Hedwig of Branca
Hedwig von Branca (born November 29, 1890 in Nuremberg , † March 17, 1985 in Munich ) was a German painter, portraitist of important personalities from politics, business, art and science.
Live and act
Hedwig Therese von Branca was the daughter of the Jewish art historian and private scholar Max Frankenburger (1860–1943) and his wife Maria, geb. Staghorn. At the age of 14 she received her first drawing lessons. Four years later she attended the women's academy of the Munich Artists' Association . Then Hedwig Therese became a Frankenburger student a. a. by Walter Thor , Heinrich Knirr and Moritz Heymann . She later received important impulses from private lessons with Friedrich August von Kaulbach and Emil Preetorius .
From around 1910 the artist worked as an illustrator for the magazine Jugend and other magazines in Germany, Italy, England, the USA and Switzerland. On December 23, 1916 she married the Freiherr Wilhelm von Branca (1870-1958). The marriage ended in divorce in 1922. Four years later, on April 22, 1926, the artist married Edgar Haniel von Haimhausen .
After 1945 Hedwig von Branca lived in Switzerland and in Haimhausen . She is the mother of the architect Alexander von Branca .
The artist, who had captured many motifs from Haimhausen and the surrounding area, made a name for herself as a portrait painter and was able to manage the greats of this earth such as the Alfons' XIII family. of Spain, portraying members of the Bavarian royal family, Richard Strauss, Gustav Stresemann, Aga Khan, Ranbindranath Tagore and Fuad of Egypt.
Artistic work
While the early work is occasionally reminiscent of Art Nouveau, the later period also shows abstract motifs. The children's pictures by the artist are of particular diversity and quality. In these pictures, the charming approaches a special form of the religious, namely the gracious and paradisiacal .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1927: Künstlerhaus Berlin
- 1931: Caspari Gallery, Munich
- 1932: Galerie Knoedler Paris
- 1954: Gurlitt Gallery, Munich
- 1964: Galerie Schumacher Munich
- 1970 u. 1980: Pavilion of the Old Botanical Garden in Munich
- 1977 u. 1981: Catholic Academy Munich
Honors
- 1974: Schwabing Art Prize (Honorary Prize)
Works (selection)
- Cottage in Haimhausen, oil / canvas. 55 × 47
- At the Lido, watercolor 15 × 22
- In a bar, watercolor 39 × 39
- Self-portrait, oil / canvas. 80 × 60
- Break in the Munich Court Opera, watercolor 18.5 × 29
- Fish, oil / canvas 50 × 65
- Venice on the Grand Canal, watercolor 14.5 × 22
literature
- Bruckmann Lexicon of Munich Art. Munich painter in the 19th and 20th centuries Century , Fifth Volume, Munich 1993, p. 107 (here Munich is incorrectly given as the painter's birthplace).
- Ottilie Thiemann-Stoedter: The Haimhausen painters' colony. In: Amperland . Vol. 10, 1974, pp. 518-527. ( Online , PDF; 2.4 MB).
- Hans Kiessling (ed.): Painter of the Munich art scene 1955–1982. A documentation by 88 painters with 440 plates and short biographies. EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien 1982, ISBN 3-88096-175-1 , D. 44-49.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruckmann 1993, p. 107
- ↑ Kiessling 1982, p. 44
- ↑ Schwabinger Art Prize on München.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Branca, Hedwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1985 |
| Place of death | Munich |