Margarethe Francksen-Kruckenberg

Margarethe Francksen-Kruckenberg (also Francksen-Krukenberg) (born September 20, 1890 in Varel , † November 30, 1975 in Oldenburg ) was a German painter and craftsman .

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After attending the Neuchâtel seminar under Gerbrecht, she worked as a teacher in various places in the Principality of Lübeck, then in various villages not far from the Jade Bay. Further training followed in Munich with Walter Thor , at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Frankfurt a. M. and most recently (1921) with Max Thedy at the Academy in Weimar. The artist, who worked on jungle tales, published the book “Stories from the Bird Room” in 1924 with her own illustrations. Also in 1924 she married the painter Franz Francksen from Tossens. Like her husband's, her work is influenced by Gerhard Bakenhus .

In the 1920s she created her expressive pictures of the jungle, which were created in the Hasbruch , in the forests around Dötlingen and in the Neuenburg jungle . After 1935 she presented a published jungle picture portfolio that contained six tree studies and with which she wanted to draw attention to the beauty of the Neuchâtel jungle.

In 1950 Margarethe Francksen-Kruckenberg turned to carpet weaving. She created tapestries in one-off production based on her own designs, stylistically following the tradition of the artist group “ Die Brücke ”. In 1965 she appointed the Oldenburg Crafts Working Group an honorary member. Works can be found in the State Museum for Art and Cultural History Oldenburg.

literature

• Gerhard Wietek : 200 years of painting in the Oldenburger Land ISBN 3-9801191-0-6

Web links

• Literature by and about Margarethe Francksen-Kruckenberg in the catalog of the German National Library