Edith Russ

Edith Maria Russ (born January 22, 1919 in Hildesheim ; † July 18, 1993 in Oldenburg ) was the founder of the Edith Russ House for Media Art in Oldenburg.

Ruß was born on January 22nd, 1919 in Hildesheim. In autumn 1929 the family moved to Oldenburg. In 1939 Edith Russ started a career as a journalist with a traineeship at the "Oldenburger Nachrichten" . She took over the editing of the cultural and political department and moved to Berlin in 1941 to the fashion magazine "Hella", which was discontinued in 1943 due to the war. She returned to Oldenburg and headed the features section of the "Oldenburgische Staatszeitung". In 1945 she gave up her possible career in the newspaper sector and began studying to become a teacher at the Pedagogical Academy in Oldenburg. At the age of 53 she successfully completed additional studies as a special school teacher and taught mentally handicapped children until she retired. In 1978 the student retired. In 1990 Edith Ruß fell ill with cancer , from which she died on July 18, 1993.

She was interested in literature, theater, music and the fine arts all her life. From the 1980s onwards she mainly acquired small sculptures. She initially made them available on loan to the permanent exhibition “Art of the 20th Century” in the Augusteum (part of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History). After getting cancer, she began to settle her estate; the earlier loans became donations. She bequeathed her entire cash fortune to the city of Oldenburg with the proviso that a house for "art in transition into the new millennium" was created. This is how the Edith Russ House for Media Art came into being.

literature

• Paula von Sydow, City of Oldenburg Cultural Office (ed.): I always wanted to use the money for the general public. Biography of the Oldenburg patron Edith Maria Ruß , Isensee-Verlag, Oldenburg 2000, ISBN 3-89598-660-7 .

Web links

• Website of the Edith-Russ-Haus
• Facebook website of the Edith Russ House