Gisela Eichbaum

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Olga Fanny Gisela Eichbaum , b. Gisela Bruch , known as Gisela Eichbaum (born June 5, 1920 in Mannheim , † 1996 in São Paulo ), was a German-Brazilian painter and draftsman .

life and work

In September 1935 Eichbaum emigrated to Brazil with her father, the musician Hans Bruch. In 1948 she married the doctor and researcher Franz Wilhelm Eichbaum (1906–1980), who emigrated from Prague via Great Britain in 1940 to Brazil . She studied music and art with Yolanda Mohalyi , Samson Flexor and Karl Plattner . She belonged to the Atelier-Abstração and attended the School of Modern Art in New York .

Eichbaum mainly created urban landscapes, figure pictures and still lifes, and from the 1960s onwards, informal works of art were added. She worked in oil , gouache and mixed media . Her works have been shown in solo exhibitions and over 30 group exhibitions.

Works by Gisela Eichbaum are in the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo and 20 gouaches in the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo .

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1956: MAM, São Paulo
  • 1958: Galeria de Arte das Folhas, São Paulo
  • 1960: Galeria São Luís, São Paulo
  • 1963: Galeria São Luís, São Paulo
  • 1965: MAM, Rio de Janeiro
  • 1966: Galeria São Luís, São Paulo
  • 1969: Galeria Astréia, São Paulo
  • 1970: Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
  • 1971: Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Washington
  • 1971: American University - Collier Room, Washington
  • 1976: The Unicorn Gallery, Bloomington
  • 1976: Main Library, Bloomington
  • 1979: Ibero Club, Bonn
  • 1983: Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Washington
  • 1986: Galeria Documenta, São Paulo
  • 1986: Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo
  • 1989: Galeria de Arte Paulo Vasconcellos, São Paulo
  • 1994: Galeria de Arte Paulo Vasconcellos, São Paulo
  • 1994: Galeria Documenta, São Paulo
  • 1995: Casa das Artes Galeria, São Paulo
  • 1999: Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto, Santos
  • 2004: Central Bank of Brazil , São Paulo
  • 2005: Jacarandá Studio, São Paulo
  • 2013: Gisela Eichbaum - Canções sem Palavras, Galeria Berenice Arvani, São Paulo

Group exhibitions (selection)

Awards

  • 1953: Honorable Mention, I August Show, São Paulo
  • 1954: Acquisition Prize, III São Paulo Show of Modern Art, São Paulo
  • 1962: Silver Medal (drawing), XI São Paulo Show of Modern Art, São Paulo
  • 1962: 2nd prize (drawing), Prêmio Leirner de Arte Moderna, São Paulo
  • 1962: Gold Medal (drawing), XIX Paraná Fine Arts Show, Curitiba
  • 1962: Acquisition Prize, Curitiba Art Show, Curitiba
  • 1974: Special Mention, V Mostra de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
  • 1983: Desenhista do Ano, Associação dos Críticos de Arte de São Paulo (APCA), São Paulo ("Draftsman of the Year")
  • 1994: Desenhista do Ano, Associação dos Críticos de Arte de São Paulo (APCA), São Paulo ("Draftsman of the Year")

literature

  • Eichbaum, Gisela: Canções sem Palavras. [Self-published], São Paulo, 1986.
  • Antonio Carlos Suster Abdalla (Ed.): Gisela Eichbaum. Canções sem palavras. Songs without words. São Paulo 2013, ISBN 978-85-65706-01-8 (Exhibition Galeria Berenice Arvani, November 20 to December 13, 2013)
  • Michael Nungesser : Eichbaum, Gisela . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 32, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22772-8 , p. 489.
  • Biographical handbook of German-speaking emigration after 1933 . Volume 2, Munich 1983, p. 244.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical handbook of German-speaking emigration after 1933 . tape 2 . Munich 1983, p. 244 .
  2. ↑ EICHBAUM, GISELA Artistas. In: org.br. MAM, accessed July 1, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. ^ Lourdes Nassif: Canções sem Palavras, a grande exposição de Gisela Eichbaum, em São Paulo. In: com.br. GGN, November 29, 2013, accessed July 1, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Eichbaum, Gisela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichbaum, Olga Fanny Gisela (full name); Bruch, Gisela (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Brazilian painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH 1996
Place of death São Paulo