Elisabeth Wild
Elisabeth Wild (born February 6, 1922 in Vienna ; † before or on February 12, 2020 in Panajachel , Guatemala ) was an Austrian - Swiss painter , collage and installation artist .
life and work
Elisabeth Wild studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and fled to Argentina with her family in 1938 from National Socialism . She deepened her studies at the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires . To make a living, she designed textile prints. She married the textile entrepreneur August Wild. Vivian Suter is their daughter. In 1962 the family moved to Switzerland, Elisabeth Wild ran an antique shop . From 1996 she lived and worked near her daughter and grandson in Panajachel , Guatemala .
Wild's painting is in the tradition of magical realism . Her painterly subjects were predominantly landscapes , still lifes and portraits . In the tradition of surrealist collages, she created a new reality using art.
“Wild is currently working on collages. In a daily meditative process, she flips through lifestyle magazines and cuts out individual pages, a ritual that gives shape to her inner experience and enables an escape from the familiar. These cut-outs made of glossy paper create a crystalline architecture that fills page after page - Wild's work primarily deals with the inanimate, built, mineral world and can be understood as the sediment of an iconography of cool chic: Practically anything can catch your attention, from lipstick advertising from luxury interiors to fashion accessories. In doing so, she acts like a collector and brings together elements of earthly glamor and glitter in order to free them from the world of consumption and to transform all too familiar into new images. Wild's kaleidoscopic worlds - the artist herself calls them Fantasías - have their own, very special charm. "
Web links
- Stefan Benchoam Time Exists Differently Here: Vivian Suter and Elisabeth Wild. Mousse Magazine , April / May 2017 (English)
- Izabella Scott: These Artists Show Why Our Most Creative Years Often Come after 60. Artsy , March 31, 2017 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Documenta artist Elisabeth Wild died at the age of 98
- ↑ Terremoto Fantasias , accessed July 28, 2019
- ↑ Ruberta Fantasías Elisabeth Wild , accessed on July 28, 2019
- ^ Elisabeth Wild Fantasias 2nd website of the Kunsthalle Basel, accessed on July 28, 2019.
- ↑ documenta 14 , daybook Elisabeth Wild , accessed on July 28, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wild, Elisabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollak, Elisabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-Swiss painter, collage and installation artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | before February 12, 2020 |
| Place of death | Panajachel , Guatemala |