Edith Rimkus-Beseler

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Edith Rimkus-Beseler (* as Edith Rimkus December 14, 1926 in East Prussia; † April 22, 2016 ) was a German photographer, storyteller and art teacher.

Life

After attending elementary school, Edith Rimkus learned the trade of technical draftsman in the Schichau shipyard in Königsberg .

In 1945 she fled to Saxony via Hamburg and became a new teacher there . Later she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden with Josef Hegenbarth and Hans Grundig and began training in the workshop of the photographer Pan Walther in Dresden-Loschwitz. In order to be able to buy a camera, she worked briefly as a mine separator in the bismuth mining industry .

She moved to Berlin to the Volk und Wissen publishing house and then worked at the graphic and book art college in Berlin-Schöneweide as the head of the photography class. Later she worked as a freelancer for various magazines and publishers in Berlin.

Rimkus-Beseler was involved in the production and publication of illustrated books and children's books. She obtained a diploma as a specialist in art education at the Humboldt University in Berlin and worked as an art educator and freelance photographer.

Since 1952 she was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR ; She was also a member of the International Federation of Art Photographers (AFIAP).

She was married to the writer Horst Beseler and had been living with the family in a former farm in Hinzenhagen , Rostock district in Mecklenburg , for forty years .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A steadfast author. Edith Rimkus-Beseler is 85 years old
  2. ↑ Obituary notice of the family , Ostseezeitung from April 29, 2016, accessed on May 22, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Rimkus-Beseler, Edith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rimkus, Edith (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer, storyteller and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2016