Magda Hagstotz

Magda Hagstotz (born January 25, 1914 in Stuttgart ; † 2001 ) was a representative of German abstract painting and post-war painting . Her preferred means of expression were watercolor and material painting .

Life

Magda Hagstotz came from Stuttgart. From 1930 to 1933 she studied at the Württemberg State School of Applied Arts , today part of the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , and learned all aspects of applied arts . From 1932 she attended the Reimann School in Berlin and in 1934 a stay in London followed.

Back in Stuttgart she made textile studies and attended the Stuttgart Art Academy from 1938 to 1943 as a student of Albert Mueller (1884–1963) and Gerth Biese (1901–1980). Between 1943 and 1945 she concentrated primarily on the areas of nude and composition. Between 1941 and 1962 she was also a designer at the Buntlederhaus Pfennig u. Co. in Ludwigsburg . This work has decisively shaped her and her art. From 1941 she mainly worked as a freelance artist.

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Magda Hagstotz received her artistic stamping in the twenties and thirties. The theories of the Stuttgart Secession and contemporary artists such as Ida Kerkovius , Max Ackermann , Willi Baumeister , Oskar Schlemmer , Adolf Hölzel and Alfred Lörcher were a source of inspiration and role model for their work.

Hagstotz worked with very different techniques. In addition to pictorial works, she has also created art for public and private buildings in and around Stuttgart. The influence of Schlemmer and Baumeister can be felt particularly strongly in the figurative works, plaster reliefs and material pictures. With the watercolors and pastels one feels reminded of the color intensity and lightness of Kerkovius and Ackermann. Her works are characterized by a deep harmony in which seriousness and sadness are also at home.

Hagstotz's work has been shown at numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. Much of her work is in private and public collections.

Award

• Gold medal at the Triennale in Milan

literature

• Hans K. Schlegel, Paul Sviridoff: The painter Magda Hagstotz. Sviridoff, Schwäbisch Hall 1984, ISBN 3-921279-06-2 .
• Kurt Bütow: European artist lexicon: painting and drawing art. Bavaria, Königsbrunn 1995, ISBN 3-931236-00-5 .
• Gert K. Nagel: Swabian artist lexicon from the baroque to the present. Art & Antiques, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-921811-36-8 .