Josy Meidinger

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Josy Meidinger (born December 19, 1899 in Schäftlarn ; † June 7, 1971 in Neuburg an der Donau ) was a German painter , silhouette artist and illustrator .

Life

Josy Meidinger was born in 1899 as the third child of high school assistant Johann Meidinger and his wife Magdalena in Schäftlarn Abbey . After a short time in Donauwörth , she came to Neuburg an der Donau with her family in 1909 (through the transfer of her father). The girls' lyceum was followed by studies at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich from 1916 to 1919 , at that time a substitute for the academy for girls. In 1920 she settled in Neuburg an der Donau as a freelance artist, where, apart from longer stays in Augsburg and Nuremberg, she stayed until the end of her life. Her life was shaped by the Christian faith , admiration for her great patrons, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and his wife Duchess Marie in Bavaria , who gave her free apartment in Neuburg Castle after their rooms in the castle were devastated by interned foreign workers from 1945 in the Grünau hunting lodge near Neuburg , granted, and through selfless love for people, animals and nature. It also marks her entire life's work.

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As varied as Josy Meidinger's work is in terms of content and technology, the basis is always an emotionally sound drawing. From her she developed paintings, woodcuts and linocuts, a variety of graphics and even stage sets, but especially the filigree paper cuts , only with scissors and traditionally made from one piece, sometimes with multi-layered colored backgrounds. More than 1,800 paper cuts are known, of which many hundreds were published as illustrations in books, magazines, on calendars and postcards at home and abroad by 1938. In 1938 the connections to foreign countries and the oppressed Christian publishers dried up.
For the years 1920 to around 1939, Josy Meidinger, along with Johanna Beckmann and Lotte Reiniger, is probably the most prominent German silhouette artist, also “equal to artists like Ernst Moritz Engert”.

Major works

  • "Drei-König-Legende", 34 paper cuts with up to 7 layers of colored background, 9 × 10 cm, 1926, mounted in glass for wall projection during the performances of the "Legend of the 3 Magi" by Gustav Schwab,
  • "TOTENTANZ", 14 black silhouettes, 1930, 8.5 × 10 cm, as glass slides for wall projection on the occasion of the performance of the mystery play " Totentanz " by Gottfried Haaß-Berkow, arranged by Max Gümbel-Seiling, and 22 sheets of "Totentanz" with some graphics appeared as a book in 1996, and
  • 39 “Habsburg cuts” to illustrate fairy tale writings and poems by Empress Elisabeth of Austria , commissioned by Marie Luise von Wallersee , the Empress's niece. The cuts were made in 1932/1933, the contracts for publication were concluded in 1934, but the publication failed due to the illness and death of Mrs. von Wallersee.

Josy Meidinger u. a. from 1922 to 1939 participated annually with up to 50 works in Munich, in 1926 in Chicago, Nuremberg and Augsburg, in 1934 and 1948 in Neuburg ad Donau. After her death, solo exhibitions took place in 1978 and 1994 in Neuburg adDonau, 1995 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, 1999/2000 with over 300 works in the state castle Neuburg and Wittelsbach hunting lodge Grünau, and in 2003/2004 finally in the municipal gallery Neuburgs.

estate

Josy Meidinger's works are owned by the House of Wittelsbach, the city of Neuburg ad Donau, the Germanic National Museum Nuremberg , the Historisches Verein Neuburg an der Donau eV , as well as countless collectors and private individuals.

Honors

In 2000 the new breed of a fuchsia species was named after Josy Meidinger.

In 2010 the city council of Neuburg ad Donau declared Josy Meidinger's grave to be a city grave of honor , decided to found a Josy Meidinger museum and, together with the Neuburg Association for the establishment of a Josy Meidinger monument. It was unveiled on November 3, 2010, based on a silhouette by the artist, in a niche in the wall of Neuburg adDonau Castle.

further reading

  • Ingrid von der Dollen in female painters in the 20th century , Hirmer Munich 2000, p. 335, ISBN 3-7774-8700-7
  • Lore Lorenz in First Touch-Staying Encounter , in "Schwabenspiegel" 4–5 / 2004, pp. 428–431, ISBN 3-89639-460-6
  • Barbara Höglmeier MA in “Neuburger Kollektaneenblatt” 148/2000 pp. 161–179, ISSN  0302-5934
  • Hans Wellmann in Schwabenspiegel 1/2000 p. 73, ISBN 3-89639-244-1 and 4–5 / 2004 p. 368-370, ISBN 3-89639-460-6
  • Elmar Gernert in TOTENTANZ , self-published Nuremberg 1996 and Josy Meidinger, Scherenschnitte, graphics , City of Neuburg adDonau 2001, pp. 7–34 u. 253-258.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "A life for Christian art" in the Neuburger Tagespost of May 3, 1949
  2. ↑ Monograph Josy Meidinger, Scherenschnitte, Grafik , Stadt Neuburg adDonau, 2001, pp. 22–27.
  3. ^ "Alt-Nürnberger-Künstlermarionetten" in the Bavarian People's Education Association, Nürnberger Nachrichten of September 7, 1971 p. 13, Neuburger Latest News of September 22, 1927
  4. ↑ List of publications up to 2000 in the monograph Josy Meidinger, Scherenschnitte, graphics pp. 253–255
  5. ↑ Claus Weber, until February 1998 1st chairman of the German Scherenschnittverein eV, in black on white , magazine of the association, No. 3 p. 28
  6. ^ From numerous articles from the Ingolstädter Tagblatt dated March 28, 1928, "excellent work of very special artistic value"
  7. ↑ Verlag Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1919, first performance on July 20, 1930 in the Stadttheater Neuburg a. d. D., Neuburger Latest news from July 16, July 19 and July 22
  8. ↑ book "TOTENTANZ", ed. Elmar Gernert, Nuremberg 1996, meeting of Hans Helmut Jansen in "black-on-white" no. 3 pp 13/14, and "TOTENTANZ actuell", Journal of the Association Danses macabres d'Europe No. 14, 1996
  9. ↑ Handwritten letter from Frau von Wallersee to Josy Meidinger dated October 2, 1932 "Dear Josy, I am delighted, simply delighted!"
  10. ^ Agreement "between Mrs. Marie Louise Meyers, geb. Baroness von Wallersee, ci devant Countess Larisch, and Fraulein Josefine Meidinger ”dated February 29, 1932, and“ Contractual agreement between Mrs. Marie Louise Meyers von Wallersee, Mr. A. Paul Maerker-Branden, 910 Westend-Avenue, New York City, and Miss Josy Meidinger, residing at Schloss Neuburg adDonau ”from July 10, 1934
  11. ↑ countless meetings, etc. a. in Fränkischer Kurier from April 4, 1926, Munich-Augsburger Abendzeitung from July 8, 1926, Neuburger Latest News from January 9, 1927, Bayernkurier from April 3, 1930, Munich Latest News from March 30, 1930 and January 20, 1939, and many more
  12. ^ Neuburger Rundschau of September 14, September 22, September 25, September 26 and September 30, 1978, Donaukurier of December 24, 25 and 26, 1994, Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 23, 1999, Weltkunst No. 2 / 2000 p. 264 and Bayernkurier from February 26, 2000
  13. ^ Bay. Television, information channel "Gartenmagazin" from July 2, 2000
  14. ↑ u. a. Neuburger Rundschau from January 2 and June 12, 2010
  15. ^ Neuburger Rundschau of November 4, 2010 p. 33, Donaukurier of November 5, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Meidinger, Josy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meidinger, Josefine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, silhouette artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Schäftlarn
DATE OF DEATH June 7th 1971
Place of death Neuburg on the Danube