Ingrid Gretenkort-Singert

Ingrid Gretenkort-Singert (born October 26, 1927 in Stolzenberg, Pomerania ; † June 18, 2015 in Laatzen ) is a German painter , graphic artist and author .

Life

She studied at the Werkkunstschule in Flensburg, at the Muthesius-Werkkunstschule in Kiel and from 1947–1950 at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart , with Erich Fuchs (1916–1990) and Willi Baumeister .

She only began to intensify her artistic career after the birth of her six children. Between 1974–1987 she worked as an art teacher. For many years the artist dealt with poetry based on the Japanese model, poems and short prose from her own pen. Her first books were published in 1982. Further publications followed, and all books were painted or graphically designed by her. Many of her paintings are in public ownership.

In Cuxhaven, where she lived for a while, she made her basement studio available to other artists for exhibition purposes from 1969–1980.

She made assemblages and collages from different materials (fabric, cord, Japanese paper) and in painting she preferred abstract, two-dimensional compositions.

Gretenkort-Singert is a member of the Hannoversche Künstlerverein , the German Haiku Society , the Federation of International Poetry Association , the Haiku International Association (Tokyo), the Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education and the Society for Contemporary Poetry ; it is also an associated member of UNESCO .

Gretenkort-Singert lived and worked as a painter and writer in Laatzen near Hanover.

Prizes and awards

1st Baden-Baden Graphic Prize, 1993

Works

Spring Creams Yes , Poems, 1982

Exhibitions

Flensburg, Municipal Museum 1964;
Flensburg, Municipal Museum 1967;
Neumünster, Textile Museum 1967;
Stuttgart, GEDOK Gallery 1971;
Goslar, Museum 1973;
Kiel, Pomerania Foundation 1973;
Regensburg, East German Gallery 1973;
Regensburg, East German Gallery 1977;
Goslar, Museum 1982.

Editing

In the shimmering moonlight. Ninth German Hyakuin. 1989-1991.
Cyclamen fire. Herbstkasen, Papenberg-Verlag Magdeburg, 2000, ISBN 3-934961-01-0
Suck cherry stones. Sommerkasen, Papenberg Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-934961-04-5
Empty the stork's nest. Herbstkasen, Papenberg Verlag 2001, ISBN 3-934961-08-8
In the whisper of snow. Winterkasen, IDEEDITION-Berlin, 2001, ISBN 3-00-007729-4
Is that a wind bride. Hyakuin, Papenberg Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-934961-20-7
Wren's courtship nest. Spring cheese, IDEEDITION-Berlin, 2004, ISBN 3-00-007740-5
Juniper eyes. Hyakuin, IDEEDITION-Berlin, 2004, ISBN 3-00-014047-6
Prelude four hands. Tan-Renga, self-published, 2006
Midsummer night. Sommerkasen, IDEEDITION-Berlin, 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-023219-0

literature

Ulrike Wolff-Thomsen: Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein female artists . Heide Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens & Co. 1994. ISBN 3-8042-0664-6 . P. 120 f.

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personal data
SURNAME	Gretenkort-Singert, Ingrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, graphic artist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	October 26, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stolzenberg, Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 2015
Place of death	Laatzen