Lore Doerr-Niessner

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Lore Doerr-Niessner (born January 15, 1920 in Stuttgart- Cannstatt ; † October 12, 1983 in Hardt ; née Nießner) was a German painter and sculptor .

Life

Memorial stone for Elly Heuss-Knapp with a portrait relief by Lore Doerr-Niessner

Lore Doerr-Niessner was born on January 15, 1920 in Stuttgart-Cannstatt. In her youth, she enjoyed piano, singing and ballet lessons. She studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and, in 1942, philosophy , mathematics and architecture at the University of Vienna . She wrote poetry to many of the early paintings and sculptures from this period.

In 1954 she had her first sculptor's studio in Stuttgart. In 1955 she moved into her new studio in Hardt near Nürtingen , only to spend several weeks working on Ischia with Ida Kerkovius a year later .

In 1968 she married Guido Doerr and from then on carried the double name Doerr-Niessner.

At the height of her artistic work, the artist fell ill with cancer. Despite being hospitalized, she died on October 12, 1983 in her studio in Hardt.

Works

  • Concrete relief "Youth - Freedom" at the entrance of the Graf-Stauffenberg-Kaserne , Sigmaringen (1951)
  • Concrete relief at the town hall in Kirchheim / Teck
  • Tapestry in Stetten at the cold market
  • Concrete glass window in structured glass in the Kreuzkirche , Wiesbaden
  • Church window in color in the Canisius Church , Darmstadt
  • Elly-Heuss-Knapp monument, Sillenbuch
  • Concrete sculpture "newspaper reader", Kirchheim / Teck
  • Concrete wall in the Bonhöffer Church, Nellingen
  • Memorial, Wallhausen
  • Schneckenbrunnen, Hochwang
  • Mural design in the small conference room, Esslingen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Exhibition on the Internet. Lore Doerr-Niessner is still present in Sigmaringen . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from January 20, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Doerr-Niessner, Lore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nießner, Lore (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart- Cannstatt
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1983
Place of death Hardt (Nürtingen)