Henriette Kummerfeld
Henriette (Henny) Kummerfeld (born May 19, 1869 in Georgsmarienhütte , † February 11, 1915 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter.
life and work
Henny Kummerfeld was the daughter of Karl Kummerfeld, machine director at Georgsmarienhütte near Osnabrück , and his wife Luise, née. Lohde. Nothing is known about an artistic education. However, there is evidence that she stayed in the artists' colony in Mol, Belgium, around 1900 . Artists from Belgium, Germany, England, France, the Netherlands and the USA lived and worked there. In addition to Kummerfeld, u. a. Eugen Kampf , Hermann Lasch , Otto Marotz , Otto Reichert and Hedwig Petermann from Germany.
On January 28, 1904, Henny Kummerfeld moved from Georgsmarienhütte to Düsseldorf. At first she lived at Schumannstrasse 42, later at Cranachstrasse 38. From then on, she remained resident and active in Düsseldorf - interrupted only by study trips.
From around 1907 Kummerfeld participated in exhibitions. Her activities at the Düsseldorf Artists' Association and the Women's Art Association also fell into this period. She was also on the board of the latter.
Henny Kummerfeld remained single and probably had no children either. She died on February 11, 1915 in the Evangelical Hospital in Düsseldorf . After her death, Henny Kummerfeld and her work fell into oblivion, and no posthumous participation in exhibitions can be proven.
The few paintings that have survived, as well as the title information in the exhibition catalogs, reveal a preference for landscapes and village motifs. Kummerfeld executed these subjects in a cautiously impressionistic approach. The often deserted views appear calm and atmospheric due to the subdued coloring.
Henny Kummerfeld was a member of the Düsseldorf Artists Association and the Women's Art Association .
Participation in exhibitions
- August 18 - September 3, 1907: Exhibition in the community school in Mol “by artists who worked in Moll and the surrounding area” (“Kunsttentoonstelling van schilderijen der Kunstenaars die te Moll en omsreken hebben worked”).
- 1909: Participates in the “ Great Berlin Art Exhibition ” with the painting Spring (catalog number 931) .
- 1912: Participation with the metalworkers' fairground (cat. No. 1084) at the “Munich Annual Exhibition” in the Glass Palace .
- 1914: Her painting Durchblick (cat. No. 1114) is shown at the "Great Berlin Art Exhibition".
- 1914: She is represented again with poplars (cat. No. 1334) at the Munich Glaspalast exhibition.
- 1914: she takes part in the "Exhibition of the Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia " in Düsseldorf.
literature
- Maximilian Baron von Koskull: Henriette Kummerfeld , in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon , online version
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on life data and parents come from the residents' registration card (Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, MF 7-4-1-113), as well as the artist's death certificate (registry office Düsseldorf-Mitte 328/1915 of February 12, 1915).
- ↑ Jakob Smitsmuseum breidt collectie uit. In: Gazet van Antwerpen (GVA), from January 16, 2008. Available online at: [1]
- ↑ M. Dehrmann (1913): From the women's art association. In: German Art and Decoration, vol. 33, pp. 140–142 [here: 142]. Available online at: [2]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kummerfeld, Henriette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kummerfeld, Henny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Georgsmarienhütte |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1915 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |