and profane stained glass windows in various buildings in the Ore Mountains.

Memberships

literature

  • Ute Brüning: Dore Mönkemeyer-Corty. A poster artist at a losing stake? In: Gerda Breuer / Julia Meer (eds.): Women in Graphic Design. 1890-2012. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8 , pp. 133-142.
  • Gerda Breuer / Julia Meer (eds.): Women in Graphic Design. 1890-2012. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8 , p. 516.
  • Roland Hanusch: Dore Corty and Fritz Mönkemeyer. About the work of the artist couple in the Ore Mountains. Published in: Glückauf. Journal of the Erzgebirgsverein e. V. 113 (2002), 12, pp. 222-223.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ute Brüning: Dore Mönkemeyer-Corty. A poster artist at a losing stake? In: Gerda Breuer / Julia Meer (eds.) Women in Graphic Design. 1890-2012. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8 , pp. 133-142
  2. ↑ Gerda Breuer / Julia Meer (eds.) Women in Graphic Design. 1890-2012. Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8 , p. 516
  3. ↑ Patrick Rössler: A magazine as a printed shop window for the advertising world: Utility graphics 1924–1944 . Stiebner, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-8307-1430-9 .
  4. ↑ [1] , accessed on January 14, 2017
  5. ^ Hanusch, Roland: Dore Corty and Fritz Mönkemeyer: on the work of the artist couple in the Ore Mountains. Published in: Glückauf: Zeitschrift des Erzgebirgsvereins e. V., 113 (2002), 12, pp. 222-223
personal data
SURNAME Mönkemeyer-Corty, Dore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mönkemeyer-Corty, Dorothea Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German commercial artist and poster artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1970
Place of death Dresden