Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald

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Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald (born May 7, 1875 in Düsseldorf , † January 29, 1957 in Allensbach ; born Caroline Elisabeth Wunderwald ) was a German illustrator, translator, fashion designer , draftsman and painter of Art Nouveau .

Life

Ilna Wunderwald grew up in Düsseldorf as the daughter of the flag manufacturer Alexander Wunderwald. She had an older brother, Wilhelm Wunderwald (1870–1937), who was also an artist; the painter Gustav Wunderwald was her cousin. In Düsseldorf she belonged to the artists' association “ Malkasten ”, where in 1895 she also met her future husband, the writer Hanns Heinz Ewers .

The two became engaged in late 1897 and married on May 15, 1901. She worked with Ewers on texts for the cabaret Überbrettl - Buntes Theater , designed book covers and illustrations for his books. Together they made long and extensive trips to Capri (November 1902 to summer 1904), Spain (1905), Cuba, Mexico, the Caribbean (1906), India, Southeast Asia, China, Australia and the South Seas (1910). On April 19, 1912, the two were divorced again, but remained in contact.

In 1911, Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald moved to the composer Gustav Krumbiegel in Leipzig, who however died a little later in the war. From 1917 she lived with the sculptor Elly Unkelbach in Düsseldorf.

Create

Cover of the menu card dated January 20, 1913 on board the SS Cleveland

Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald was not only a talented and successful Art Nouveau artist, she also contrasted the role of women at the time with masculine clothing, short hair, cigarettes and a self-confident demeanor. She became known as a translator of French novels, performed in cabaret, designed clothes and furniture, decorated menus and illustrated books of her husband, a famous but also scandalous writer.

The numerous trips to exotic regions of the world that she took with her husband were inspirations for her works of art. She took part in art exhibitions at the Berlin Secession with her works , and was admired at exhibitions at the Munich Secession :

“Ilma Ewers Wunderwald sent a series of pictures that, graphically and technically, are among the most amazing things you can see. All the details and subtleties are carried out with rare meticulousness in her Chinese inks; every body or object becomes an ornament; With all the detailing, however, it does not lose its sense of summary, light coloring helps it playfully to the overall impression. "

- Oscar Gehrig

Her pen drawings (some underlaid with watercolor , gouache , pastel ) are described as idiosyncratic and imaginative; they often depict fairy-tale creatures and flowers against a background with delicate ornaments.

Between May 9 and August 30, 2020, works by Ilma Ewers Wunderwald are on display as part of the exhibition Beruf: Künstlerin! Ten German painters can be seen on Lake Constance . The Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie presents the artist together with other artists from southern Germany.

estate

The majority of the independent works by Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald are privately owned. The Heinrich Heine Institute (Düsseldorf) lists materials from her (letters, photographs) as part of Hanns Heinz Ewers' estate library.

Works

Translations

  • Théophile Gautier: The Hashish Club. Fantastic stories . Ripperger & Kremers, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-943999-31-0 .
  • Théophile Gautier: Fortunio . Ed .: Hanns Heinz Ewers, Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Magazin-Verlag, Berlin 1904 (184 pages).
  • Théophile Gautier: The Marquise's puppy . Ed .: Hanns Heinz Ewers, Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Magazin-Verlag, Berlin 1904 (282 pages).
  • Théophile Gautier: The golden chain of the Bakchis . Ed .: Hanns Heinz Ewers, Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Magazin-Verlag, Berlin 1904 (221 pages).
  • Théophile Gautier: Mademoiselle de Maupin . Verlag der Funken, Leipzig 1908.
  • Théophile Gautier: A Night of Cleopatra . Ed .: Hanns Heinz Ewers, Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Magazin-Verlag, Berlin 1904 (239 pages).
  • Théophile Gautier: The dead lover . C Messer & Co., 1902.
  • Théophile Gautier: The beautiful Spaniard . Rothbarth, Leipzig 1927.
  • Théophile Gautier: novel of the mummy . Verlag der Funken, Leipzig 1908.

Illustrations

  • Hanns Heinz Ewers: Mandrake. The story of a living being . Georg Müller, Munich 1911 (title and photos).
  • Hanns Heinz Ewers: The possessed. Strange stories . Georg Müller, Munich 1918 (cover).
  • Hanns Heinz Ewers: Delphi. Drama in three acts . Georg Müller, Munich / Leipzig 1909.
  • Hanns Heinz Ewers: India and me . Georg Müller, Munich 1919 (cover drawing).
  • Hanns Heinz Ewers: With my eyes. Trips through the Latin world . Georg Müller, Munich (cover drawing and 46 photo additions).
  • Hanns Heinz Ewers: Moganni Nameh. Collected poems . Georg Müller, Munich 1910 (cover drawing, endpaper and 9 photo additions).
  • Hermann Bahr, et al .: The novel of the XII . Konrad W. Mecklenburg, Berlin 1909 (cover drawing).
  • Eugen d'Albert, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Marc Henry: The dead eyes . Bote & Bock, Berlin 1913 (book cover).
  • Hanns Heinz Ewers: The miracle girl of Berlin . Drama in four acts. Georg Müller, Munich 1913 (title).
  • Dinner menu on board the SS Cleveland. The Culinary Institute of America, December 14, 1912, accessed March 11, 2019 .
  • Dinner menu on board the SS Cleveland. The Culinary Institute of America, January 20, 1913, accessed March 11, 2019 .
  • Ship menu HAPAG mail steamer Pennsylvania. www.marpetmenus.de, January 4, 1912, accessed on March 11, 2019 .

Exhibitions

  • 1911 Great Berlin Art Exhibition (17 works)
  • 1912 Summer exhibition at the Munich Secession
  • 2019 Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Rediscovery of an Art Nouveau artist. Bröhan Museum, Berlin

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the marriage certificate No. 795 of the registry office in Düsseldorf-Mitte and according to the death certificate of the registry office Allensbach No. 4/1957, Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald was born in 1875; In some sources it is stated that her year of birth was 1878, and she probably pretended to be younger herself at times.
  2. ↑ Wunderwald, Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 308 .
  3. ↑ About colored dogs, painters and dandets. Eccentrics of the imperial era in sketches. In: barbara-gauger.eu. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Sven Brömsel: Long night Hanns Heinz Ewers. Stephen King of the Wilhelmine Empire. October 28, 2017, accessed March 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The Hearts of Kings. Editorial Reviews - About the Author. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  6. ↑ on October 31, 1914 in Langemark, Belgium Gustav Krumbiegel. Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V., accessed on March 9, 2019 . , but he is listed in the list of losses of December 8, 1914 (page 3472) as coming from Düsseldorf.
  7. ^ Artists in the Berlin Secession. In: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel . Kunsthistorisches Institut, December 8, 2017, accessed March 9, 2019 .
  8. ^ A b Oscar Gehrig: The Summer Exhibition of the Munich Secession 1912 . In: Society for Christian Art (ed.): The Christian Art . No. 8, 1911/1912 . Munich ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive [accessed on March 9, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Julia A. Hofmann: ILNA Ewers Wunderwald. Rediscovery of an Art Nouveau artist. ART | DATES, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  10. ^ Anna Grosskopf: Opening of the exhibition “Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Rediscovery of an Art Nouveau artist. Black box # 6 ″. Retrieved March 10, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Barbara Gauger: Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald (1875-1957). Retrieved March 10, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Profession: Artist! Ten German painters on Lake Constance. May 9 - August 30, 2020, Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie Konstanz; Exhibition flyer (PDF), accessed on May 24, 2020.
  13. ↑ Archive, library, documentation / archive / total holdings of the archive / Hanns Heinz Ewers. In: Internet presence of the state capital Düsseldorf . Retrieved May 15, 2019 .
  14. ↑ a b c d Gautier, Théophile . In: Hinrichs' half of the catalog published in the German book trade books, magazines, maps, etc. band 212 . JC Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1904, p. 133 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  15. ↑ a b c Gautier, T. In: Hinrichs' Five year catalog published in the German book trade books, magazines, maps, etc. band 11, 1901-1905 . JC Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1906, p. 443 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  16. ↑ The woman in the book trade and in graphics; Special group of the world exhibition for book trade and graphics, Leipzig 1914 . German Book Trade Association, Leipzig 1914, p. 265 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  17. ^ Catalog of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1911 . Union, Berlin Stuttgart Leipzig 1911, p. 25 ( uni-heidelberg.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Ewers-Wunderwald, Ilna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ewers-Wunderwald, Caroline Elisabeth; Ewers-Wunderwald, Ilna Caroline Elisabeth; Ewers, Ilna; Ewers-Wunderwald, Ilna; Wunderwald, Ilna; Wunderwald, Caroline Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator, translator, draftsman, and painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1957
Place of death Allensbach