Many Jost

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Many Jost (born September 8, 1897 in Kawenczyn near Warsaw , † 1992 in Leipzig ) was a German painter and politician.

life and work

Many (Maria) Jost was born the daughter of a ceramicist. Her parents originally came from Germany, but had moved to Poland for professional reasons . Because of the political situation in the Polish territories occupied by Russia, the family went to Holland and later to Germany. From 1909 they lived in Wittenberg , but in 1910 they moved to Meißen . Due to the frequent change of residence, Many Jost already spoke three languages ​​as a child and, stimulated by the artistic activity of her father, dealt with the fine arts.

After graduating from primary school in Meißen, she first took private lessons and then studied art history at the University of Bonn and graphics, painting and handicrafts at the Dresden Academy of Applied Arts from the early 1920s . Afterwards she worked as a freelance artist. In addition to paintings, she mainly created textile wall hangings and glass windows. As one of the first women ever, she devoted herself to the artistic portrayal of technical problems.

After Many Jost refused to sell a picture she had created of the newly built Siebenlehn motorway bridge to the Reich Propaganda Ministry , the Nazis banned her from working. That is why she worked in the lighting glass factory in Dresden until the end of World War II .

After the war she was able to take part in various exhibitions again. Mainly pictures of her adopted home Meißen and its surroundings were created. From 1946 to 1950 she was a member of the CDU in the Saxon state parliament . She was committed to the planned demolition of the Dresden Semperoper and saved Gauernitz Castle from demolition through her appeal to the Soviet city commanders . She was also a member of the Meissner city council for many years. In the 1950s she was involved in the renovation of St. Benno's Church in Meißen and created several stained glass windows. She remained artistically active into old age. Her grave is in the Nicolaifriedhof in Meißen-Lercha.

Honors

Many Jost is remembered by a street name in her hometown of Meißen. In 2009 a personal exhibition organized by the diocese of Dresden-Meißen took place in the St. Benno Church in Meißen.

literature

  • Werner Böhme: Flowers for Many Jost , in: Meißner painter and artist, Saxon Latest News , September / October 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the Catholic St. Benno Church in Meißen ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 8, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kath-kirche-meissen.de
  2. ↑ Don't forget to be amazed , exhibition on the life and work of the Meißner artist Many Jost (website of the Diocese of Dresden Meißen)
personal data
SURNAME Jost, Many
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jost, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Kawenczyn near Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH 1992
Place of death Leipzig