Lili Graef

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Lili Gräf (born March 14, 1897 as Elisabeth Gräf in Wolfenbüttel , † March 13, 1975 in Eutin ) was a German artist and sculptor.

From 1916 to 1918 she studied sculpture at the Saxon Grand-Ducal Academy of Fine Arts in Weimar under Richard Engelmann . In 1918/19 she studied in Munich with the sculptor and medalist Hans Schwegerle and finally from 1919 to 1923 at the state Bauhaus in Weimar, wood sculpture with Gerhard Marcks . In addition to freelance work as an artist, she taught from 1941 to 1944 as an art teacher at the Hermann Lietz School in Grovesmühle / Harz, from 1946 to 1948 as a carving master at the Bavarian art workshops in Baiersdorf and finally from 1952 to 1970 again as an art teacher at the grammar school Marienberg in Neuss . Gräf was a member of the Reich Association of Visual Artists and the Association of Berlin Women Artists.

In the German art archive there are several portraits and photographs that show the artist in the studio.

Her works include busts, plaques, and statues. The sculptor mainly worked with the materials wood, clay and cement, and some lithographs are also known.

At the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich in 1939, a portrait head created by Lili Gräf of Dr. Peter Raabe made of bronze on display.

In 2019, works by the Bauhaus student Lili Gräf were shown in the special exhibition “Sculptors”, a project by the Bremen museums Böttcherstrasse, the Gerhard Marcks House and the Heilbronn Municipal Museums.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar, No. 152 students at the Grand Ducal Saxon University of Fine Arts and at the Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar. Landesarchiv Thuringia - Main State Archive Weimar, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Students at the Grand Ducal Saxon University of Fine Arts and at the State Bauhaus Weimar. State Archives Thuringia - Main State Archives Weimar, State Bauhaus Weimar, No. 152, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Count, Lili. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Personal Lexicon Bauhaus / Bauhaus Biographies - Research Center Bauhaus Community. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  5. ^ German art archive Germanisches Nationalmuseum: Lili Gräf at work in the studio. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Portraits
  7. ↑ Lili Gräf | artnet. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Portrait of Dr. Peter Raabe - The Great German Art Exhibitions 1937 - 1944/45. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  9. ^ State Bauhaus Weimar - Thuringia archive portal. Retrieved May 23, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Female art - female sculptors exhibition - frauenseiten.bremen. June 4, 2019, accessed May 23, 2020 .
  11. ↑ SCULPTORS. Museums Böttcherstraße, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Count, Lili
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Count, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfenbüttel
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1975
Place of death Eutin