Johanna Schütz-Wolff

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Johanna Schütz-Wolff , b. Wolff (born July 10, 1896 in Halle (Saale) ; † August 30, 1965 in Söcking near Starnberg ) was a German textile designer, image maker, graphic artist and wood cutter. She was the daughter of the architect Gustav Wolff and his wife Anna.

Life

Johanna Wolff and her sister Thekla, who was one year older than her, were taught drawing, lace-making and weaving by their parents at an early age. From 1915 to 1918 Johanna Wolff attended the crafts and arts and crafts school in Halle , which was directed by Paul Thiersch , and in 1918/19 she studied at the Munich arts and crafts school with Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke . In 1919 she was involved in Paul Thiersch's murals for the stairwell of the new Provincial Museum for Prehistory in Halle and attended the painting class under the direction of Erwin Hahs in the winter semester . From October 1920, Thiersch transferred the management of the newly established textile class and hand weaving at the Halle School of Applied Arts; from 1921 the weaving mill was located in the granary of the lower castle of Giebichenstein Castle .

At a castle festival, Johanna Wolff met the theologian Paul Schütz , whom she married on December 31, 1923. The marriage resulted in a daughter, Anne (born June 28, 1925 in Halle, † September 15, 2001 in Munich ). In 1925 Johanna Schütz-Wolff gave up teaching in Halle and moved with her family to Schwabendorf near Marburg , where her husband had received a pastor's position. Here she devoted herself to weaving such as tapestries and tapestries , in which she thematized the village life of her new home. Despite the rural seclusion, she was represented in numerous exhibitions beyond the borders of Germany in the following years and sometimes caused a sensation with her textile works based on Expressionism .

The Third Reich represented a fateful turning point for Johanna Schütz-Wolff. In 1935, a book by her husband ( The Anti-Christ , 1933) was indexed by the Gestapo and the second edition destroyed, and in 1938 one of her tapestries was confiscated as degenerate art . She was no longer invited to exhibitions, and several applications for teaching positions, including at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, were unsuccessful. In her work, Schütz-Wolff turned increasingly to religious topics. In 1940 her husband received the main pastoral position at the St. Nikolai Church in Hamburg. The family then moved to Hamburg, but only stayed until Paul Schütz was called up for military service in 1941. After a short stay in Bad Tölz , Schütz-Wolff moved with her daughter to Ried near Benediktbeuern , where she was in close contact with Maria Marc , Franz Marc's widow . After successfully surviving the war and returning to Hamburg, artistic success also returned. After further textile work, she concentrated increasingly on woodcuts from 1950 and on monotypes from 1960. After Paul Schütz retired at his own request in 1952, the couple moved to Söcking near Starnberg, where Johanna Schütz-Wolff died in 1965 after a long illness.

Work and reception

Johanna Schütz-Wolff is one of the most highly regarded German artists of the 20th century. Her work as a teacher shaped the training in the textile design department at Burg Giebichenstein and influenced contemporary and subsequent generations of artists significantly.

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SURNAME Schütz-Wolff, Johanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German textile designer, image maker, graphic artist and wood cutter
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1965
Place of death Söcking