Gudrun Kruger

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Bird's eye (1985, Reutlingen)

Gudrun Krüger (born February 11, 1922 in Tübingen ; † May 25, 2004 in Eningen unter Achalm ) was a visual artist . She was married to Fritz Schwegler and last lived in Eningen under Achalm. She is considered an artist of high standing, whose works can be found in the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London .

education

From 1939 to 1941 she studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Alfred Lörcher ; then a private study with Otto Baum . From 1943 to 1944 she was in the master's atelier of the Vienna Academy , before she stayed in London for four years from 1953 and then returned to her homeland. Already at the end of the war she described herself as a freelance artist. She was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund , the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg and the GEDOK .

Works (selection)

  • 1985 Wood relief, special school center, Stuttgart-Vaihingen
  • 1985 Wooden relief, Bad Urach district hospital
  • 1985 "Bird's eye", stainless steel, Reutlingen City Library
  • 1986 "Figure Group Gordona", bronze, municipality of Eningen
  • 1986 "Eichenläubin", stainless steel, Schillerplatz, Eningen

Exhibitions, individual works

  • British Museum, London
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • Gallery of the City of Stuttgart
  • Collection of the city of Esslingen
  • Augustiner Museum, Freiburg i. Br.
  • Collection of the city of Reutlingen
  • Ministry for Family, Women, Further Education and Art, Baden-Württemberg
  • Collection Dr. Ulrich Frey, Gummersbach
  • Günter Westermann collection

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fabri-antiquariat.de or khi.uni-heidelberg.de ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.khi.uni-heidelberg.de
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Krüger, Gudrun ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 28, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Gudrun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2004
Place of death Eningen under Achalm