Edda Grossman

Edda Grossman (born October 12, 1958 in Cologne ) is a German painter .

Life

From 1978 to 1984 she studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and was a student of Karl Oppermann . In 1985 she founded the Berlin artist group Kobalt with her colleagues Norbert Fritsch, Doris von Klopotek, Frank Rödel, Klaus Mollenhauer and Renée Strecker . Several stays abroad in France and Spain followed. In 1988, Edda Grossman and her partner Karl Oppermann opened the La Rambla de las Flors studio in Barcelona, ​​which she maintains to this day. In 1995 the artist dissolved her Berlin studio and acquired the historic art mill in Veckenstedt am Harz. Today the project is a meeting place for cultural and artistic activities. Edda Grossman lives and works in Veckenstedt and Barcelona .

Grossman has two sons.

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In the 1980s, Edda Grossman first became known through exhibitions in Berlin . She works on the connection between mythology , literature , music and history . Her metaphorical imagery is characterized by the intensity of color ; she mostly works over a large area and in picture cycles. The dynamic and expressive brushwork is a style defining feature of her painting. Her artistic canon includes images of cities and portraits, allegories and images of saints, as well as still lifes. In addition, she works on objects of everyday life, paints shoe lasts and pieces of furniture, as well as plates, bowls and tiles.

Works in public collections

Edda Grossman's works are in public collections. These include the gallery of the Berlin House of Representatives , the Berlin Science Center for Social Research , the Weberbank in Berlin, the Wernigerode Town Hall , the Harz District Music School in Wernigerode, the August Bebel European School in Blankenburg (Harz) , the Kniphausen Castle Foundation in Wilhelmshaven, and Klippenstein Castle zu Radeberg, the public insurance company in Braunschweig , the Bayerische Hypobank in Hanover and Hamburg , and the Caixa Terrassa in Barcelona.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1985–2010: Galleries in Berlin: Karin Büsch, Enno Becker, Ludwig Lange
• 1989: Jewish Museum Rendsburg
• 1991: Villa Oppenheim with Klaus Duschat, Berlin
• 1996: Library of the Free University of Berlin
• 1992 and 2000: Foundation Burg Kniphausen , Wilhelmshaven; Nürnberghaus, Krakow / PL
• 2009: Domain Marienburg of the University of Hildesheim
• 2010: Harz University of Applied Sciences , Wernigerode
• 2014: Galerie Art & Old, Berlin

Honourings and prices

• 1981: Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation .
• 1981–82: DAAD annual scholarship in Paris, École des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA) with Olivier Debré .
• 1985: Scholarship from the M. Karolyi Foundation in Vence / F.
• 2013: Art / Culture Prize of the City of Wernigerode .

Literature (selection)

• Group 119. Catalog, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, 1978.
• Cobalt. Cobalt group. Painting. Berlin, Hamburg, Rendsburg, 1990.
• Edda Grossman / Klaus Duschat. Catalog, Villa Oppenheim Berlin, 1991.
• Wibke von Bonin : Zodiac. 1993.
• Charlottenburg Palace - a seat of the muse? Catalog for the 300th anniversary of Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin 1995.
• Catalog, University Library FU Berlin, Text: Gero Selig, Berlin 1996.
• Edda Grossman. Pictures and objects. Kunstverein Salzgitter eV, catalog (with special edition, 50 drypoint etchings), texts: Klaus Berner and Wibke von Bonin, Braunschweig, 2012.

Web links

• Edda Grossman's personal website
• Project art mill in Veckenstedt
• Five praise for a thoroughbred painter. Edda Grossman has been awarded the City of Wernigerode Art Prize. Volksstimme, June 21, 2013.
• Edda Grossman makes art that gets under your skin. (PDF file) Wernigerode Official Journal, Volume 21, No. 7, July 27, 2013. (at wernigerode.de)
• One saint and 18 shoe lasts. Review of the exhibition with works by Edda Grossman in the Michaelstein Monastery by Gerd Ilte and Jens Müller. Volksstimme.de, June 28, 2014.