Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz
Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz (also Irena Zimmermann-Rüther , born September 22, 1900 in Cologne ; died December 31, 1979 in Dresden ) was a German painter .
Life
Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz grew up in Cologne and Chemnitz in a wealthy Jewish family. In 1916 she attended the secondary school for girls in Dresden and various private painting schools. In 1919 she was the first woman to be matriculated at the Dresden Art Academy . Until 1922 she studied there with Otto Gussmann and Fritz Max Hofmann-Juan , with whom she maintained a close friendship throughout her life. Her fellow students included Otto Dix , Peter August Böckstiegel , Otto Griebel , Bernhard Kretzschmar and Hubert Rüther , whom she married in 1921.
From 1922 she worked as a freelance artist in Dresden. She portrayed the artists Antonia Dietrich , Lissy Tempelhof , Richard Tauber and Theo Adam , among others . Study trips, most of which she undertook together with Fritz Hofmann-Juan, took her to Belgium, Italy and Spain.
In 1934 she and her husband were banned from exhibiting and practicing. Her husband refused to separate from her in order to end the so-called mixed marriage . In 1943 she was obliged to do forced labor in a cardboard factory. In 1945 it was scheduled for the transport on February 16, with which the 100 or so Jews who remained in Dresden were to be deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp . However , this was prevented by the air raids on Dresden on February 13, 1945. She managed to escape because the prison where she was held was hit by a bomb. Her husband died by suicide in September 1945. She later married the doctor W. Zimmermann and had her name changed to Zimmermann-Rüther.
In 1951 she took part in the German art exhibition Artists create for peace in Berlin and was awarded the GDR National Prize.
Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz was buried in the Loschwitz cemetery . In October 2013, grave sculptures made of non-ferrous metal were stolen from several cemeteries in Dresden, including the sculpture of Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz's grave, a copy of the Greek statue praying boy .
Works (selection)
- 1919: Still life with flowers in a vase , oil on canvas
- around 1925: Portrait of a young girl , oil on canvas
- around 1930: Hofmann-Juan , pen and brush drawing in Indian ink
- 1949: Portrait of a man , pencil drawing
Web links
- juden-in-mittelachsen.de: Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz ( Memento from April 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- schmidt-auktionen.de: Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz
- Frauenwiki-dresden.de: Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz
- Personen-wiki.slub-dresden.de: Irena Zimmermann-Rüther
- Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz in the picture atlas Art in the GDR
Individual evidence
- ^ Irena Rüther-Rabinowicz in the picture atlas Art in the GDR , accessed on April 9, 2015
- ↑ Alexander Schneider: Thieves steal a dozen bronze sculptures in two cemeteries . sächsische.de, October 10, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rüther-Rabinowicz, Irena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zimmermann-Rüther, Irena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1979 |
| Place of death | Dresden |