Hedwig Pfizenmayer

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Hedwig Pfizenmayer (born July 5, 1890 in Heilbronn , † August 24, 1967 in Bebenhausen ) was a German draftsman and painter .

life and work

Hedwig Pfizenmayer lived in the former abbot building of the Bebenhausen monastery from 1897 , when her father was appointed royal forestry manager there. Around 1900 she drew her well-protected earthquake paradise and called it “Pfizchens Paradies”. On the recommendation of her neighbors Queen Charlotte and King Wilhelm II of Württemberg , she entered the arts and crafts school in Stuttgart in 1910 and became a student of Bernhard Pankok . In 1911 she switched to Adolf Hölzel's women's class at the Stuttgart Art Academy, where she met Ida Kerkovius and Lily Hildebrandt .

After the sudden death of her father in 1911, her mother had to vacate the official apartment in the forestry office and moved first to Stuttgart and then back to Bebenhausen to the house at Schönbuchstrasse 4. A little later, Hedwig Pfitzenmayer also returned to Bebenhausen to draw and to draw. She also made soft toys and fretwork with a master turner.

In 1912 she took part in the Christmas exhibition of female artists from Baden in Karlsruhe . In 1913/14 she went again to the Stuttgart School of Applied Arts near Pankok. 1915-18 she was a master class student with Adolf Hölzel. In 1920 she took part in the exhibition of the Stuttgart Women's Art Association. In 1923 she made a contribution to the congratulatory folder for Adolf Hölzel. She took part in the Great Swabian Art Show in Stuttgart in 1925 and in the exhibition of the Stuttgart Secession in 1927. In 1928 she had a solo exhibition at the Kunsthaus Schaller in Stuttgart.

In 1932 she moved to Bebenhausen and could only devote herself to her artistic activity with restrictions. After her death in Bebenhausen in 1967, she was buried in the grave of her parents in the Herrenfriedhof. In 1987 the artist was honored with an exhibition in Bebenhausen as part of the 800th anniversary celebration.

literature

  • Hans Hildebrandt: Hedwig Pfizenmayer . In: Yearbook Mannheimer Kultur, vol. 1, 1913, pp. 278–281.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stadtlexikon: Women on the move.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 298 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / ka.stadtlexikon.org  
  2. ^ Prominent residents and visitors in Bebenhausen.
personal data
SURNAME Pfizenmayer, Hedwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1967
Place of death Bebenhausen