Franciska Clausen

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Franciska Clausen , also Franziska Clausen (born January 7, 1899 in Aabenraa ; † March 5, 1986 ibid) was a German-Danish painter of New Objectivity , Cubism , Purism and Surrealism .

Life

Franciska Clausen was the daughter of the Danish businessman Peter Clausen and his wife Kirstine (née Olufsen); At the time of her birth, Aabenraa was still part of the German Empire . From 1916 to 1917 she attended the model class at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar and in 1918 went to the women's academy in Munich. From 1919 to 1921 she was a student at the Copenhagen Art Academy, where she painted interiors and portraits under the direction of Sigurd Wandel (1878–1947) . In 1921 she moved to the art academy in Munich and then attended the private art school of the painter Hans Hofmann until 1922 .

In October 1922 she came to Berlin , where she met László Moholy-Nagy through the gallery Der Sturm , under whose influence she made her first abstract collages . In 1923 she participated in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in the avant-garde department Novembergruppe . When László Moholy-Nagy moved to the Bauhaus , she visited the studio of the Russian sculptor Alexander Archipenko in Berlin .

From January 1924 she lived in Paris , where she was one of the first students of Fernand Léger's school of painting until December 1925 at the Academie moderne ; she was later friends with him. In Paris, without a studio and dependent on changing hotel rooms, she was mostly able to produce only small-format gouaches , watercolors and collages. In 1926, 1928 and 1929 she exhibited at the Salon des Société des Artistes Indépendants and stayed annually in Paris until 1933.

From 1927 to 1928 she also exhibited in New York , Chicago and Philadelphia ; During this time she approached surrealism and then in 1929 concrete abstraction . In 1930 she exhibited with the group Cercle et Carré in Paris and during this time was artistically close to the neo-plasticism of Piet Mondrian and Georges Vantongerloo . In 1932 she had her first major solo exhibition in the Binger Gallery in Copenhagen .

Since 1933 she stayed mainly in Aabenraa and also taught at the drawing and arts and crafts school for women ( Tegne- og Kunstindustriskole für Kvinder) in Copenhagen. She also participated in the exhibitions Functionalist Exhibition in Stockholm in 1931 , Den Frie Udstilling in Copenhagen in 1935 and Surrealism in Norden in Lund .

Franciska Clausen remained unmarried. After her death, she left behind a collection of 2,500 works, some of which have been exhibited in a separate area of ​​the Trapholt Museum for Modern Art in Kolding since 1990 . In 2011, the Franciska Clausens collection was moved to Brundlund Castle in Abenrade. The city is planning to build a central museum in the future, in which, in addition to the traditional maritime museum, the collection of paintings previously housed in Brundlund Castle will be appropriately presented.

On the occasion of the rediscovery of the Danish surrealist women, the exhibition Kvinderes Surrealisme was shown at the Kunstmuseum in Tondern from February to June 2019 , in which works by Rita Kernn-Larsen (1904–1998) and Elsa Thoresen (1906–1994) also include those by Franciska Clausen were exhibited.

honors and awards

  • 1977: Thorvaldsen Medal (highest Danish distinction in the fine arts; is named after the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen );
  • 1979: Lifetime honorary award from the Danish Art Foundation Statens Kunstfond .

Memberships

  • Franciska Clausen was a member of Grænselandsudstillingen , an association of performing artists who were born in the border region or who have their permanent residence.

Works (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brundlund Castle has become the home of artists. In: Wochenspiegel on Sunday. December 29, 2018, accessed on January 12, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ Aabenraa city council unanimously clears the way for a new museum. In: The North Schleswig. December 19, 2019, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ A look at avant-garde artists. February 4, 2019, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  4. ^ Franciska Clausen | Gyldendal - The Danske store. Retrieved January 12, 2020 (Danish).
  5. ↑ Fine arts. Retrieved January 12, 2020 .
  6. ↑ With art collector Panbo by his museum. In: The North Schleswig. October 21, 2019, accessed January 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Clausen, Franciska
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clausen, Franziska
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Aabenraa
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1986
Place of death Aabenraa