Doris Balz
Doris Balz (born May 25, 1910 in Karlsruhe ; † October 1994 ; née Gerstel ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Balz was the daughter of the sculptor Wilhelm Gerstel and the Bremen painter Mili Gerstel-Plump . After graduating from high school in 1930, she studied biology and art in Berlin and Munich. In 1934 she passed a factory teacher examination. She married the sculptor Ernst Balz , with whom she had four children. In 1943 she came to live with her father-in-law in Gellmersbach near Heilbronn . Her husband is one of the missing from World War II. After the end of the war she was temporarily a drawing, craft and biology teacher in Weinsberg , as well as a lecturer at the Heilbronn adult education center . In 1952 she moved to Heilbronn, where she ran her own studio in the Heilbronn-Sontheim district from 1958 .
Artistic creation
Doris Balz mainly created folk figurative terracotta works that were also shown at international exhibitions. Solo exhibitions of her works took place in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly in Heilbronn, Öhringen and Stuttgart . She was a member of the Künstlerbund Heilbronn .
Publicly owned works
The city of Heilbronn bought works by Doris Balz six times between 1954 and 1975. The Eppingen District Office also acquired one of their works in 1973.
literature
- 30 years of the Heilbronn Artists' Association, summer exhibition 1979 , p. 32/33.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of birth and death according to Heilbronn city archive , collection of contemporary history, s. [1] , signature ZS-10015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Courtship, Doris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerstel, Doris (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1994 |