Gudrun Piper

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Gudrun Piper (born July 1, 1917 in Kobe , Japan ; † October 12, 2016 in Wedel ) was a German painter and graphic artist . She lived and worked in Wedel near Hamburg .

Life

Gudrun Piper was the daughter of the writer Maria Piper . Her father was a merchant. In 1927 she moved with her family from Japan to Hamburg. She started painting when she was ten. From 1937 to 1943 she studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and the Berlin School of Fine Arts . In between there was an annual stay in Italy . From 1944 to 1948 she stayed in Upper Bavaria ; from 1946 she studied with Karl Caspar at the academy in Munich.

In 1948 Piper returned to Hamburg and studied with Arnold Fiedler at the Baukreis . In 1953 she married the painter Max Hermann Mahlmann (1912–2000). She worked with him artistically and exhibited together with him. The couple had a daughter, the fashion designer Maria Mahlmann (* 1955). The singer Oceana Mahlmann (* 1982) is her granddaughter.

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While Gudrun Piper still painted representationally at the beginning of her artistic career (including landscape paintings), her works became increasingly abstract over time. She preferred simplicity and clean lines. The focus of her artistic work is the square - both as a design feature and as an image format. The artist says:

“Why do I love the square? The square is the purest sign. It is the essential means of expression in concrete art. The legal system is visible through horizontal and vertical thinking. The harmony in the small to the large - in side by side - one above the other - the square in the square - from this side to the infinite. The square is always a fascinating design principle. Simplicity versus complexity - clarity versus appearance. Design against chance. Diagonal movements distract from the great calm of the square. For the purity of the square, I prefer primary colors . The completion of the circle corresponds to another world. "

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions

From 1949 Piper participated in group exhibitions all over Germany, but also in other European countries: Vienna (1957), Paris (1958, 1959), Brussels (1960) and Zagreb (1969).

Solo exhibitions

  • 1973: Bonn, Circulus Gallery, "Serial Elements"
  • 1975: Bielefeld, Galerie Jesse (with I. Kracht)
  • 1977: Essen, Galerie Günther + Schwan, "Oil paintings-relief drawings"
  • 1979: Bielefeld, Galerie Jesse, "Structures and Concepts"
  • 1980: Hamburg, Beckmann Gallery, "Gudrun Piper - Horizontal Drawings"
  • 1987: Otterndorf, Studio A
  • 2002: Saarbrücken, Galerie St. Johann
  • 2002: Dresden, Galerie am Damm

Works

  • with Max Hermann Mahlmann: works from 40 years by the artist couple Piper / Mahlmann. From April 5 to May 23, 1992. Galerie Heinz Teufel. Dedicated to the 80th birthday of Max H. Mahlmann and the 75th birthday of Gudrun Piper. Galerie teufel, Bad Münstereifel / Mahlberg 1992, ISBN 3-927141-04-6 .
  • Characters 1A [one A], 1B, 1C . Art portfolio. Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg 1982.
  • Uwe Hauptenthal (author and ed.): Gudrun Piper. constructive - concrete. Painting, sculpture, graphics . Exhibitions Richard Haizmann Museum Niebüll, March 16 to May 12, 2008 and Museum für Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt, January 25, 2009 to March 1, 2009. Verlag der Kunst, Husum 2008, ISBN 978-3-86530-105-5 .

Awards

Together with her husband Max Hermann Mahlmann, she received the following honors together

literature

  • Uwe Hauptenthal: Gudrun Piper - constructive. Painting and graphic work. Verlag der Kunst, Husum 2008, ISBN 978-3-86530-105-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catarina Felixmüller: Painter Gudrun Piper is dead . ( Memento from December 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Norddeutscher Rundfunk , October 12, 2016, accessed on October 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ works u. a .: The Japanese show art (1927), surf in Kamakura (novel, 1935), sable from Shanghai (comedy, 1947).
  3. ^ A b Jana-Marie Kopfstahl: Gudrun Piper (96): Hamburg's oldest artist . Hamburger Morgenpost , August 20, 2013, p. 17, accessed on October 13, 2016.
  4. ^ Uta Schoop: Arnold Fiedler (1900–1985): An artist monograph. Dissertation. P. 349. (PDF file)
  5. ^ Marion Tuck: Between Lacroix, Chanel and family life. Schenefelder Tageblatt , December 14, 2012, archived from the original on August 20, 2013 ; accessed on October 13, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Gudrun Piper. (No longer available online.) Kai-Uwe Holze: Art Concepts Realization, archived from the original on June 29, 2016 ; accessed on October 13, 2016 . 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.kunst-konzepte-realisation.de
  7. ^ Gudrun Piper to the 90th Galerie Renate Kammer, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Piper, Gudrun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Kobe , Japan
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2016
Place of death frond