Else Bechteler-Moses

Else Bechteler-Moses (born April 26, 1933 in Berlin ) is a German artist (carpet art).

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Else Bechteler-Moses, daughter of Theo Bechteler , lived in Immenstadt from 1945 to 1952 . After attending the Maria Stern secondary school , she completed an apprenticeship in the Hense hand weaving mill in Thalkirchdorf and continued her studies at the master crafts school in Berlin.
From 1958 she was a master student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Franz Nagel.
Else Bechteler-Moses was married to the photographer Stefan Moses and lives as a painter and carpet artist in Munich.

style

Bechteler-Moses is a carpet artist in the Informel style . In the 1970s she was one of the first artists to break away from the wall and hang her transparent fabric freely in the room (Leonie von Wilckens).

Works (selection)

• Tapestry The exalted gentleman in the Sankt-Hedwigs-Cathedral in Berlin
• Tapestry Heaven and Earth in the west choir of Augsburg Cathedral
• Two-part large scarf in the Sparkassenakademie in Landshut (1982/84)
• Liturgical vestments

Awards

• Art Award of the City of Augsburg (1968)
• Art Prize of the Diocese of Augsburg (1969, together with her father Theo Bechteler and her brother Christoph Bechteler )
• Applied Arts Award of the City of Munich (1981)

source

• The emigrated , series by Gunther le Maire