Gretli Fuchs

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Gretli Fuchs (born January 26, 1917 in Oldenburg ; † June 20, 1995 in Passau ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Live and act

She began her studies in Frankfurt am Main at the Städelschule and from 1940 attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Hermann Mayrhofer . In 1944 the graphics class was relocated to Passau-Oberhaus and Fuchs moved her place of residence there. In 1945 she met Franz Xaver Spann and Alfred Kubin and was accepted into the association of freelance artists. She was also a member of the Innviertel Artists Guild .

Works

  • Passau - City view of Passau , etching
  • Passau - Way of the Cross of the Heiliggeistkirche Passau
  • Passau - General view of the Oberhaus festival , lithograph, 1985
  • Passau - Schaiblingsturm , lithograph, 1978
  • Passau - Cathedral and residences , etching
  • Passau - Innseite , lithograph, 1985
  • Passau - Floating City , etching, 1988
  • Passau - City Hall , color lithograph, 1984
  • Passau - Floating City with Zille , lithograph, 1981
  • Passau - View from the Klosterberg , lithograph, 1985
  • Passau - Hals , oil on cardboard, 1950
  • Passau - Stadtpark , oil on cardboard, 1955
  • Italy - coastal landscape near Monterosso , oil on cardboard
  • Italy - Near Monterosso , oil on cardboard
  • Rome - Piazza Novana , pencil, 1989
  • Rome - Porta S. Paolo , watercolor, 1987
  • Rome - Pantheon near Nach , watercolor, 1987
  • Rome - Arch of Titus , etching, 1983
  • Rome - Window View , lithograph, 1989
  • Sutri , watercolor, 1987
  • The big tree , color lithograph, 1985
  • At the old mill , colored pencil drawing, 1992
  • The Inn near Wernstein , lithograph with plate tone , 1987
  • Glove still life , color lithograph, 1957

Awards

In 1950 she won the poster competition for the Katholikentag in Passau, in 1977 she received the Villa La Collina scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation , in 1989 the cultural letter of honor from the city of Passau and in 2000 a street in Passau was named after her.

Exhibitions

  • 1992: Gretli Fuchs, painting, drawing, graphics , exhibition in the Oberhausmuseum Passau (1992), with catalog

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gretli Fuchs, in: Web presence of the Wildner Gallery
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Gretli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1995
Place of death Passau