Ilse Gottwald
Ilse Gottwald born Voges (born March 13, 1936 in Hanover ) is a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
Ilse Gottwald was born as the oldest of three siblings and grew up in the Calenberger Land . She still lives in the place where she grew up , in Bönnigsen in Wennigsen am Deister . Life on a rural farm and the contact with nature have had a significant impact on her and her art.
From 1954 to 1957 she completed an apprenticeship in the book and art trade in Hanover . In addition, she began early on - largely autodidactically - to deal with painting. Since 1975, after working with various pictorial techniques such as oil and watercolor painting , she has turned to etching in particular and has used almost all the possibilities of the classic etching technique: drypoint , aquatint and vernis mou . In 1978 she set up her own workshop and studio . In 1980 she took part in the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg and attended courses with the painter and graphic artist Otto Eglau . From 1988 to 1990 she was a lecturer at the Ada and Theodor Lessing Adult Education Center in Hanover.
Works
In addition to numerous etchings, Ilse Gottwald also created numerous, partly large-format paintings in oil and acrylic . The style-forming element of most of her works is the northern German landscape, sometimes also in abstract form. Trees native to the Calenberger Land such as oak and Süntelbuche , fields in the Deister landscape, fields of rape and beet, field and tree fruits, moods at the Steinhuder Meer , but also mountains such as the Ortler and mystical motifs play a role.
In an interview she said: “The tree stands for the missing person, it dies where it grew up. A symbol of strength and persistence - in contrast to the volatile person, who leaves clearly destructive traces. "
Exhibitions (selection)
Since 1977 she has shown her works in solo exhibitions, including in the regions of Hanover , Celle , Bremen , Siegen , Lüneburg , Hildesheim and Peine , and every three years in the four-column house Ronnenberg with artist colleagues from the region, most recently in 2012.
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| SURNAME | Gottwald, Ilse |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voges, Ilse (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |