Hella Lenz

Hella Lenz , née Hella Seibel (born April 4, 1935 in Würzburg , Germany ) is a German painter .

Life

Hella Lenz “Still life with lemons”, 2004, 48 × 39 cm, reverse glass painting, photo: Lenz private

Hella Lenz spent her youth in Würzburg. From 1952 to 1955 she attended the arts and crafts school in Würzburg. In 1963 she married the Würzburg painter Wolfgang Lenz , in 1965 daughter Barbara Lenz was born, who is also an artist.

From the beginning, reverse glass painting was the focus of her works. Hella Lenz lives and works as a freelance artist in Würzburg.

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Hella Lenz has dedicated herself to reverse glass painting since the beginning of her artistic activity. Her profession is still lifes , which thematize the beauty of nature, but often just as simple objects from everyday life.

In her pictures, things are placed in a new, unfamiliar relation, the real is brought into a context that has sprung from the imagination and is sometimes puzzling. “Anyone who paints still lifes,” says Hella Lenz, “is not distracted by external things, but feels honestly, almost intimately connected with the objects.”

In addition to the still lifes, numerous portraits and watercolors were created. In the last few years she has painted behind glass pictures on the subject of "circus, clowns, artists".

Hella Lenz "Self-Portrait with Mask", 1991, 30 × 61 cm, reverse glass painting, photo: Lenz private

Exhibitions

• 1988: Städtische Galerie Würzburg , solo exhibition
• 1997: Otto-Richter-Halle Würzburg, solo exhibition
• 2001: Historic town hall in Kitzingen , "Lenz, Lenz, Lenz", three-part exhibition by the Lenz family of artists
• 2005: Martin von Wagner Museum at the University of Würzburg , solo exhibition
• 2011: Siebold Museum Würzburg, "Lenz to the power of three", three-part exhibition by the Lenz family of artists

literature

• Lenz, Lenz, Lenz. multiculture Arts Network, Kitzingen 2001.
• Charlotte Breyer: A woman and her pictures. Hella Lenz, Würzburg in the heart. Mediengruppe Main-Post, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 3-925232-65-6 .
• Enjoy the way of life - in and around Würzburg. 2012 select, Bamberg, ISBN 978-3-9813799-3-8 .