Else Winnewisser
Else Winnewisser (also Schanz-Winnewisser, born in Heidelberg in 1936 ) is a German painter and graphic artist . She was one of the students who was involved in the first public debate of the post-war period in the 1950s about the question of what art is and may be.
Against her father's wishes, Else Winnewisser studied fine arts after graduating from the Karlsruhe Art Academy with the aim of becoming a teacher at grammar schools. Your teachers there were Wilhelm Schnarrenberger and HAP Grieshaber . She studied with Grieshaber in a class from which such well-known artists as Hans Baschang , Walter Stöhrer and Horst Antes emerged .
Winnewisser was one of the students whose rejection by the examination board in the first state examination resulted in a much-noticed public debate about what art should be understood and how far art should go. After the students had to repeat their exams a year later in order to prove their naturalistic drawing skills, as their first examination papers had seemed too free for the examination board, Grieshaber gave up his professorship in protest against this conception of art . As a result of these events, the examination regulations , which originated from the time of National Socialism , were changed.
In addition to her artistic work, Else Winnewisser was a teacher from 1961 to 1999, most recently as director of studies at the Lessing-Gymnasium in Karlsruhe . She was married to the painter Heinz Schanz ; a daughter (born 1965). Else Winnewisser lives and works in Karlsruhe and every summer in Rochegude in southern France since the mid-1970s .
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2001: Hans Thoma Society, Reutlingen Art Association
- 2011: Painted, drawn, printed , Galerie Clemens Thimme, Karlsruhe
literature
- Richard W. Eichler: Könner, Künstler, Scharlatans , JF Lehmann Verlag, first edition 1960, 1978 first edition with ISBN 3-85002-093-2 .
- Else Winnewisser - works from forty years: painting, gouaches, drawings, prints , Reutlingen 2001, ISBN 3-933820-34-0 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Hübl: With the motor scooter from studio to studio ; BNN of February 18, 2011
- ^ Richard W. Eichler: Könner, Künstler, Scharlatane , JF Lehmann Verlag, first edition 1960, 1978 first edition with ISBN 3-85002-093-2 .
- ↑ Catalog for the exhibition "adieu tristess ..., Neue Figuration", Hurrle Collection in the Museum of Contemporary Art Durbach , Durbach 2018 (p. 44)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winnewisser, Else |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schanz-Winnewisser, Else |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |