Magda Roos

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Magda Roos, Alte Liebe Cuxhaven

Magda Roos (born April 29, 1920 in Cuxhaven , † July 16, 1976 in Cuxhaven) was a German painter.

biography

Magda Roos was the youngest daughter of a Rhineland businessman and a woman from Cuxhaven. She graduated from elementary school and the Cuxhaven girls' grammar school. In 1937 she studied at the Hanseatic University of Fine Arts in Hamburg-Uhlenhorst . There she learned the different drawing and painting techniques, including those of bygone eras. At the end of her studies, she went to Munich to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1940s .
Academic teachers were u. a. Paul Bollmann , Willy Habl, Hugo Meier-Thur , Rudolf Neugebauer, Werner Kloos and Eduard Steinbach .

During her service as a technical draftsman at BMW in Munich, she met the scientist and engineer Richard Modlinger , whom she married in 1944; both had the son Andreas. After her divorce in 1958, she lived in Hamburg and then again in Cuxhaven on Schillerstrasse . 1968–1969 she designed the column "Citizen Cux means ...", which appeared in the Cuxhaven newspaper. This personification, which has long been discussed in her family, was also the starting point for the well-known Cuxhaven mascot JAN CUX , which was given the shape it has known since then in 1972. The first drafts of her brother-in-law, the graphic artist Kurt Moldenhauer, were created in the early 1950s based on ideas they shared with Magda Roos. As a homage to her hometown, she wrote the Cuxhaven Stories in 1970 ; the biography "FELOMA" included the stations of her youth - no further stories have been published yet.

Jan Cux and Cuxi, Cuxhaven, Schillerstraße

Honors

  • The Magda-Roos-Platz in Cuxhaven in the center of the Lotsenviertel was named after her.
  • There is a memorial plaque at the house where he was born, Schillerstraße 33.

plant

Around 400 paintings, more than 1,000 drawings, several stories.

Quote from Magda Roos - Portrait of an Artist , 1997 by the art historian Anja Schmidt (now Anja Römisch): “ Magda Roos is an artist of that era who, it can be said, was wrongly almost forgotten. Her pictures are characterized by a special and very own dynamic as well as a very personal, unmistakable style that appears to be remarkable. Far away from the art centers, in the 50s and 60s she developed an image form that remained unaffected by the trends of those years and that is still able to cast a spell on the viewer today. "

Solo exhibitions (excerpt)

  • 1996: House 44 , Cuxhaven
  • 2010: Ritzebüttel Castle , Cuxhaven
  • 2012: Bürgerhaus Unterföhring, Unterföhring near Munich
  • 2016: Kabinett Kulturinformation, Cuxhaven
  • 2016: Künstlerhaus im Schlossgarten: Season in Cuxhaven
  • 2018: Hapag-Hallen , Cuxhaven
  • 2020: Unterföhring Town Hall, Unterföhring near Munich

Works (selection)

Almost the entire work is privately owned.

photos

  • Hafenkneipe , 1966, oil on hardboard, 60 cm × 90 cm
  • Summer Cafe , 1962, oil
  • Bonne Nuit, Berlin Bear , 1960, pen drawing


Books

Publications

1968 to 1969 design of the column “Citizen Cux means ...” that appeared in the Cuxhavener Zeitung. This personification, which has long been discussed in her family, was also the starting point for the well-known Cuxhaven mascot Jan Cux , which was given the shape it has known since then in 1972. The first drafts of her brother-in-law, the graphic artist Kurt Moldenhauer, were created in the early 1950s based on ideas they shared with Magda Roos.

literature

  • Andreas Modlinger: reflection . Painting catalog, 1995, KCM-Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-9812250-0-6
  • Peter Bussler: Historical lexicon of the fine arts for Cuxhaven and the surrounding area . Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern 2004, ISBN 3-931771-41-5
  • Anja Schmidt: Magda Roos, portrait of an artist . Art historical consideration, 1997/2013, KCM-Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-9812250-4-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Magda Roos. KCM-Verlag, accessed on July 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ From the estate of a self-critical artist. Retrieved April 14, 2013 .
  3. ↑ A short, intense life for art. Retrieved April 14, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Jens Potschka: Magda Roos: "Season in Cuxhave . In: Cuxhavener Nachrichten of July 31, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Roos, Magda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuxhaven
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1976
Place of death Cuxhaven